Teahouse of the almighty : poems / by Patricia Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Patricia, 1955-

Series:

National poetry series

The national poetry series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Poetry.

African Americans.

American poetry.

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

91 pages ; 23 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : Coffee House Press, [2006]

Summary:

A collection of poems by Patricia Smith that explore the emotions that shape human life.

Contents:

Building Nicole's mama

Giving birth to soldiers

It had the beat inevitable

Mississippi's legs

Walloping! : magnifying of a guy's anatomy easily

10 ways to get Ray Charles and Ronald Reagan into the same poem

The world won't wait

Listening at the door

The end of a marriage

Boy dies, girlfriend gets his heart

Dumpsters, wastebaskets, shallow graves

To 3, no one in the place

Sacrifice

My million fathers, still here past

How to be a lecherous little old black man and make lots of money

Hallelujah with your name

Little poetry

Can't hear nothing for that damned train

Drink, you motherfuckers

Deltateach

Creatively loved

Elegantly ending

Sex and music

Map rappin'

In the audience tonight

Weapon ultimate

Scribe

The circus is in town

Her other name

Forgotten in all this

Down 4 the up stroke

Women are taught

Look at 'em go

Stop the presses

What you pray toward

What men do with their mouths

Dream dead Daddy walking

Writing exercise breathing outside my binder

The thrill is on

Blues through 2 bone

Fireman

Psyche!

Related to the buttercup, blooms in spring

When Dexter King met James Earl Ray

All his distressing disguises

Teahouse of the almighty

Running for Aretha

When the burning begins.

Notes:

Hurston/Wright Legacy Award - Poetry, Winner, 2007

Other Format:

Online version: Smith, Patricia, 1955- Teahouse of the almighty.

ISBN:

1566891930

9781566891936

OCLC:

65978665

Publisher Number:

9781566891936

Online:

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