Not Emily Dickinson because I have loads of her stuff!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
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Position:Home>Poetry> Please can recommend some female poets?Question: Please can recommend some female poets!? Not Emily Dickinson because I have loads of her stuff!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Maya Angelou Contemporary Women Poets Humorous Poems Lucille Clifton - Wishes for Sons Jean Nordhaus - Posthumous Contemporary Women Poets Lola Haskins - Sleep Positions Anne Sexton - The Big Heart Carol Ann Duffy - Talent Omololá Ijeoma ògúnyemí - Whispers Alice Walker - Expect Nothing Jan Gibson - Season Susan Berlin - Request Denied Denise Duhamel - For the One Man Who Likes My Thighs Ellen Snell Adams - What We Don't Bring Out In Company Feminist Poems by Women Marge Piercy - For the young who want to Lena Lathrop - A Womans QuestionWww@QuestionHome@Com My personal favorites: Sappho Sylvia Plath Margaret Atwood Naomi Shihab Nye Maya Angelou Louisa May Alcott Gwendoly Brooks Nikki Giovanni (sp!?) Willa Cather Erika Jong (a bit racy) Denise Levertov Sharon Olds Ann Sexton Alice Walker Marianne MooreWww@QuestionHome@Com carol ann duffy!. the world's wife is a collection of her (very feminist-not a bad thing, but she is a little whiney) poems!. speaking of such, please answer my latest question on duffy!.!.!.!. find it by going to my profileWww@QuestionHome@Com Elizabeth Cook Elizabeth Bishop Sylvia Plath(e!?) Pick up a copy of Poetry, or any other journal in your library, see what you like!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Sylvia Plath, Emily Bronte, Judith Wright, Elizabeth Barrett Browning!.!.!.I can't think of anymore! how terribleWww@QuestionHome@Com also, Maya Angelou!. Absolutely superb modern poetry!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Check out Sylvia Plath's "Ariel!." Her poem "Daddy" is great!.Www@QuestionHome@Com You have some great answers here!. I would add: Louise Gluck -- The Wild Iris Carolyn Forche -- The Country Between Us Sharon Olds -- Satan SaysWww@QuestionHome@Com Eavan Boland Elizabeth Barrett BrowningWww@QuestionHome@Com Pam AyresWww@QuestionHome@Com I would add Wendy Cope!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Sappho!!!!!! :D and!.!.!.you can visit my 360, and read my poems, after all I am a female too :)Www@QuestionHome@Com |