Phyllis Wheatley

I thought that Phyllis Wheatley's poems were very good. I'm already a big fan of poetry but her poems (along with her circumstance of being a very young black slave) were interesting and beautiful to read.

My favorite poem was the first one -- On Being Brought From Africa to America. She has a great way of using language poetically to express her thoughts and feelings. I really like how she points out the racial injustice in America. I wonder how her voice and style would have grown if she were to have lived longer. It would have been really interesting to read poems she authored later in life.