The birth of a true poet is neither an insignificant event nor an easy delivery. Complications generally begin long before the fated soul carries its dubious light into whatever womb has been kind enough to volunteer the intricate machinery of its blood and prayers and muscles for a gestation period much longer than nine months or even nine years.

If I say your voice is an amber waterfall in which I yearn to burn each day, if you eat my mouth like a mystical rose with powers of healing and damnation, If I confess that your body is the only civilization I long to experience… would it mean that we are close to knowing something about love?

The same hot lightning that burns your blood with passion–– cools your fears with peace.

Michael Jackson National African American Art Examiner Series

This fire that we call Loving is too strong for human minds. But just right for human souls.

Most of the more celebrated names among African-American authors, poets, and artists are known to the world because of their association with specific cultural arts movements.

The study of history empowers nations and individuals with an ability to avoid errors of the past and lay foundations for victories in the future.