Bad Asses in Poetry: Poems of the Week

"And I’d like to be a bad woman, too,

And wear the brave stockings of night-black lace

And strut down the streets with paint on my face."

(Gwendolyn Brooks)

These have always been some of my favorite poems:

A Song in the Front Yard-Gwendolyn Brooks

Phenomenal Woman-Maya Angelou

What Do Women Want?-Kim Addonizio

I read them when my soul needs some of that bad ass feminine nurturing. What are some of your favorite poems?