#jonterrigadson

Since I featured this book in the six book face challenge yesterday, I had to feature it for #apoemaday today. It was a struggle though, because there were three poems I really LOVED and wanted to share here. I finally settled on this one only because I don’t have many other poems on parenting I want to share. Anyway, this is a fantastic collection on family and race and being a woman and small towns and wanting. And look at that cover! . . #bluestriumphant #jonterrigadson #yesyesbooks #margaretbowland #poetry #nationalpoetrymonth https://www.instagram.com/p/B-z9QWGgRc7/?igshid=5uzd0syaymke

So, I didn’t actually set out to collect six black women for the #sixfacebookschallenge, but once I got to four I thought, why ruin it? This collection is making me really happy today, I hope it makes you smile, too. . . #bluestriumphant #jonterrigadson #binti #nnediokorafor #pdjèlíclark #theblackgodsdrums #nikkigiovanni #agoodcry #whatlookslikecrazyonanordinaryday #pearlcleage #mothersandothers #sarahblafferhrdy https://www.instagram.com/p/B-uapr0ARJd/?igshid=pudjorxs17t9

Listen. I totally bought this book for the cover. It was a bonus that the poetry was lovely as well. Putting this book in the #bookcovercoordinated project was a given. . . #bluestriumphant #jonterrigadson #yesyesbooks #poetry #beadsandbooks #fringeearrings #danglyearrings #seedbeads #brickstitch #handmadeearrings https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn4Eb4ml1AE/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=qcsdvhqbg1h0

Today’s #riotgrams prompt is black writers. I started at least four different collections for this one, but it seemed poetry was really underrepresented in the posts so far. So here are four of my favorite poetry collections by black poets. . . #books #poetry #nikkigiovanni #graywolfpress #yesyesbooks #jonterrigadson #claudiarankine #tracyksmith