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Two lesbian poets talk form, first books and advice for aspiring writers.

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Ms. Muse: Lauren K. Alleyne on Form, Fairytales and the Impact of Feminist Poetry

In the first installment of Ms. Muse, Lauren Alleyne shares two new poems and reflects on vulnerability, strength and the loneliness of competition.

Five Feminist Poems for National Poetry Month: “Songs for the People” by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper

Julie Enszer

Born in 1825 to free African American parents, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was a prolific journalist and poet as well as an abolitionist and suffragist. In “Songs for the People,” she imagines poetry filling “the world with peace.”

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Five Female Poets on Protest and Resistance

Emily Sernaker

These poets cover North Korean missal taunts, the water crisis in Flint, the inadequacy of the U.S. government’s apology to Native Americans, children affected by school shootings and economic divides in their poems that radiate defiance and vision.

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The Lesbian Poets of Headmistress Press: Joy Ladin and Risa Denenberg in Conversation

Headmistress Press and Mary Meriam

Two lesbian poets talk elegies, illness and difference.

Five Feminist Poems for National Poetry Month: “The Letter” by Amy Lowell

Julie Enszer

“The Letter” is playful and fanciful, celebrating the beloved through letter writing—although in the final stanza, Amy Lowell reveals the complexity of her emotions.

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Ms. Muse: This Is a Feminist Poetry Manifesta

Chivas Sandage

Ms. is carving out a new discovery place for riotous, righteous and resonant feminist poetry to nourish and give voice to a rising tide of female resistance—and it starts right here.

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The Lesbian Poets of Headmistress Press: Jessica K. Hylton and Jen Rouse in Conversation

Headmistress Press and Mary Meriam

Two lesbian poets talk about journeys, being seen and fusing the biographic with the fantastic.

Five Feminist Poems for National Poetry Month: “The Quiet Woman” by Genevieve Taggard

Julie Enszer

Women have been responding to sexual harassment for generations. Poet Genevieve Taggard, born in 1894 in Washington state, was one of them; in “The Quiet Woman,” she captures fury and anger “like a surly tiger” of a woman fending off an unwanted advance.

We Still Need the Sexy, Bilingual Poetry of tatiana de la tierra

Sara Gregory

A multilingual poet, publisher, print-based activist, begrudging academic, lover of smut and eternal other, de la tierra was everything I couldn’t resist as a young, queer writer still struggling to find community.

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