Still willing to invest in art and poetry’s own uniquely explosive contributions to the great, and small, dramas of human history.
ABERJHANIAnd make no mistake about it: love does take over and transform the schemes and operations of our egos in a very mighty way.
More Aberjhani Quotes
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To heal the wounds of a nation as opposed to aggravate its injuries
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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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Often because the attempt to practice it is misunderstood, discouraged, brought under attack, or made a target of willful abuse.
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A river is nearly the ultimate symbol for the very essence of change itself. It flows unceasingly from one point of being to another
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With intent to neither idolize nor demonize the man [Barack Obama], it seems fair and evident enough to say that the current president of America is not a leader whose way is that of violent public outbursts.
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Here are lips of flame eager to be extinguished by love’s liquid sigh.
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And to secure for the next generation a legacy of choices based on informed awareness rather than one of reactions based on unknowing fear.
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First steps are always the hardest but until they are taken the notion of progress remains only a notion and not an achievement.
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The music of revelation announces itself to the reader in somber brooding tones or in melodies light as air and one is invited to dance with the most captivating of partners: poetry.
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How hard are human beings willing to fight to achieve and sustain justice, equanimity, or joy? And should progress be called such when it devours what is best within the human spirit?
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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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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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Varieties of angels, like varieties of love, are many.
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While many people like the idea of exercising unconditional love, most eventually find it too draining and impossible to sustain,
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When reading about what may be described as the lesser celebrated heroic figures of the Harlem Renaissance,
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