While many people like the idea of exercising unconditional love, most eventually find it too draining and impossible to sustain,
ABERJHANIWhen reading about what may be described as the lesser celebrated heroic figures of the Harlem Renaissance,
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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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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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An author accepting language’s invitation to dance steps onto the floor of his her sensibility-charged consciousness and begins to move instinctively–even if with much dread
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Death wins nothing here, gnawing wings that amputate–– then spread, lift up, fly.
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Your pain is a school unto itself–– and your joy a lovely temple.
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Even when muddy your wings sparkle bright wonders that heal broken worlds.
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All the world loves a ghost. The evidence of that simple statement can be found by looking in nearly every direction.
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I was reborn a third time to the sound of my name humming haikus in heaven’s mouth.
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Before the thunderous clamor of political debate or war set loose in the world, love insisted on its promise for the possibility of human unity
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A horn of plenty spills from your hands into the starved lives of millions.
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Just above our terror, the stars painted this story in perfect silver calligraphy. And our souls, too often abused by ignorance, covered our eyes with mercy.
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Christmas When Music Almost Killed the World
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We rarely get a definitive look at just how complicated and sometimes dangerous their everyday lives were. In fact,
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September 11, 2001: Citizens of the U.S., besieged by terror’s sting, rose up, weeping glory, as if on eagles’ wings.–from the poem Angel of Remembrance: Candles for September 11, 2001
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Upon the lips of babes asleep I saw light embracing light and so allowed my syllables to rest there as a prayer they might sing in their dreams.
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