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Black Hair by Gary Soto
Gary Soto
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“More than baseball”. In the poem “Black Hair” by Gary Soto the speaker reminisces about a time in his young life when things might have been a little simpler. In great detail he remembers images of when he was eight years old, what he looked like and how he felt at that particular time. Three…
| description | The Poetry Foundation is a Chicago-based American foundation created to promote poetry in the wider culture. It was formed from Poetry magazine, which it continues to publish, with a 2003 gift of $200 million from philanthropist Ruth Lilly. |
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| quotations | “All poets, all writers are political. “Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman.” —Virginia Woolf. “Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful.” —Rita Dove. |
| information | Founded: January 1, 2003 Headquarters location: Chicago, IL Key people: Michelle Boone, President Formerly called: Modern Poetry Association |
