Writing for me is a form of spiritual discipline and creative vision, a means of being in the world and giving one’s love to it without compromise or dilution.
ABERJHANIPoetry looking in the mirror sees art, and art looking in a mirror sings poetry.
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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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It takes a lot of beautiful love, uncommon sincerity, and spitfire courage to do that.
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In honor of Oprah Winfrey: Even greater than the ability to inspire others with hope is the power to motivate them to give as much to the lives of others as they would give to their own
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Erotic love, traditionally, has been described as shared sexual attraction.
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Feet sandaled with dreams tread paths of vision leading to wisdom’s sharp peaks.
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As sad as it may be to admit, in our modern world people are far more accustomed to hearing news of war, genocide, murder, disasters, famine, and disease
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The fact that an African American sits in the White House at the helm of government in the United States of America on this 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s
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This rose of pearl-coated infinity transforms the diseased slums of a broken heart into a palace made of psalms and gold.
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President Obama appears to me to have elevated and implemented the artist-activist concept to the role of empowered servant-leader.
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As a poet and to accept the fact that life had never given me any choice in the matter. And then I had to discover exactly what that meant.
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And other facets of human existence. Looking in certain other corners of the same mirror, he or she may experience glimpses of a True Self sheltered deftly behind a mask of public proprieties.
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Because of this mixture of traits, these twins called Genius and Madness often appear to be the same thing.
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Because Mr. Mandelas early opponents invested so many resources into distorting the true nature of his advocacy
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Learning to cultivate an awareness of the known and unknown within one’s being often leads to a healthier and more realistic sense of self.
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With something closer to love in its most empowering and healing sense.
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