The black unicorn : poems / by Audre Lorde.
| Author/creator | Lorde, Audre author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | New York ; London : Norton, 1995. |
| Copyright Date | ©1978 |
| Description | xi, 122 pages ; 21 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | I. The black unicorn -- A woman speaks -- From the house of Yemanjá -- Coniagui women -- A rock thrown into the water does not fear the cold -- Dahomey -- 125th Street and Abomey -- The women of Dan -- Sahara. -- II. Harriet -- Chain -- Sequelae -- For Assata -- At first I thought you were talking about . . . -- A litany for survival -- Meet -- Seasoning -- Touring -- Walking our boundaries -- Eulogy for Alvin Frost -- Chorus -- Coping -- To Martha : a new year -- In Margaret's garden -- Scar -- Portrait -- A song for many movements -- Brother Alvin -- School note -- Digging. -- III. Outside -- Therapy -- The same death over and over -- Ballad for ashes -- A woman/Dirge for wasted children -- Parting -- Timepiece -- Fog report -- Pathways : from mother to mother -- Death dance for a poet -- Dream/Songs from the moon of Beulah Land I-V -- Recreation -- Woman -- Timing -- Ghost -- Artisan -- Letter for Jan -- Bicentennial poem #21,000,000 -- IV. The old days -- Contact lenses -- Lightly -- Hanging fire -- But what can you teach my daughter -- From inside an empty purse -- A small slaughter -- From the greenhouse -- Journeystones I-XI -- About religion -- Sister outsider -- Bazaar -- Power -- Eulogy -- "Never take fire from a woman" -- Between ourselves -- Future promise -- The trollop maiden -- Solstice. -- A glossary of African names used in the poems. |
| Abstract | Collection of poems which serves as a testimony to the lives of women who have influenced the poet's life. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (page 122). |
| Genre/form | poetry. |
| Genre/form | Poetry. |
| Genre/form | Poetry. |
| Genre/form | Poésie. |
| LCCN | 78017569 |
| ISBN | 0393312372 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 9780393312379 (pbk.) |