“The word ‘survivor’ carries a weight of remembrance that has broken the minds and bodies of more than a few men and women.”

Beauty from another world gave birth to your voice– sent to rescue scorned hearts from traumatized nights.

Because of this mixture of traits, these twins called Genius and Madness often appear to be the same thing.

When a reader enters the pages of a book of poetry, he or she enters a world where dreams transform the past into knowledge

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.

Time (again, Time) like the soul, wears many faces, many bodies and climates and attitudes. The past is one face, the present a second and the future yet another.

As painful as life can be at times for people all over the world there is some component of existence, or nonexistence perhaps,

I called it a baptism in flaming ink that forced me to shed my shyness about recognizing myself

To create art with all the passion in one’s soul is to live art with all the beauty in one’s heart.

Experience of freedom in America. Some would argue that it goes beyond hampering their “pursuit of happiness” to outright obliterating it.

The fate that condemns or saves one sooner or later often condemns or saves another.

Women and Men, Christians and Jews, Muslims and Buddhists, white, black, red, brown.

On faith’s battered back calm eyes etch prayers that cool a nation’s hot rage.

Until the past ten years, many defined the period primarily by its well-known literary, musical, and artistic elements while overlooking the fact there was any political component to it at all.

Delivering well-crafted speeches, assembling unified coalitions, passing historic legislation, signing well-aimed executive orders, and cultivating a poised but accessible demeanor.

It can make all the difference between a man, woman, or child allowing despair to permanently paralyze any dreams

The study of history empowers nations and individuals with an ability to avoid errors of the past and lay foundations for victories in the future.