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

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 black artist is dangerous. Black art controls the 'Negro's' reality, negates negative influences, and creates positive images.

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.

You can't have relationships with other people until you give birth to yourself.

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