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

Zora Neale Hurston said fear is the greatest emotion and I said, 'No my dear sister.' Fear will make us move to save our own skins. Love also makes us save ourselves, but it will make us move to save others as well.

Poetry is subconscious conversation, it is as much the work of those who understand it and those who make it.

... in order to be a true revolutionary, you must understand love. Love, sacrifice, and death.

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

All poets, all writers are political. They either maintain the status quo, or they say, 'Something's wrong, let's change it for the better.'

I probably have not killed anyone in America because I write, I've maintained good controls over myself by writing.