I was reborn a third time to the sound of my name humming haikus in heaven’s mouth.
ABERJHANIHorror 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
More Aberjhani Quotes
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Most of the more celebrated names among African-American authors, poets, and artists are known to the world because of their association with specific cultural arts movements.
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Millions cheer the warriorspilling blood across the ringwhile the one who stands for peaceis ridiculed and shamed.
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It appears to be more that of a warrior-philosopher who practices the art of political persuasion by authoring acclaimed books
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Feet sandaled with dreams tread paths of vision leading to wisdom’s sharp peaks.
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That we all encounter during some unavoidable point of our existence into a sustainable life-affirming poetics of passionate creativity, empowered spiritual vision, and inspired commitment.
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Trayvon Martin, at the most, seems only to have been guilty of being himself.
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In the days when hyenas of hate suckle the babes of men, and jackals of hypocrisy pimp their mothers’ broken hearts, may children not look to demons of ignorance for hope.
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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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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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Overall, my books represent a kind of shared communion and meditation with my fellow human beings…
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Unless you are here: this garden refuses to exist. Pink dragonflies fall from the air and become scorpions scratching blood out of rocks.
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True lovers earn their genius in schools of blood, prophecy and dust.
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream was not indicators of weakness but gifts of significant strength.
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They both, when we study that grand tapestry known as history and modern-day society, tend to stand out in much bolder relief than other figures from Dancing with Madness, Dancing with Genius
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She [Whitney Houston] inherited gifts for skillfully interpreting lyrics and endowing them with new depth and jeweled nuance.
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