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Twisted Linens & Tiny Screams : Poems About Magic, Miracles & Love
Edition en anglais
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E-book - ePub
Résumé
Twisted Linens & Tiny Screams is for "you, the most beautiful stanza in the shortest poem..."In this reflective tome of poetry jaha walks readers through an emotionally honest journey of the past, the present and the future so you can see yourself on the pages of the book. There are poems about life, poems about saying goodbye, poems about black girl bliss, poetry for inspiration and poetry about being a grown a*s woman.
This collection of poems for black girls are written with a storyteller's voice and are full of rhythms of inspiration. It is a journey of the most tangible moments of a womanhood as only jaha Knight has discovered it. I am a poem. I am thunder, lightening, rain and sun. I am wild kisses and peekaboo dressesLaughter and untamed tresses. I am a poem of a woman. With contradictions and contracted similes, metaphors and inappropriate punctuation...and storyD*mn, do I have a story.
I am a generation of defaultedOh h*ll nahs! When there should have been a few more h*ll yeses!I am a mother to a babywho was a babyhaving a babywhen she had her babyI am a negro spiritualwrapped in anemancipation proclamation. I am a distant moontrapped in a sunny dayI am a thrill rideOf deep stomach clenching dipsand incredible death defying highsI am the tart of lemonAnd the soothing of limeI am a poem of a woman...
©2018
This collection of poems for black girls are written with a storyteller's voice and are full of rhythms of inspiration. It is a journey of the most tangible moments of a womanhood as only jaha Knight has discovered it. I am a poem. I am thunder, lightening, rain and sun. I am wild kisses and peekaboo dressesLaughter and untamed tresses. I am a poem of a woman. With contradictions and contracted similes, metaphors and inappropriate punctuation...and storyD*mn, do I have a story.
I am a generation of defaultedOh h*ll nahs! When there should have been a few more h*ll yeses!I am a mother to a babywho was a babyhaving a babywhen she had her babyI am a negro spiritualwrapped in anemancipation proclamation. I am a distant moontrapped in a sunny dayI am a thrill rideOf deep stomach clenching dipsand incredible death defying highsI am the tart of lemonAnd the soothing of limeI am a poem of a woman...
©2018
Fiche technique
- Date de parution : 31/07/2018
- Editeur : Relay Publishing
- ISBN : 978-1-386-19043-1
- EAN : 9781386190431
- Format : ePub
- Caractéristiques du format ePub
- Protection num. : Contenu protégé
À propos de l'auteur
Biographie de jaha Knight
Jaha Knight (b. 1978) is an African-American woman novelist, artist, poet, podcaster and entrepreneur. In 2006, Knight began the journey of authoring her first novel, in 2010 her first non-fiction work. She has always been inspired by authors like Sister Souljah, Alice Walker, Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison and her absolute favorite author, Zora Neale Hurston. Her love affair with books began really early.The product of a single parent home, oftentimes when her mother would go to work, she'd drop Jaha off at the local library. She would spend her mother's entire shift reading books and escaping into new places. Each time she would leave the library with a bag of books. A well read black girl, Jaha knight is still is a voracious reader. During those sojourns into another world, she discovered The Color Purple and Alice Walker.
After reading that book she quickly discovered Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston. When she found Sister Souljah, a seed was planted when she read, The Coldest Winter Ever. Jaha wanted to write books for black girls that focused on black girl bliss, strife and the black experience. Since that decision, she has written several books. Drama Queens Series, the Reiko Series, Unleash Your Giant & Step into Your Greatness, Twisted Linens and Tiny Screams and more.