Your pain is a school unto itself–– and your joy a lovely temple.

Hope drowned in shadows emerges fiercely splendid–– boldly angelic.

From her gospel-singing mother Cissy Houston, her legendary pop-diva cousin Dionne Warwick, and her Queen of Soul godmother Aretha Franklin, she [Whitney Houston] inherited gifts for skillfully interpreting lyrics and endowing them with new depth and jeweled nuance.

Poetry looking in the mirror sees art, and art looking in a mirror sings poetry.

By striving so mightily to accomplish specific goals on behalf of one segment of humanity, she [Toni Morrison] went beyond them to create literary wonders capable of enriching the lives of not just her own people, but of all people.

All the world loves a ghost. The evidence of that simple statement can be found by looking in nearly every direction.

When we vote we participate in the construction of a context.