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While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:
• The poem "7 haiku (for St. Augustine)" is by African American writer Sonia Sanchez.
• It was published in her 2010 poetry book entitled Morning Haiku.
• The poem is written as a sequence of seven haiku.
• According to the book's publisher, Penguin Random House (PRH), the book "celebrates the gifts of life and mourns the deaths of revered African American figures."
• According to Sanchez, she chose to write in the form of haiku because it helps "maintain memory and dignity."
• The poem "7 haiku (for St. Augustine)" is by African American writer Sonia Sanchez.
• It was published in her 2010 poetry book entitled Morning Haiku.
• The poem is written as a sequence of seven haiku.
• According to the book's publisher, Penguin Random House (PRH), the book "celebrates the gifts of life and mourns the deaths of revered African American figures."
• According to Sanchez, she chose to write in the form of haiku because it helps "maintain memory and dignity."