For women, then, poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence.
Anger is loaded with information and energy.
what you hear in my voice is fury, not suffering. Anger, not moral authority
I am on the cusp of change and the curve is shifting fast.
When we create out of our experiences, as feminists of color, women of color, we have to develop those structures that will present and circulate our culture.
Every Black woman in America lives her life somewhere along a wide curve of ancient and unexpressed angers.