Joyce Carol Thomas

ABOUT THE BOOK

 

In her second book of poetry, this self-published collection includes new poetry, some of which appeared in groundbreaking new publications of the era, Yardbird Reader, Vol. 2 and Poems by Blacks, Vol. 3.

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Jacket photo by Arne Folkedal. The identical image appears on the cover of her first book of poetry, Bittersweet.

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In this collection:

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• Aware

• Ishmael

• Roy T.

• Savant

• She Touched

• Tracy Poem

• Aretha

• She Is

• I Know a Lady

• If They Could Love

• Miss Liza

• Sudden Gypsy

• Where is the Black Community?

• There Sits Thessalie

• I Walk on the Wind

• Crystal Breezes

• Thunder Rock

• Gemini

• The Teacher

• Prisoner

• On Furlough

• Orphan

• Show and Tell

• Valley/Hill

• She Came Here Fighting

• Clarence Muse

• Booker T.

• Elves Dance

• A Third is a Fifth

• Our Love

• Where Did Them Pots Come From?

• Hide the Children

• Wings

• Where Does a Poem Come From?

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The book is inscribed to Ms. Thomas' sister, Flora Krasnovsky and others:

 

​For Flora

and all my Sisters

For the Poets

and all my Brothers

and especially

For the Children

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The back cover of Crystal Breezes features the poem "Spotting The Poetess Joyce Carol Thomas" by Dr. Hillery Knight.