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In an age when nations and individuals routinely exchange murder for murder

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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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Angel Cool Country Eagle Sitizenm Weeping Wing
The rainbows that dangle upon this mist: shatter. Like the smile of a child separated from his mother’s milk for the very first time.from poem Blood and Blossoms
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Blood Blossom Dangle Mist Mother Rainbow Shatter
The issue, perhaps, boils down to one of how perceptions or misperceptions of racial difference impact various ‘individuals’, or groups of ‘individuals’
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Boil Country Difference Down Happiness Hope Impact Issue Perhaps Pursuit Represented
When the healing grace of authentic spirituality is usurped by the divisive politics of religious organizations, and when broken hearts bleed pain in darkness
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Authentic Grace Healing Religious Spiritual Usurped
Made applicable to the present, and where visions shape the present into extraordinary possibilities for the future.
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Applicable Extraordinary Made Possibility Present Shape Vision
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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Civilized Constituted Disease Form Pain People Poverty Struggle
Authentic inspiration endows individuals with mental or spiritual energy which they are then able to transform into positive action.
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Authentic Children Dream Inspiration Spiritual Transform
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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Art Artist Author Country Name Poet World
They may have for their lives, or, exercising sufficient strength of will to make those dreams a reality.
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Dream Excercise Live Reality Strength Sufficient
Poetry, like jazz, is one of those dazzling diamonds of creative industry that help human beings make sense out of the comedies and tragedies that contextualize our lives.
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Being Creative Helping Human Jazz Poetry Tragedy
Because Mr. Mandelas early opponents invested so many resources into distorting the true nature of his advocacy
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Distorting Early Historic Invested Mandelas Moment Nature Opponent Resource True
The literary artist lends verbal depth to the visual. The visual artist provides visible articulation for the literary.
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Art Artist Culture Depth Lend Literary Verbal
History dressed up in the glow of love’s kiss turned grief into beauty.
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Beauty Dressed Glow Grief Love Strength
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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Compel Existence Help Humbling Recognition Reinforce
Know yourself fearlessly (even quietly) for all the things you are.
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Fear Fearlessly Know Quietly Yourself
And to empower them to confront the worst in themselves in order to discover and claim the best in themselves.
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Confront Discover Empower Themselves Worst

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