poem

Caribbean women: big and little
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has black text, a black and white image and gray graphics printed on white paper. At the top left, the photo shows a woman in a zebra dress as seen through the branches of a tree. To the...

Speaking Our Truths
1994

Poster has black ink printed on glossy white paper. Poster shows the faces of different races of females along with cultural symbols and icons positioned in an oval shape. At the center of the...

The Women's Struggle Can Wait
c.1975

Poster consists of black print on red paper. Title at the top reads "The Women''s Struggle Can Wait." A poem with the same name as the title covers the majority of the poster. In the lower right...

1989

Poster has a black and white background photo of a naked woman (seen from the waist up) spreadding her arms to her sides and lifter her face to the sky - the woman''s right breast has...

For Shelter And Beyond
1976

Poster has a brown background with a central white circle with a black border. In the circle at the right is a stylized black image of the bodies of three women grouped together, with one...

Ruth Weiss - poet
1978

Poster shows a stylized black and white image of a tree with the trunk formed by faces and the branches by bodies and arms. At the bottom left is a poem attributed to Ruth Weiss reading "thick...

I am the wild child
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has black ink printed on off-white paper. At the center of the poster is a stylized image in an oval of a nature scene with mountains and water - the face of a figure is formed by clouds at...

Finding her here
1994

Top of poster has an image of a blue abstract nude figure on a yellow background. Below the image is "finding her here" in red and "Jayne Relaford Brown" in black followed by a three paragraph...

eco echo one people's park
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has black and white images and black text on white newspaper. top half of poster shows the image of a snake twisted around the trunk of a tree bearing fruit. The bottom half of the poster...

People's Park
1989

Poster has black text and images printed on white paper. At the top left corner is a sun and rays with hearts flowing in between the rays. Tot he right of the sun are the dates "1969-1989". At the...

We Want Bread And Roses Too
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has black text and black and pink images printed on beige paper. Image centered at the top shows a group of women in identical dresses and shawls holding a large banner that reads "...

Harvest Lunch Hour
1982

Poster has black text and a brown image pritned on beige paper. The image on the right half of the poster shows the backs of two men at a diner bar. On the left side of the poster are two columns...

Joy Harjo
1992

Poster is printed on white paper. Poster is a notice for a poetry reading. At the right is a drawing of a woman with long hair with beaded earrings. At the bottom center is black text that reads:...

Hey Soweto
1977

Poster has a black and white printed copy of a hand drawn image surrounded by a white border with white text within the image. Image has wtwo main figures in headdresses holding spears/arrows and...

Untitled (Helmet with face and African poem)
Late 20th Early 21st Century

This poster has a wide, white margin around the outer edge. Inside the margin is a black background with strips of metallic green geometric designs at the top and center. The center of the page...

Iris, Goddess of Color
1979

Top of poster has a stylized image of a blue, purple, and pink flower with a green stem. At the bottom of the poster is "Iris/goddess of color/canto de la primavera / diosa de colores/song...

Turning
LATE 20TH EARLY 21ST CENTURY

This poster features a poem written by Lucille Clifton printed on thick, heavy paper. The poem, titled "Turning" in red in the upper right, reads "turning into my own / turning on...

untitled (poem in Spanish)
1980

Poster is printed in black in on white paper in the style of a linocut or woodcut print. The upper left corner has a drawing of several palm trees, the lower right corner has a drawing of a male...

El Salvador, A Book of Photographs by Adam Kufeld
Late 20th - Early 21st Century

Poster has a dark olive green background with an image centered at left that shows a woman in profile and a child facing the viewer behind a picket fence. White font above and below the image...

Yukety-Yuk-Yuk
Late 20th - Early 21st Century

Poster printed with black ink on tan paper. A poem by Michael Sykes titled "Yukety-Yuk-Yuk" is printed in two columns on the upper portion of the page. The first stanza reads, "My name is...

The culture of terror
Late 20th - Early 21st Century

Poster consists of blue, green, yelllow, and pink print on a black background on white paper. Image depicts a woman with braided hair in profile, a television with a "$199.97" price tap, and...

Song of the Soul to Itself on a Rooftop
c. 1969

Poster has a white background with green and purple text. At the top is a magenta toned image of a small figure. Poster has green text going around in an oval that reads, "Conseil maritime meets 1...

The Wilderness
c. 1970

Poster has aPoster is printed with text overall. Poster reads from top to bottom: "The Wilderness / We need the tonic of wilderness, /to wade sometimes in marshes where / the bittern and the...

Rehearsal for the Apocalypse
1970

The top of the poster has a photographic image of an elderly male figure with a background that depicts some sort of celestial event. The left edge of the poster has the text: "Rehearsal for the...

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