Poetry has long been a vessel for what can’t be said any other way. This collection brings together poems that speak to rest, rage, resilience, love, and memory. These verses remind us that wellness so often lives in the spoken word.
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A Litany for Survival
by Audre Lorde
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Burying Seeds
by Ama Codjoe
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Guilt, Desire and Love
by James Baldwin
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Now That I Am Forever With Child
by Audre Lorde
The above link directs you to a recording of Lorde reciting the poem.
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Poem about My Rights
by June Jordan
Directed By Desire: The Collected Poems of June Jordan, 2005
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poem in praise of menstruation
by Lucille Clifton
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Resignation
by Nikki Giovanni
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To the Fig Tree on 9th and Christian
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won’t you celebrate with me
by Lucille Clifton