As history has demonstrated many times over, change may arrive slowly or quickly but it is the one constant, in one form or another, on which we can all count.
AberjhaniThe fact that an African American sits in the White House at the helm of government in the United States of America on this 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation represents both phenomenal political symbolism and a victory of faith in democracy that should not be lost on any American.
AberjhaniBefore the thunderous clamor of political debate or war set loose in the world, love insisted on its promise for the possibility of human unity: between men and women, between blacks and whites, northerners and southerners, haves and have-have-nots, self and self.
AberjhaniThe reality of a serious writer is a reality of many voices, some of them belonging to the writer, some of them belonging to the world of readers at large.
AberjhaniIn the days when hyenas of hate suckle the babes of men, and jackals of hypocrisy pimp their mothersโ broken hearts, may children not look to demons of ignorance for hope.
AberjhaniIn an age when nations and individuals routinely exchange murder for murder, when the healing grace of authentic spirituality is usurped by the divisive politics of religious organizations, and when broken hearts bleed pain in darkness without the relief of compassion, the voice of an exceptional poet producing exceptional work is not something the world can afford to dismiss.
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