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

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.

Upon the lips of babes asleep I saw light embracing light and so allowed my syllables to rest there as a prayer they might sing in their dreams.

At the edge of madness you howl diamonds and pearls.

Such are these places where lovers of bliss behold the angel of peace

The passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 represented precisely such a hope - that America had learned from its past and acted to secure a better tomorrow.

Someone had to embrace positive beginnings before anyone could celebrate successful conclusions or continuations.