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Teahouse of the Almighty by Patricia Smith

rosalindpoet's review

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5.0

But you have poetry, you say.
And if you can tell me what poetry is,
where the line is drawn
between the beauty and the breathing
of breath into something to make it beautiful,
I will claim poetry as my own.


patricia smith is really out here making me experience every single emotion at the same time

seapeanut's review

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Teahouse of the Almighty (National Poetry) by Patricia Smith (2006)

kchiechie's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad fast-paced

5.0

mmchirdo33's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny fast-paced

5.0

stefanicox's review

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4.0

It's been awhile since I've read poetry, but Patricia Smith's work is just so well-written; you can tell she has experience as a spoken word poet. She nails the end of each poem with such grace and wistfulness.

lost_in_tall_grass's review

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churameru's review

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challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

e_flah's review

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4.0

I really enjoyed the lyricism of these poems. Smith covered a wide variety of subjects with sharp turns-of-phrase that were a delight to read out loud.

librarylove4eva's review

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5.0

I first heard Patricia Smith on Def Poetry Jam. When it came on at 1 in the morning on HBO. She wrote a poem about being a white supremacist. I was amazed. I could see the bald head, the angry look.

This book is no less amazing. In particular, Related to the Buttercup, Blooms in Spring , Building Nicole's Mama and When the Burning Begins are prime examples of why she is a huge name in poetry.

If you haven't read or seen her, what are you waiting for?

with_drea's review

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4.0

One of those books of poems where I love the content but am not a big stylistic fan, necessarily. Definitely Smith's poems are ones better heard than read. There a couple poems in here that really knocked me out of the park, though, and I think the celebration of blackness will really appeal to people who it's meant for.