- Touch me in the morning - Diana Ross
- Back to Black - Amy Winehouse
- Anything by Rumi
- Now That I Am Forever With Child - Audre Lorde
- Sonnet 22 - Elizabeth Barrett Browning
I recommend this one while you are waiting:
- Get it & feel good - Ntozake Shange
- Prayer - Nina Cassian
- Think Lang - Marion Angus
And if you are fed up with wot you got:
- One Perfect Rose - Dorothy Parker
- Vicious Circle - Marsha Prescod
- Did This Happen To Your Mother? Did Your Sister Throw Up A Lot? - Alice Walker
- Dirty No Gooder Blues - Bessie Smith
If you are freshly single...:
- Love After Love - Derek Walcott
- Advice to a Discarded Lover - Fleur Adcock
- 'Honestly, I wish I were dead!' - Sappho
Finally, the kiss off:
- Don't Fish in My Sea - Ma Rainey
5 comments:
Thanks for the reminder about Fleur Adcock; haven't heard her name in a while. What a great list - shall investigate further in a quieter moment.
Sure, good to see you.WG
What about Robbie Burns of Scotland
& King Solomon of the Jews?The two were great lovers and poets
funny!
That Diana Ross one is soooo fab!
:))
A
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