We Must Invest In Tomorrow.

I Do Not Understand Why Any Poet Or Writer Would Run For Office; That's A Different Sense Of Who You Are. I'm Just A Poet. I Am As Truthful As I Can Be. That Makes Me An Artist. I Heed The People; I Do Not Lead The People.

I’m A Big Fan Of History—applying The Lessons As Well As The Joys And Sadness. If We Pay Attention, We Would See How We Affect Each Other. In Terms Of Time, We Are Not That Far From One Another. If We Were To Look Back A Century, It Would Seem Like A Long Time; But, If We Look At It By Decades Then It’s Only 10 Years, And By Generations It’s Only Five.

What's The Difference Between Dragging A Black Man Behind A Truck In Jasper, Texas, And Beating A White Boy To Death In Wyoming Because He's Gay?

Follow Your Image As Far As You Can No Matter How Useless You Think It Is. Push Yourself.

We Black Women Are The Single Group In The West Intact. And Anybody Can See We're Pretty Shaky. We Are, However (all Praises), The Only Group That Derives Its Identity From Itself.