The Words Don't Fit in My Mouth (Paperback)

~ Jessica Care Moore (Author) "No matter the chatter of rogues dressed in high priest gear, constantly wastin gair space and paper whining about how poetry should be divorced from..." (more)
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Jessica is knocking down the walls of the opium dens in this distant town called poetry. " -- Mos Def, Actor and Emcee

Like Jayne Cortez before here, this is her mouth on paper,her refusal to swallow her silence. -- Tony Medina, Editor, Poet and Professor

Product Description

The Words Don't Fit In My Mouth has become a classic book among fans of the new movement of poets around the world. The first release from author jessica Care moore, The Words Don't Fit In My Mouth is a thematically, multi-various collage of poems on love and lost, relationships, racism, sexism, and identity that says: "..we exist, yes we do. It's a fact." In the words of editor Tony Medina, this collection is full of tom-boy muscle and tender sister love caresses. She coos and curses and condems- all in one breath, all in one poem, one book.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 155 pages
• Publisher: Moore Black Press (July 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0965830802
• ISBN-13: 978-0965830805
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #884,844 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars MY INSPIRATION, March 18, 1999

By A Customer

THIS BOOK IS TRULY EXCEPTIONAL. JESSICA IS A TRULY BLESSED PERSON. SHE HAS INSPIRED MY LIFE. THERE ARE POEMS IN THIS BOOK THAT MADE ME LOOK AT MY LIFE IN A DIFFERENT,MORE POSITIVE PERSPECTIVE. SHE TOUCHES ON ISSUES LIKE MULTICULTURISM, PREJUDICE WITH IN THE BLACK RACE, AND LOVING BLACK MEN. JESSICA CARE MOORE IS A DIVA AND LOVE HER.

PEACE AND BLESSINGS MASAANI

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Chi'T, February 25, 1999

By A Customer

As a poet, I would like to thank Jessica Care Moore for being the one woman amongst the Blackwomen poets to take her love and anger, and paint a mural of respect for the spoken word artist. As a Black male poet, I feel that it is poets like her that enables other artists to "school" the masses on the wrong doings of all evil entities that are devouring the Black race. Keep Building On my Sister, for one day Chicago, Detroit, New York and the cities alike will feel what we are doing and it is just not performing. Thanks for the reading at Chicago State University.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The True Black Aesthetic, November 18, 2001

By	J. D. Williams (Marietta, GA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Moore blows up the spot with her poetry! She speaks her mind and speaks it well. Her nonchalant attitude towards political correctness makes her thoughts more outrageous and vivid. The next Sanchez is on her way, so move!!!