I was born early, along with my twin, and a lot of times, for infants, that can lead to learning delays.
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I love Black poets. I love that as a Black girl, I get to participate in that legacy. So that’s Yusef Komunyakaa, Sonia Sanchez, Tracy K. Smith, Phillis Wheatley.
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I was born early, along with my twin, and a lot of times, for infants, that can lead to learning delays.
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We know. We believe. And we act, because it is our civic duty.
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If a woman doesn’t give herself permission, who will?
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What a day. What a life. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you
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What contributed to my writing early on is how my mom encouraged it. She kept the TV off because she wanted my siblings and I to be engaged and active. So we made forts, put on plays, musicals, and I wrote like crazy.
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No matter how you say it, the hill we climb is a hill we climb together.
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As a public poet, people often don’t see the reality of my life.
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When you’re someone who’s lived a life where certain resources were scarce, you always feel like abundance is forbidden fruit.
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I am my own best mirror.
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The fight isn’t over – it’s just begun. It’s time to suit up for a battle that might determine the war.
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As a young black woman, I notice at times in the mainstream media framing of the ‘me too’ movement you see a white female face or a white male face, and that type of questioning and interrogation needs to happen.
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Truth is to act out of the best of ourselves.
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Give us the ballot, and we will no longer have to worry the federal government about our basic rights.
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We’ve learned that quiet isn’t always peace and the norms and notions of what just is, isn’t always justice.
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Poetry is – it’s an art form, but, to me, it’s also a weapon, it’s also an instrument. It’s the ability to make ideas that have been known, felt and said. And that’s a real, I think, type of duty for the poet.
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One of my delays was in speech and speech pronunciation, and also the auditory processing issue just means I really struggle as an auditory learner.
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