We Alone, Love Is Not Concerned, Expect Nothing By Alice Walker

without warning”. Then in the third stanza, where he illuminates the allure of letting go of

The life of African American Woman in America is not an easy one, for years the Black Woman has had to face adversity. We were brought into this world not with one minority but with two minorities put against us, the first is the fact that we are a woman and the second is that are African American. Because of that for years we have been subject to not only sexism but racism. The Black Feminist Theory revolves around the exact injustices of African-American women, “A black woman is oppressed by patriarchy, black feminists observe, not just because she’s a woman but because she’s a black woman, a category that has been defined historically in America as less valuable than the category of white woman. (Tyson,123)” The life of an African

Considering the poets past experiences with racism the poem is told in an objective view and could be described as her giving an inspirational pep-talk to her readers. For the most part, the poet’s word choice is concrete and the poem is free of clichés. Also, the diction that

Black women have a long feminist tradition dating back to 19th-century activists such as Maria W. Stewart and Sojourner Truth, but their struggles are a tale of two fights. To be a black woman seeking liberation, one had to fight racial inequality and sexual inequality at the same time. Black women who were involved in the Black Liberation Movement were discriminated against sexually by black men who were oppressed by whites and felt they had to adopt patriarchal roles. Black women in the Women 's Movement faced racial inequality when white women discriminated against them. Also within the Movement, little attention was devoted to class issues that seriously affected black women. Not all the black men nor all the white women with both movements were sexist and racist but enough of those with the highest influences were able to make the lives of the black women in these groups almost intolerable.

She read a variety of different poems. One of the poems was called What’ll It Be. The poem is about a woman warrior who is drinking whiskey in bar. Before this occurred her hometown was burned by six hundred men. She eventually fled her home and found love. But, then she lost it and found herself at the bar drowning herself in alcohol. Another poem that she read was Intergenerational. The poem is about a woman warrior who is thinking about justice. As the woman look out to the moon, the woman knows how slow time is, even after many years. Women continues to love men and men continue to love. Love would continue to be a tool to mend those who are hurt. Brynn Saito also reads a poem that she wrote about a nerve injury. The title of the poem is Things I Never Knew I Love. The poem was about an individual who found that one’s body is precious and should be love. The person found such meaning due to an incident that may have almost to its life. The person also begin to find love for everything as it relates to the body. From the individual life changing experience, the person found what was more important in their

Ida B. Wells-Barnett targeted racism and segregation through the world of journalism. For example, In the article Ida B. Wells-Barnett (1862-1931), author Kristina Gupta stated, wells-Barnett published scornful stories. These articles discussed the lynching's and injustice acts that took place in Memphis (National Women's History Museum). Ida B. Wells was one o the most influential people in journalism history. She understood how powerful her words were and she used her press to uncover the rotten truth on the sexual and racial challenges in the south.

In her autobiography , she talks about the struggle of being a black author and poet. She often felt that her words were not heard because of the color of her skin. She felt that in some ways, she was still experiencing slavery.’’ ( poetry analysis.com) .

life; 1862 was when she wrote most of her poetry. She was writing about one

her when it came to writing her poems. This being one of many reasons why people loved

She also appeared in many anthologies, including The Best American Poetry. From the collection ,”The Girls of Peculiar”, the poem that stood out to me the most was,” Dear Day”; because I liked how within the poem the author Catherine has this incredible imagination of this mythical animal that she share

She feels that every black person will remain immoral and wrongful until they seek the light of

Poets and poetry surround us in our everyday lives . From Langston hughes to Phyllis Wheatley. One that is commonly known is Gwendolyn Brooks. Brooks is highly recognized in the poetry world especially for being the first black female poet to win the Pulitzer Prize. In regards to Brooks’ poetry it is no disappointment for her words are heart wrenching and thoughtprovoking. (Thesis:Brooks focuses on the struggle of African Americans and sheds light on the poverty and issues they go through.) Themes include black pride, black identity and solidarity, black humanism, and caritas, a maternal vision. Historically, racial discrimination; the civil rights movement of the fifties; black rebellion of the sixties; a concern with complacency in the seventies;

She also incorporated her other two poems that she wrote that explained the controversy of African Americans. She turns away from looking at the bad experiences throughout her life into the possibility for the

Abandonment is evident throughout this piece in lines such as “Let loose of you”,”He dropped your tiny body”, and ”Left you like a finch” these lines ().

In this essay we will look into her life through three of her poems in