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
ABERJHANIPoetry looking in the mirror sees art, and art looking in a mirror sings poetry.
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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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And what you know from the depths of your own heart to the peaks of your soul to be true. What happens after that is up to you.
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At one end of the continuum known as history are first-time events that have generated notable measures of public recognition due to either a positive or negative impact.
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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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From her gospel-singing mother Cissy Houston, her legendary pop-diva cousin Dionne Warwick, and her Queen of Soul godmother Aretha Franklin
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The job facing American voter in the days and years to come is to determine which hearts, minds and souls command those qualities best suited to unify a country rather than further divide it,
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Compassion crowns the soul with its truest victory.
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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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This world’s anguish is no different from the love we insist on holding back.
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Happy World Poetry Day: ‘The American identity has never been a singular one and the voices of poets invariably sing, in addition to their own, the voices of those around them.
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The fate that condemns or saves one sooner or later often condemns or saves another.
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At the edge of madness you howl diamonds and pearls.
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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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To heal the wounds of a nation as opposed to aggravate its injuries
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The act of writing itself is much like the construction of a mirror made of words.
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