fit pray wings gon fit book poems american author published second volume poetry written volume poetry published considers 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 pray divided parts consists poems volume dedicated paul like poems poetry volume characterized light verse contain ordinary objects universal pray received mixed reviews critics critic states poems best read aloud focus themes love insight tension overcoming difficulties writes ordinary objects experiences deep feelings variety racial themes concerns background gon fit second 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 film georgia georgia produced swedish film company filmed sweden screenplay written black woman released married welsh carpenter husband san_francisco 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 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 volume poetry cool drink water fore nominated pulitzer prize followed autobiography pray followed publication second autobiography gather publisher placed poems pray collection poetry capitalize popularity following reading poem pulse morning president bill_clinton inauguration collection cool drink water fore published pray rise don sing publisher placed poems smaller volume entitled themes poems characterized light verse example characterizes reaching light growing older expresses sadness having reaching youth ends poem unexpectedly ironically expressing admiration die early volume pairs poems america africa communication communication strengthen themes poems volume like poems volumes contexts contain universal ordinary objects example telephone describes relationship object silence life poem structured long demands telephone ring despite resentment intrusion uses familiar feminine metaphors themes found blues songs colors black blue weekend loneliness poem poor girl uses vernacular express universal themes voice teenage girl lost boyfriend scholar cites couple example practice subtly including level meaning poems ability translate personal experience political discourse placement themes racism liberation combines liberation ideology poetic technique challenge society concepts gender identity especially affects women varies length poem lines beginning stanza continuing poem convey ambiguity doubt demand reader question perceptions gender power couple starting second stanza attacks class based ideals society poem ends demanding social surrounding gender class end insists human survival depends recognizing shared emotions experience regardless gender position society poems gon fit divided parts consists poems volume dedicated paul critical response review states poems pray like child dead old seas good heritage ballads excellent lyrics calls winter day colorful pleasant states reminds genre painting like critics poetry says poems work best read aloud critic considers way poems organized distracting says diminish street wise infused particular pain pride according review rhyme simple structure complex critic says quality reaching reduces age minor milestone elevated higher deeper plane africa america typical acceleration causes dead halt poetry critic says poems awkward according reviewer choice poems pray focus themes love insight tension focus black condition celebrated triumphant difficulties reviewer finds poems uneven best read aloud meant laughed thought states volume suffers dangers success happen poets gain fame soon gilbert blames publishers success stating pray collection poems think reason maya myth print writer responds gilbert criticism stating poet long began writing prose audience comfortable sparse lines insists critics missed power poems message apparently simple lines calls poetry light verse states writes ordinary objects experiences deep feelings variety racial themes concerns
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