Black Girl You Are Atlas As he tries out a

As he tries out a few roles

i’d like a pony for my birthdayand a necklace for my birthday

Eleven-year-old Delphine is like a mother to her two younger sisters

face ghosts from her past

the nine limbo dancers sway on a sunny beach

Black Girl You Are Atlas As he tries out aA Coretta Scott King Honor Book Winner of the Walter Dean Myers Award A thoughtful celebration of Black girlhood by award winning author and poet Rene Watson. In this semi autobiographical collection of poems, Rene Watson writes about her experience growing up as a young Black girl at the intersections of race, class, and gender. Using a variety of poetic forms, from haiku to free verse, Watson shares recollections of her childhood in Portland, tender