Can anyone help? I need some feminist poetry suggestions for A level DD

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DD 17 yrs studying A level English literature and needs a couple of average length poems or one longer one. Does anyone have any suggestions of some good ones please?

Thank you.

would this one by June Jordan work?

Maybe Maya Angelou?

Phenomenal woman might fit the bill, or Still I Rise, maybe?

Rupi Kaur would be another possibility I think, she did a book called milk and honey, though quite a lot of hers are quite short.

How specifically feminist do they need to be?

Pretty much anything by Carol Ann Duffy

Sylvia Plath's Daddy? Or, something more modern from Magi Gibson?

Magi Gibson

Offering a feminist reading of a 'traditional' male poet might work better: Hardy, Byron, Browning, D H Lawrence might all offer something to get hold of.

I studied Carol Ann Duffy at A-level. Feminism on steroids.

Carol Ann Duffy - The World's Wife. Astonishing range of poems/styles and all brilliant!

Try this -

yesterday I was the moon - by noon unnahar.
She is a Pakistani feminist poet, her poems vary from 3 lines to several pages and confronts the reality of living in a male controlled society and the destruction caused by wars with in her country. Her work is remarkable, topical and heart rending. She has a website . noorsplace.com

Here's my favourite -

I am the rage
left unspoken
unheard
unfortunately
by the women before me
so I write a lot and speak
a little firmly
giving life to the words that never
made it out of their mouths

Honour Killing by Imtiaz Dharker.

About the freedom to express oneself and live a life in a manner that is true to one’s identity. In this poem a woman is standing up to for her right to be allowed to make her own choices about the way she represents herself. She does not want to be defined by her culture, spirituality, clothing or image in the community.

Jackie Kay's written a number of feminist poems. If the poem doesn't have to be from the UK then there's also Adrienne Rich's work or Anne Sexton. Look at the Poetry Archive site for examples www.poetryarchive.org/

There's also www.poetry.org/

And the Poetry Society
poetrysociety.org.uk/

Most of these can be searched by topic/keyword and/or poet.

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Carole Satyamurti

Aphra Behn might be an interesting choice? The Disappointment would be one option - several of her poems are discussed in this article

Little Red Cap by Carol Ann Duffy? Not sure if you'd call it 'long' or not but it's a few stanzas I think.