Black Poetry Is Not For

I Used To Dream Militant Dreams Of Taking Over America To Show These Whitefolks How It Should Be Done I Used To Dream Radical Dreams Of Blowing Everyone Away With My Perceptive Powers Of Correct Analysis I Even Used To Think That I'd Be The One To Stop The Riot And Negotiate The Peace Then I Awoke & Dug That If I Dreamed Natural Dreams Of Being A Natural Woman Doing What A Woman Does When She's Natural I Would Have A Revolution.

I Move On Feeling And Have Learned To Distrust Those Who Don't.

In Law School They Teach You That Everything Is A Contract; Well, In Poetry Everything Is A Narrative.

Photographers Direct The Eye Toward A Particular Object. We Who Write, One Hopes, Are Directing The Heart And The Soul.

Facts Are Only Tools To Gain Control Over Yourself And Other People.