"I Am the Rage is a poetry collection that explores racial injustice from the raw, unfiltered viewpoint of a Black woman in America. Dr. Martina McGowan is a retired MD, a mother, and a poet. Her poetry provides insights that no think piece on racism can; putting readers in the uncomfortable position of feeling, reflecting, and facing what it means to be a Black American. This entire collection was created during 2020, many shortly after the deaths of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd, to name but a few"-- Provided by publisher.

I Am the Rage -- Forever Lost between Sunlight and Shadow -- Motivated Forgetting -- Human Enough -- Navigating This Hazardous Terrain -- Benediction Number 9 -- There Is Too Little Time -- America's Postpartum Depression -- In My Rearview Mirror -- America's Music -- Numb to the News -- Rhetoric -- We Still Stand (Noble and Proud) -- A Shocking New Race War -- How Could We Not Have Appreciated That -- Why We Beat Our Children -- 50A New Song -- Not Again -- Be Careful What You Ask of Me -- Traffic Stop -- How You Hate to Rape Me -- Tale of Two Georges -- America, Something Is Wrong -- Juneteenth -- We Are Alike, You and I -- BIPOC -- Spoken Words Fail Me But... -- Cultural Upheaval -- Today, I Cannot... -- What Sadness We Carry in Ordinary Times.