Perhaps...I am the face of one of your fears. Because I am a woman, because I am Black, because I am a lesbian, because I am myself--a Black woman warrior poet doing my work--come to ask you, are you doing yours?
To encourage excellence is to go beyond the encouraged mediocrity of our society
Our visions begin with our desires.
We have been raised to fear the yes within ourselves, our deepest cravings.
Well, I do not want to be tolerated, nor misnamed. I want to be recognized.
We must wake up knowing we have work to do and go to bed knowing we've done it.