![]() ![]() Purdy and I wandered lonely as clouds borne/ by a breeze off Mount Parnassus.” An intimate perspective on a tumultuous era and an homage to the power of language. Purdy read from her desk./ All the other kids zoned an hour ahead to 3:15,/ but Mrs. Nelson’s introduction to poetry reads like falling in love: “It was like soul-kissing, the way the words/ filled my mouth as Mrs. ![]() The political and social climate of the 1950s infuses the poems through references to bomb drills at school (“Everybody’s motto is Be Prepared,/ so we practice tragic catastrophes”), the Red Scare, the death of Emmett Till, and the stirrings of the civil rights movement. Complemented by muted screen print–like illustrations, Nelson’s 50 poems are composed of raw reflections on formative events, including her development as a reader and writer. Kevin Prufer 47 Worth Marilyn Nelson 48 I Am A Black Gwendolyn Brooks 49 Lost Sister Cathy Song 51 Flash Cards Rita Dove 54 Arithmetic Carl Sandburg 55 Dream. Her book The Homeplace won the 1992 Annisfield-Wolf Award and was a finalist for the 1991 National Book Award. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Poetry Speaks Who I Am: 100 Poems of Discovery, Inspiration, Independence, and E at the best online prices at eBay. We gallop circles around the playground, whinnying, neighing, and shaking our manes. Poet Marilyn Nelson is the author or translator of twelve books and three chapbooks. ![]() Nelson crafts a stirring autobiography in verse, focusing on her childhood in the 1950s, when her family frequently moved between military bases. Marilyn Nelson- 1946- (Mather AFB, California, 1956) When we play horses at recess, my name is Moonlily and I’m a yearling mare. ![]()
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