rise rise author volume poetry published published productive periods career written published volumes poetry point considered poet playwright best known seven especially know bird sings poetry successful began early writing career alternating publication autobiography volume poetry poetry collections best sellers received critical attention rise short poems divided parts poems themes focus hopeful determination rise difficulty topics previous volumes poetry known popular poems phenomenal woman rise found volume speaks race gender poems emphasizes strength community like previous volumes poetry reviews rise mixed collection title poem rise center advertising campaign phenomenal woman time previously published cosmopolitan phenomenal woman poems featured film background rise maya 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 publication rise occurred productive periods career written songs composed movie scores written articles short stories scripts documentaries poetry produced plays named visiting professor colleges universities appeared supporting role television mini series roots given multitude awards period including thirty honorary degrees colleges universities world considered playwright poet editor challenged write best known readers identify poet second like critics consider important poetry critic agrees states books best sellers poetry received little critical attention bloom believes poetry interesting recited bloom calls 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 time rise published published eventually going publish seven read poem pulse morning president bill_clinton inauguration following year publisher placed poems rise collection poetry collection previous collections cool drink water fore pray wings gon fit volumes published don sing shall moved publisher placed poems smaller volume entitled poems rise phenomenal woman time appeared cosmopolitan title poem rise advertising campaign 50th anniversary themes according scholar themes poem rise title volume suggests focus hopeful determination rise difficulty states poems inspired spoken confident voice strength recognizes power longer pushed focuses themes previous volumes including love loneliness southern racism added twist nature women importance family cover wider range topics including aging sexual awakening drug addiction christian salvation phenomenal woman crowd performed audiences called personal theme poem literary critic consider best poems volume poem featured motion picture directed bloom calls hymn like poem woman beauty engages word play word poetry phenomenal woman paired follows men uses raw egg metaphor contrast dominant fragile cautious celebrates slightly mysterious power excitement created men poem characteristic style forceful lines irregular rhymes short words states create provocative rhythm underlying confidence said wrote poem women regardless race appearance stated know men phenomenal write poem poems focus racial subjects themes continue themes mild protest survival found hope humor ain bad uses black english vernacular word bad positive connections black culture customs leaders help build black pride scholar calls shouting poem short lines repetition lady club describes overly intellectual speaker woman club critic states poem round heavily influenced work protest songs past number stanza poem create refrain like found work songs variations protest poems impressed creation new art form work protest forms feel develops favorite poem rise shares title play wrote refers spirit black people repetition quoted interviews included public readings despite racism expresses faith overcome triumph compares rise express hope phenomenal woman poetry speaks entire gender race calls rise proud defiant statement behalf black people interview stated poem help sustain hard times people black white way poems rise woman work welfare roll speak women positively woman work explaining complaining lists mundane stay home wife mother accomplish compares poem phenomenal woman share strong rhyme scheme forceful rhythms theme women welfare roll speaks courage mother goes welfare acknowledges turmoil experiences accepting government assistance reviews like reviewers poetry finds prose stronger poetry found strength apparent poems volume autobiography review praises finding rhythm everyday life impressed poems rise especially phenomenal woman states collection poems author brought life style states phenomenal woman received reviews popular powerful poems public appearances considers poems rise slight thin stuff expresses disbelief poems produced major publishing house poetry written lesser known talents able possibilities considered good poetry writing states best poems borrow folk rhythms forms buttresses poems aspects culture written heritage places work tradition black poets compares poems rise works example poems remind poems rise reminds famous poem strong men explains success popularity poet calls real reason success poet states poetry serves explanatory texts prose works calls rendered self portraits positive review rise library journal recognizes themes calls poems volume uneven finds poems similar speech patterns songs effective finds metaphor forced rhyme despite volume weaknesses considers successful statement black woman experiences determination survive grow poems rise consists poems divided parts entitled touch life called joyful poet strength woman lover traveling focus hardships drug addiction child abuse inner city life conditions author experienced rise gets volume title poem themes emphasizes strength finds community volume dedicated calls good guys
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