Poetry Break Booklet

MEET SOME OF THE POETS, THEIR POEMS & THEIR STORIES:

Corlis Long

What influenced my writing:

Don L. Lee – So Cool, So Cool. I even Stop for Green Lights

Nikkie Giovanni – I am So Perfect Even My Errors are Correct

Maya Angelou - I walk like I’ve got oil wells Pumping in my living room. I laugh like I’ve got gold mines Diggin’ in my own backyard. Ntozake Shange - Ever since I realized there was some one callt A colored girl an evil woman a bitch or a nag I been tryin not to be that & leave bitterness In somebody else’s cup