BotW: For Colored Girls who have Considere Suicide When The Rainbow is Enuf by Ntozake Shange

“ sing a black girl’s song

sing her song of life

she’s been dead so long

closed in silence so long

she doesn’t know the sound

of her own voice

her infinite beauty

she’s half-notes scattered

without rhythm/no tune

sing her sighs

sing a righteous gospel

ler her be born”

Written by: Ntozake Shange 

Written in: 1975 

Why you should read it: Portrays the idea of a universal Black women. 7 ladies portray each color of the rainbow and tell stories of sex, abortion, loss of life, rape, shame, and more.