Audre Lorde

1934-1992 / Female / American
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If You Come SoftlyIf you come as softly / As the wind within the trees / You may hear what I hear / See what sorrow se
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On a Night of the Full MoonOut of my flesh that hungers / and my mouth that knows / comes the shape I am seeking / for reason.
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The Black UnicornThe black unicorn is greedy. / The black unicorn is impatient. / 'The black unicorn was mistaken / f
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A Woman SpeaksMoon marked and touched by sun / my magic is unwritten / but when the sea turns back / it will leave
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The Electric Slide BoogieNew Year's Day 1:16 AM / and my body is weary beyond / time to withdraw and rest / ample room allowe
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RecreationComing together / it is easier to work / after our bodies / meet / paper and pen / neither care nor
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Sisters in ArmsThe edge of our bed was a wide grid / where your fifteen-year-old daughter was hanging / gut-sprung
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Hanging FireI am fourteen / and my skin has betrayed me / the boy I cannot live without / still sucks his thumb
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Inheritance-HisI. / My face resembles your face / less and less each day. When I was young / no one mistook whose c
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Making Love To ConcreteAn upright abutment in the mouth / of the Willis Avenue bridge / a beige Honda leaps the divider / l
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