The joy of poetry is that it will wait for you. Novels don't wait for you. Characters change. But poetry will wait. I think it's the greatest art.

Come windless invader I am a carnival of Stars, a poem of blood.

I cannot tell the truth about anything unless I confess being a student, growing and learning something new every day. The more I learn, the clearer my view of the world becomes.

The most fundamental truth to be told in any art form, as far as Blacks are concerned, is that America is killing us.

Art... reacts to or reflects the culture it springs from.

The joy of poetry is that it will wait for you. Novels don't wait for you. Characters change. But poetry will wait. I think it's the greatest art.

And I cried… for all of the women who stretched their bodies for civilizations, only to find ruins.