WOMEN in POETRY

March 8, 2016 Celebrating Women in Poetry   During Women’s History Month, and especially today, on International Women’s Day, we celebrate the lives and accomplishments of extraordinary women, past and present. Here we’ve curated a selection of poems by women whose work has influenced American poetry. “Still I Rise” by Maya Angelou “homage to my hips” by Lucille Clifton “Dear March – Come in – (1320)” by Emily Dickinson “[we fight back to control the outside]” by kari edwards “Cherry Stems” by Kimiko Hahn “Lais” by H. D. “The Black Unicorn” by Audre Lorde “Page 39 / arrives early for the date” by Harryette Mullen “Ode of Girls’ Things” by Sharon Olds “The Anactoria Poem” by Sappho “Her Kind” by Anne Sexton “Alphabet of Mother Language” by Anne Waldman