cool drink water fore cool drink water fore collection poems african american writer poet poems originally song lyrics written career night club performer recorded albums publication autobiography know bird sings considers poet playwright best known seven began early writing career alternating publication autobiography volume poetry poetry collections best sellers received critical attention interesting read aloud sections poems poems section love scream center love poems section structured like blues jazz music universal themes love loss eighteen poems second section world ends focus experience survival african americans despite living society dominated whites uses vernacular african americans irony humor statements race racism america acts spokesperson race poems use irony humor allows speak collective assume distance order comments themes topics subjects critic called poems protest poems metaphors poetry serve meanings understood blacks themes topics universal readers understand cool drink water fore received mixed reviews critics best seller nominated pulitzer prize critics expected volume popular despite negative reviews considered written lyrical moving expression social observation background cool drink water fore volume poetry studied began writing poetry young age rape age recounted autobiography know bird sings dealt trauma reciting great works literature including poetry helped bring self imposed recorded albums poetry songs wrote career night club performer second poetry maya year publication autobiography know bird sings later incorporated volumes poetry including published year best seller best seller nominated pulitzer prize despite thinking playwright poet editor challenged write best known readers identify poet second like critics consider important poetry critic agrees states books best sellers poetry perceived seriously prose bloom believes poetry interesting bloom considers performances dynamic says moves vigorously reinforce rhythms lines tone words singing dancing stage presence predictable words phrases began early writing career alternating publication autobiography volume poetry publisher placed poems volumes collection poetry capitalize popularity following reading poem pulse morning president bill_clinton inauguration year later publisher placed poems smaller volume entitled title chose cool drink water fore volume title interest unconscious innocence says trying remain innocent title reference belief individuals innocent think asked murderer puts final throat cool drink water said didn believe wouldn morning themes uses rhyme repetition works rhyme found seven poems cool drink water fore critic calls use rhythm ordinary death important theme works especially opens according scholar resolved book end son born death directly mentioned poems according scholar poems second volume fit lack overt empowerment themes later better known works especially rise shall moved love scream themes section cool drink water fore focus love states poems volume describe love moment passionate discovery suspicion painful loss finds truth poems section describe love perspective black woman compared second section feels best love poem uses repetition biblical allusions state black mother loves children husband praises black slaves helped development growth america black men especially man subjects poems views example ability translate personal experience political discourse liberation places poetry use concrete imagery abstract symbolism describe emotional sexual experience meaning liberation painful poignant memories according lacks clear themes liberation later poems phenomenal woman subtle use themes techniques liberation theme compliment poems overtly poem focus women sexual romantic experiences challenges gender codes poetry written previous eras challenges male centered themes messages found poetry movement late 1960s early 1970s use sexual imagery woman point view provides new interpretations assessments poem speaker feels trapped women sexuality depicted powerful controls partner moves away assumption male control sexual act depiction allows readers women identify celebrate sexuality races states man enact empowerment reader placed women sexuality gender assumptions male sexual power notions women experience librarian states poems set music like jazz singer musician especially poem section went home says fits love bag considers best poems ones meant song lyrics went home analysis went home calls recognizes married man dates women usually returns wife states sentiment psychologically sound lines reflecting state abandoned analyzing think states poem central theme self self pride prevent losing spite experiences involving pain degradation according analysis loser speaker expresses common experience loss beginning minor ones losing doll watch ending loss speaker boyfriend considers poem went home slight carrying weight experience world ends poems second section militant tone according critic poems section bite express experience black white dominated world states acts spokesperson especially freedom fighter acknowledges debt owed involved civil rights movement according bloom themes poetry tend short lyrics strong jazz like rhythms common lives poems survivors prevailed despite racism great deal difficulty challenges states focuses lives people time slavery 1960s themes deal broadly painful suffered blacks forced submission guilt accepting protest basic survival critic states metaphors poetry serve meanings understood blacks poem fashion example lines remind look knees got miss ann reference slavery black women knees prove hard cleaned states true poetry change reader emotions poem humor anger says uses technique letter aspiring contained repeated phrase happens prevalence violence society connects poem final scene second autobiography gather describes encounter friend drug shows effects drug habit according poem disturbing images drugs slave master tied habit like monkey attached street calls signifying states knowledge black linguistic folklore appreciation poems line example white right brown hang black stand popular african americans people cultures recognize believes despite signifying occurs poems themes topics universal readers understand appreciate think presents perspective aging maid ironic statement blacks surviving world dominated whites times square competition black boy defends prices white customer words punctuated poems letter aspiring volumes deal universal social problems black perspective african american literature professor analyzing poem think states person singular uses symbol refers people calls self defining function ironically views world outsider resulting loss direct literal relationship world providing ability laugh characteristics matter politically socially devastating scholar discusses poem calling poems protest poems according critic analysis times square line fourth stanza ain playing dozens allusion dozens game participants insult game mentioned later poems black white according critic uses twist dozens compare insults blacks whites allows compare actions races bloom compares blues protest poetry suggests best way analyze subjects style themes use vernacular poems use blues based model like blues singer uses laughter ridicule instead tears cope minor sadness great suffering compares themes black white poems communication communication appear pray wings gon fit second volume poetry poems support assertion conditions improve black race states poems ring lively invincible beat carries defeated figures triumph claims best trade retains pride despite circumstances celebrates survival strength energy necessary accomplish rhythm echoes beat player compares life brutal match end poem speaker wins game life states poems poet defense incredible odds game life stating language rhythm poem subject especially repetitive end line parallels sound work relies rhythm repetition song maintain pace relieve provides way help abilities talents takes role common character black folklore demonstrates control vernacular language especially refers dozens critical response cool drink water fore best seller nominated pulitzer prize poems volume received mixed reviews critic recognized volume popular success characterized poetry confused poetry people read poetry stated collection isn accomplished means readers going love reviewed collection issue classified like young adult category called volume lyrical poems found poems volume sensitive spoken aspects poetry rhythm considered prose poetic poetry reviewer choice called poems powerful great poetry recommended libraries collection african american literature critic says ability capture sound voice page places poems especially ones volume background black rhythms reviewing calls poems moving blend harsh social observation poems poems cool drink water fore love scream remaining eighteen second world ends volume dedicated man reference poems man book according contains poetry love sharing fear affection loneliness features poetry racial confrontation protest anger irony poems short length
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