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Red Clay Suite
by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
Many of the poems in this collection echo themes that are also in the author's novel [b:The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois|51183428|The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois|Honorée Fanonne Jeffers|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1629809930l/51183428._SY75_.jpg|71834699]. Many of the poems deal with the land in Georgia and Oklahoma, the Native Americans who inhabited that land before us, and their relations with Black people. Other poems seem more autobiographical especially those that deal with a daughter's relationship with their father (who is a poet) and the father's abusiveness to the mother and daughter. There are also poems about dreams, visions, and connecting with the ancestors. Very good collection, definitely had a down home feel to it.
Favorite poems in this collection: "Passing"; "Giving Thanks for Water"; "An Angel, Unaware"; "The Compass of Moss"; "I've Been Up Late Reading the Book of Poems You Inscribed and Mailed to Me"; "The Blues I Don't Want to Remember"; "The Little Boy Who Will Be My Father"; "Hawk Hook Tea"; "Oklahoma Naming".
Favorite poems in this collection: "Passing"; "Giving Thanks for Water"; "An Angel, Unaware"; "The Compass of Moss"; "I've Been Up Late Reading the Book of Poems You Inscribed and Mailed to Me"; "The Blues I Don't Want to Remember"; "The Little Boy Who Will Be My Father"; "Hawk Hook Tea"; "Oklahoma Naming".