Fale, terra, e me abençoe com o que é mais rico: a voz Zami de Audre Lorde manifestada em "Love Poem"

Abstract

Audre Lorde, renowned writer, poet and activist, expressed herself powerfully in her works, addressing issues of identity, race, sexuality and femininity. Her poem "Love Poem", which was published in the 1970s, is a memorable example of her poetry and marks a key turning point in the author's life. In it, Lorde challenges social conventions and gender stereotypes, celebrating love between women as rich and inclusive. Using powerful metaphors, she describes this love as a force of nature. The comparison of the female body with nature is evident, as is the use of the erotic. As a black and lesbian woman, Lorde releases “Love Poem” as a way to reaffirm her experience and fight. The justification for this work is to highlight the author's poem and its symbolic importance in Lorde's oeuvre as a whole, as it emphasizes the importance of self-acceptance, and of encouragement to self-love. In addition, "Love Poem" represents Lorde's courage in breaking barriers, resisting oppression and inviting those who read the work to break free from emotional and social ties. For the construction of this course conclusion work, articles and books were selected in different periods of publication among searches found, indexed in Portuguese and English. Keywords: Audre Lorde. Zami. Lesbianity. Gender. Erotic.