#AmericanWriters
My desire is always the same; wherever Life deposits me: I want to stick my toe & soon my whole body
Did you ever understand this? If my spirit was poor, how could… Was I depressed? Understanding editing, I see how a comma, removed or inse…
I will keep Broken things: The big clay Pot
Let other leaders Retire To play golf & write Memoirs
When they torture your mother plant a tree When they torture your father plant a tree When they torture your brother
If I was President The first thing I would do is call Mumia Abu—Jamal. No, if I was president
The tree of life has fallen on my small house. I thought it was so much bigger! But it is not. There in the distance I see the m…
When you see water in a stream you say: oh, this is stream water; When you see water in the river you say: oh, this is water
Be nobody’s darling; Be an outcast. Take the contradictions Of your life And wrap around
How can Humanity look the deer in the face? How can I,
She is the one who will notice that the first snapdragon of Spring is
When you thought me poor, my poverty was shaming. When blackness was unwelcome we found it best that I stay home.
The old men used to sing And lifted a brother Carefully Out the door I used to think they
When the people have won a victory whether small or large do you ever wonder
Expect nothing. Live frugally On surprise. become a stranger To need of pity Or, if compassion be freely