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

what i need is traveling minds talktouch kisses spittouch you swimming upstream.

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

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.'

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

So much of growing up is an unbearable waiting. A constant longing for another time. Another season.

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.