Ntozake Shange

a choreopoem and spell # 7

For colored girls who have considered suicide, when the rainbow is enuf

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf

Sabrina D. 

this is some delicate/ leg & whimsical kiss/ i gotta have to give to my choice/ without you runnin off wit alla my shit

she waz the wrath/ of women in windows/ fingerin shades/ ol lace curtains/ camoflagin despair &/ stretch marks/ so she glittered honestly 

Emily

I recommend listening to this while reading because it's powerful.

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf

Lindy

This revolutionary, award-winning play by a lauded playwright and poet is a fearless portrayal of the experiences of women of color—“extraordinary and wonderful…that anyone can relate to” (The New York Times) and continues to move and resonate with readers today more than ever. From its inception in California in 1974 to its highly acclaimed critical success at Joseph Papp's Public Theater and on Broadway, the Obie Award-winning for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf has excited, inspired, and transformed audiences all over the country. Passionate and fearless, Shange's words reveal what it is to be of color and female in the twentieth century. First published in 1975 when it was praised by The New Yorker for "encompassing...every feeling and experience a woman has ever had," for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf will be read and performed for generations to come. Here is the complete text, with stage directions, of a groundbreaking dramatic prose poem written in vivid and powerful language that resonates with unusual beauty in its fierce message to the world.

For colored girls who have considered suicide, when the rainbow is enuf a choreopoem and spell # 7

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