irrepressibly bronze, beautiful and mine (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Paulette Williams
- First Published: 1987
- Type of Work: Lyric
- Genres: Poetry, Lyric poetry
- Subjects: African Americans, Blacks, Love or romance, Sex or sexuality, Beauty, Violence, Men, Erotica
The Poem
Ridin’ the Moon in Texas, the collection of poems containing “irrepressibly bronze, beautiful and mine,” responds to particular works of art. The artwork to which “irrepressibly bronze” specifically responds is an untitled photograph of a man’s back by acclaimed and controversial photographer Robert Mapplethorpe. The poem, occupying four and one-half pages, is not an extended description of the photograph; rather, it is a poem on a topic—black men—inspired by it.
The poem is divided into three sections, all written in free verse. The first...
[The entire page is 1460 words long]
