In Search of Color Everywhere: A Collection of African-American Poetry - Hardcover

One of the first anthologies of black poetry published since the 1960s, In Search of Color Everywhere represents a comprehensive gathering of material. The aim of the volume, in the words of editor E. Ethelbert Miller, is "to pull together a collection of poems that would make readers laugh and clap their hands." Unlike similar anthologies, the book is organized thematically rather than chronologically. Thus a section titled "Freedom" is followed by "Celebrations of Blackness" and "Love Poems." Contributing authors include such stalwarts as Phillis Wheatley, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Countee Cullen, and Langston Hughes, as well as younger poets such as Elizabeth Alexander, Jacquie Jones, and Kevin Young, who are well on their way to gaining wider audiences.

Eshu by Adesanya Alakoye
Passage by Elizabeth Alexander
Today's News by Elizabeth Alexander
Harriet Tubman Aka Moses by Samuel Allen
To Satch by Samuel Allen
Phenomenal Woman by Maya Angelou
Still I Rise by Maya Angelou
The Opposite Of Green by Alvin Bernard Aubert
Toward Guinea: For Larry Neal, 1937-1981 by Houston A., Jr. Baker
All Is One For Monk by Amina Baraka
Ka 'ba by Amiri Baraka
4 1/2 Months: Halfway Song (hey Baby! What You Know Good?) by George (1948-) Barlow
Mingus Speaks: Found Poems by George (1948-) Barlow
Peace by Jonetta Barras-abney
Strangers Like Us: Pittsburgh, Raleigh, 1945-1985 by Gerald William Barrax
Tuesday Night Affair by Sandra Turner Bond
The Mother by Gwendolyn Brooks
Primer For Blacks by Gwendolyn Brooks
Say It Loud -- I'm Black And I'm Proud by James Brown
Survival Motion: Notice by Melvin E. Brown
Ma Rainey by Sterling Allen Brown
An Old Woman Remembers by Sterling Allen Brown
Sister Lou by Sterling Allen Brown
Strong Men by Sterling Allen Brown
The Truth About Karen by Kenneth Carroll
Confession by Pearl Cleage
Good Times by Lucille Clifton
I Am Accused Of Tending To The Past by Lucille Clifton
Listen Children by Lucille Clifton
The Lost Baby Poem by Lucille Clifton
Eviction by Michelle T. Clinton
Poem For A Divorced Daughter by Horace Coleman
Coffee by Wanda Coleman
How Long Has Trane Been Gone by Jayne Cortez
Pray For The Lovers by Jayne Cortez
So Many Feathers by Jayne Cortez
Tapping by Jayne Cortez
Song In Spite Of Myself by Countee Cullen
No Images by Waring Cuney
Desire 1 by Thulani Davis
Zoom (the Commodores) by Thulani Davis
For Cool Papa Bell by Thomas C. Dent
A Note On My Son's Face by Toi Derricotte
Places, Places by Melvin Dixon
Black Mother Praying by Owen Dodson
Take My Hand, Precious Lord by Thomas A. Dorsey
Adolescence: 1 by Rita Dove
Adolescence: 2 by Rita Dove
Adolescence: 3 by Rita Dove
Fifth Grade Autobiography by Rita Dove
The Song Of The Smoke by William Edward Burghardt Du Bois
Root Song by Henry Dumas
We Wear The Mask by Paul Laurence Dunbar
When Malindy Sings by Paul Laurence Dunbar
My Mother Is A God Fearing Woman by Cornelius Robert Eady
My Mother, If She Had Won Free Dance Lessons by Cornelius Robert Eady
Success by Cornelius Robert Eady
Say It Loud, I'm Black And I'm Proud by Alfred Ellis
I Am A Black Woman by Mari E. Evans
Who Can Be Born Black by Mari E. Evans
Uncles by Nikky Finney
For All Unwed Mothers by Robert Fleming
Picture Of A Man by Calvin Forbes
Inquisition by Gloria Wade Gayles
Loving Again by Gloria Wade Gayles
Bow To Allah by Brian G. Gilmore
Ego Tripping by Yolande Cornelia Giovanni
Knoxville, Tennessee by Yolande Cornelia Giovanni
Nikki-rosa by Yolande Cornelia Giovanni
The Women Gather by Yolande Cornelia Giovanni
Bury Me In A Free Land by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
The Slave Auction by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
Alice by Michael S. Harper
Alone by Michael S. Harper
Breaded Meat, Breaded Hands by Michael S. Harper
Dear John, Dear Coltrane by Michael S. Harper
Makin' Jump Shots by Michael S. Harper
Some Songs Women Sing by Peter Harris
A Daddy Poem by William J., Jr. Harris
American Journal by Robert Earl Hayden
Frederick Douglass by Robert Earl Hayden
Runagate Runagate by Robert Earl Hayden
Those Winter Sundays by Robert Earl Hayden
Goodhousekeeping #17 by Safiya Henderson-holmes
The Body Inside The Soul by Bell Hooks
Dream Variations [or, Variation] by James Langston Hughes
Feet O' Jesus by James Langston Hughes
Mother To Son by James Langston Hughes
The Negro Speaks Of Rivers by James Langston Hughes
The Weary Blues by James Langston Hughes
Another Rthym by Gloria T. Hull
To Be Young, Gifted, And Black by Weldon J. Irvine
Choosing The Blues by Angela Jackson
For Thurman Thomas by Reuben M. Jackson
Sunday Brunch by Reuben M. Jackson
It Is Not Just by Harriet Jacobs
On Growing Up The Darker Berry by Harriet Jacobs
Roots by Harriet Jacobs
My Blackness Is The Beauty Of This Land by Lance Jeffers
When I Know The Power Of My Black Hand by Lance Jeffers
The Heart Of A Woman by Georgia Douglas Johnson
I Want To Die While You Love Me by Georgia Douglas Johnson
The Creation (a Negro Sermon) by James Weldon Johnson
Go Down Death; A Funeral Sermon by James Weldon Johnson
Lift Every Voice And Sing by James Weldon Johnson
Sence You Went Away by James Weldon Johnson
Drugs by Jacquie Jones
Song by Patricia Spears Jones
Grand Army Plaza by June Jordan
Poem About My Rights by June Jordan
Poem Against The State (of Things): 1975 by June Jordan
The Test Of Atlanta 1979 by June Jordan
When A Woman Gets Blue by Norman Jordan
Battle Report by Bob Kaufman
Private Sadness by Bob Kaufman
Untitled by Bob Kaufman
Sidney, Looking For Her Mother by Dolores Kendrick
As You Leave Me by Etheridge Knight
Dealing Scraps by Etheridge Knight
The Idea Of Ancestry by Etheridge Knight
To Make A Poem In Prison by Etheridge Knight
Boxing Day by Yusef Komunyakaa
My Father's Loveletters by Yusef Komunyakaa
Slam, Dunk, & Hook by Yusef Komunyakaa
White Port & Lemon Juice by Yusef Komunyakaa
Rain Ditch by Pinkie Gordon Lane
Weeksville Women by Elouise Loftin
Between Ourselves by Audre Lorde
Naturally by Audre Lorde
Black Woman by Naomi Long (witherspoon) Madgett
My Brothers by Haki R. Madhubuti
A Poem Looking For A Reader by Haki R. Madhubuti
The Union Of Two by Haki R. Madhubuti
Next Door by Laini Mataki
Ornithology by Laini Mataki
Illusion by Colleen Johnson Mcelroy
The Harlem Dancer by Claude Mckay
If We Must Die by Claude Mckay
The White House by Claude Mckay
Another Love Affair/another Poem by E. Ethelbert Miller
Rebecca by E. Ethelbert Miller
Tomorrow by E. Ethelbert Miller
A Closing by May Miller
A Bluesman's Blues by Lenard Duane Moore
Winter 1967 by Lenard Duane Moore
To Josh Gibson (legendary Slugger Of The Old Negro Baseball by George, Jr. Mosby
The Dance She Does by Harryette Mullen
Momma Sayings by Harryette Mullen
Roadmap by Harryette Mullen
Don't Say Goodbye To The Pork-pie Hat by Larry Neal
Bali Hai Calls Mama by Marilyn Nelson
Sleepless Nights by Marilyn Nelson
Statistic by Michelle Parkerson
Party For Your Right To Fight by Public Enemy
Ballad Of Birmingham by Dudley Randall
Blackberry Sweet by Dudley Randall
Dance Bodies #1 by Eugene B. Redmond
Love Necessitates by Eugene B. Redmond
My Tongue Paints A Path by Eugene B. Redmond
Poetic Reflections Enroute To, And During, The Funeral by Eugene B. Redmond
The Black Cock by Ishmael Reed
White Hope by Ishmael Reed
Group Therapy by Carolyn M. Rodgers
Group Therapy by Carolyn M. Rodgers
Poem No. 1 by Carolyn M. Rodgers
Saturday Afternoon. When Chores Are Done by Carolyn M. Rodgers
Slave Ritual by Carolyn M. Rodgers
Our World Is Less Full Now That Mr. Fuller Is Gone by Kalamu Ya Salaam
Haiku by Sonia Sanchez
Right On: White America by Sonia Sanchez
To Anita by Sonia Sanchez
Winter In America by Gil Scott-heron
Who by Timothy Seibles
About Atlanta by Ntozake Shange
I Live In Music by Ntozake Shange
My Father Is A Retired Magician by Ntozake Shange
Where The Mississippi Meets The Amazon by Ntozake Shange
You Are Sucha Fool by Ntozake Shange
Midwest, Midcentury by Sharyn Jeanne Skeeter
The Twist by Alfred B. Spellman
When Black People Are by Alfred B. Spellman
Lynching And Burning by Primus St. John
Sunday by Primus St. John
O' Yes by Lamont B. Steptoe
Barbershop Ritual by Sharan Strange
Feel Free by Natasha Tarpley
Last Instructions by Garth Tate
Tonguing by Greg S. Tate
Song Of The Son by Jean Toomer
The Frontier Of Rage by Askia M. Toure
At My Father's House by Nancy Travis
Church Ladies by Nancy Travis
Sunbathing by Nancy Travis
Conjuring Against Alien Spirits by Quincy Troupe
A Poem For Magic by Quincy Troupe
Take This Hammer by Anonymous
When The Saints Go Marching In by Anonymous
Folk Song by Anonymous - African American
Brothers Loving Brothers by Vega
Did This Happen To Your Mother? by Alice Walker
'good Night, Willie Lee, I'll See You In The Morning' by Alice Walker
For My People by Margaret Abigail Walker
Comfort-maker by Jerry W. Ward
The Picnic, A Homage To Civil Rights by Michael S. Weaver
Water Song by Michael S. Weaver
On Being Brought From Africa To America by Phillis Wheatley
Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting by Jay Wright
Between The World And Me by Richard Wright
Out Of The Wailing by Stephen Caldwell Wright
A Dance For Ma Rainey by Albert James Young
Eddie Priest's Barbershop & Notary by Kevin Young
Struggle-road Dance by Ahmos, Ii Zu-bolton
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