Joyce Carol Thomas

ABOUT THE BOOK

 

In this, Ms. Thomas' first volume of poetry, she explores the beauty and tumult of her life as poet and new mother.

​

This collection takes the reader onto the stage with a young author presenting her works alongside budding greats Alice Walker, Ishmael Reed, and Maya Angelou.

​

A rare find, the collection is a must have, ready for rediscovery.

​

An extraordinary lost gem!

 

It's time to revisit this author. These poems are clearly a foundation for a writer who has a soulful and musical sense of music in her pen. A rare find, it is highly recommended. Thomas does not go for the swift and deep jab. She massages at it instead. She wills things into motion with eye and ear.

​

Jacket photo by Arne Folkedal.

​

CONTENTS​​​

​

one

​

• Octagonal Angles of the Mind

• The Poet

• December Water

• Gone

• Guadalajara

• Rain

• Maybe for Me

• Parade

• Grief

• I Sit Beside Loneliness

• Welcome Winter

• Did You Know Tomorrow

• Ribbons Red and Green

• Crossing

 

two​

​

• Woman's Mood

• The Man

• One Tuesday

• Dawn's Child

• When You Get Through

• I Lied Today

• Mother to Daughter

• Mama

• Little Girl Born Black

• Dawning

​

three​

​

• The MJQ

• Church Poem

• The Whipping

• Poem for Otis Redding

• The James Cleveland Concert

• Bittersweet