Toi Derricotte is an American poet who was born in 1941. She is best known for her poetry books, including The Empress of the Death House and Captivity. She has won numerous literary awards throughout her career and imbued her work with her personal experience.
‘Aerial Photograph Before the Atomic Bomb’ by Toi Derricotte reflects on the impact of witnessing the devastating events of Hiroshima through a photograph.
Why did such terrible events
catch my eye? After Hiroshima,
I turned the picture in Life around
in circles, trying to figure out this huge
‘The Weakness’ appears in Toi Derricotte’s third collection of poetry, Captivity (1989). This poem explores a light-skinned woman’s hesitation, weakness, and low self-esteem in a racially judgmental society.
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