* La vaca, "the cow" in Spanish.
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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…
I have a friend who is turning gray, not just her hair, and I do not know why this is so.
Knowing you might some day come and how unprepared I’ve always been like Mr. Sloppy in Charles Dickens’
The old men used to sing And lifted a brother Carefully Out the door I used to think they
To change the world enough you must cease to be afraid of the poor. We experience your fear as the lea… humiliations; in the past
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
Word reaches us that you are sleeping, sleeping. Dismayed we have turned to the sea. We encounter among others
My brothers knew The things you know. I did not scorn learning them; It’s just my mind
His posture From so many years Holding his robe with one hand Is odd. His gait
When you thought me poor, my poverty was shaming. When blackness was unwelcome we found it best that I stay home.
If I was President The first thing I would do is call Mumia Abu—Jamal. No, if I was president
Before I leave the stage I will sing the only song I was meant truly to sing. It is the song of I AM.
I will keep Broken things: The big clay Pot
Be nobody’s darling; Be an outcast. Take the contradictions Of your life And wrap around
in our lifetime. Which makes the idea of elections Notice how this word has “man” right in the middle of it? That’s one reason I like it. He is right there, front and center. But he i...