Rainbows introduce us to reflections of different beautiful possibilities so we never forget that pain and grief are not the final options in life.
ABERJHANIIt also contains a humbling light of recognition that compels many to do whatever they can to help reinforce the efforts of those who might be ‘at risk’ of not just giving up on their dreams, but of giving up on their continued existence.
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At the edge of madness you howl diamonds and pearls.
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A world without poetry and art would be too much like one without birds or flowers: bearable but a lot less enjoyable.
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Still willing to invest in art and poetry’s own uniquely explosive contributions to the great, and small, dramas of human history.
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What can bombs know of the illuminated fields so golden with heaven in your heart’s sacred lands?
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And what you know from the depths of your own heart to the peaks of your soul to be true. What happens after that is up to you.
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Within the universe of the extraordinary, those qualities we designate to human concepts of gender are often shared, exchanged, or even completely obliterated.
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The act of writing itself is much like the construction of a mirror made of words.
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And to empower them to confront the worst in themselves in order to discover and claim the best in themselves.
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Mainstream medias representation, or its guerrilla decontextualization, of black mens lives in particular can set the stage for erroneous assumptions capable of damaging an individual or a nation.
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The intricate machinery of its blood and prayers and muscles for a gestation period much longer than nine months or even nine years.
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What more civilized way for people to alleviate the same than by giving themselves to one another as brothers and sisters in deed as well as in word?
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We are living in an era in which billions of people are grappling to promote communication, tolerance, and understanding over the more destructive forces of war
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Your pain is a school unto itself–– and your joy a lovely temple.
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The whole purpose of the construction of The Bridge of Silver Wings was to provide a path leading to The River of Winged Dreams, or to serve as a resting place until the river’s deeper and truer nature revealed itself.
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Than they are to hearing anything about acts of love or grace.
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In its essence, Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘I Have a Dream’ speech is one citizen’s soul-searing plea with his countrymen––
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Horror tore this world asunder. While inside the bleeding smoke and beyond the shredded weeping flesh we memorized tales of infinite good. -from The History Lesson
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Emancipation Proclamation represents both phenomenal political symbolism and a victory of faith in democracy that should not be lost on any American.
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In ways that synchronize images, ideas, emotions, sounds, smells, ignorance, and knowledge.
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A man sitting monkey-like on the rooftop of his brain is due the applause such feats earn him.
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Complications generally begin long before the fated soul carries its dubious light into whatever womb has been kind enough to volunteer
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An outrageous instinct to love and be loved blinded your arms to lines of propriety
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Oh what a wonderful soul so bright inside you. Got power to heal the sun’s broken heart, power to restore the moon’s vision too.
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Hearts rebuilt from hope resurrect dreams killed by hate.
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Poetry and art nourish the soul of the world with the flavor-filled substances of beauty, wisdom and truth.
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It also contains a humbling light of recognition that compels many to do whatever they can to help reinforce the efforts of those who might be ‘at risk’ of not just giving up on their dreams, but of giving up on their continued existence.
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