About Audre Lorde
1934 - 1992/Female/AmericanA writer, feminist, womanist, and civil rights activist, Audrey Geraldine Lorde is best known for technical mastery, emotional expression, and expressing anger and outrage at civil and social injustices.
Selected Quotes
Poetry & Stories
If You Come Softly
If you come as softlyAs the wind within the trees
On a Night of the Full Moon
Out of my flesh that hungersand my mouth that knows
The Black Unicorn
The black unicorn is greedy.The black unicorn is impatient.
A Woman Speaks
Moon marked and touched by sunmy magic is unwritten
Recreation
Coming togetherit is easier to work
About Audre Lorde
Audre Lorde: Quick Answers
Who is Audre Lorde?
1934 - 1992/Female/AmericanA writer, feminist, womanist, and civil rights activist, Audrey Geraldine Lorde is best known for technical mastery, emotional expression, and expressing anger and outrage at civil and social injustices.
Where can I read Audre Lorde's poetry?
Kavishala has 16 poems and stories by Audre Lorde, free to read on this page, along with selected quotes you can share.
Poems & Stories by Audre Lorde
If You Come Softly
If you come as softlyAs the wind within the trees
On a Night of the Full Moon
Out of my flesh that hungersand my mouth that knows
The Black Unicorn
The black unicorn is greedy.The black unicorn is impatient.
A Woman Speaks
Moon marked and touched by sunmy magic is unwritten
Recreation
Coming togetherit is easier to work
Hanging Fire
I am fourteenand my skin has betrayed me
Making Love To Concrete
An upright abutment in the mouthof the Willis Avenue bridge
Coal
IIs the total black, being spoken
Sisters in Arms
The edge of our bed was a wide gridwhere your fifteen-year-old daughter was hanging
The Electric Slide Boogie
New Year's Day : AMand my body is weary beyond
Movement Song
I have studied the tight curls on the back of your neckmoving away from me
Who Said It Was Simple
There are so many roots to the tree of angerthat sometimes the branches shatter
Selected Quotes by Audre Lorde (चुनिंदा उद्धरण)
Moon marked and touched by sunmy magic is unwritten
New Year's Day : AMand my body is weary beyond
There are so many roots to the tree of angerthat sometimes the branches shatter
I am fourteenand my skin has betrayed me
Out of my flesh that hungersand my mouth that knows
The black unicorn is greedy.The black unicorn is impatient.
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