I'm glad I understand that while language is a gift, listening is a responsibility. (U.S. poet and writer, 1943- )

Poems don't have to rhyme... Poems are about beauty and emotion; in other words poems are about feelings.

I am so hip even my errors are correct

Being Black and poor is, I think, radically different from being anything else and poor. Poor, to most Blacks, is a state of mind. Those who accept it are poor; those who struggle are middle class.

America may not be the best nation on earth, but it has conceived loftier ideals and dreamed higher dreams than any other nation. America is a heterogeneous nation of many different people of different races, religions, and creeds. Should this experiment go forth and prosper, we will have offered humans a new way to look at life; should it fail, we will simply go the way of all failed civilizations.

I have not tried to tell the people anything. I have shared my views with the people but I have not tried to lead or correct them, assuming they need correction.

Deal with yourself as a individual, worthy of respect and make everyone else deal with you the same way.