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

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War poisons the land Like diseased minds downloaded/ into bowls of tears.
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Bowl Disease Land Mind Poison Tear War
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
Millions of tears have fallen for black sons, brothers, lovers, and friends whose assailants took or maimed their lives and then simply went on their way.
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Assailant Black Brother Fallen Maimed Million Son Tear
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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American Day Happy Identity Man Poet Singular Voice World
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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Asleep Babe Dream Embracing Light Lips Prayer Saw Syllables
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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Broken Coated Diseased Heart Peart Rose
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela might be measured in part by the profound and unique gestures made by people in different countries to honor his life upon learning of his death.
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Measured Nelson People Profound Question Unique
Where humanity sowed faith, hope, and unity, joy’s garden blossomed.
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Angel Blossomed Hope Humanity Joy Love
And therein shines one major definition of what it meant to be Clinton D. Powell: someone who looked for, trusted in, and helped empower (if you will) the best in others.
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Beautiful Clinton D Empowering Love Major Powell Shine
Your pain is a school unto itself–– and your joy a lovely temple.
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Joy Lovely Pain School Temple
The whole purpose of the construction of The Bridge of Silver Wings was to provide a path leading to The River of Winged Dreams, or to serve as a resting place until the river’s deeper and truer nature revealed itself.
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Bridge Construction Dream Leading Path Purpose Silver Wing
The passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 represented precisely such a hope – that America had learned from its past and acted to secure a better tomorrow.
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Act America Civil Hope Learn Passage Past Right Rule
The more we ignore its potential to bring greater balance and deeper meaning to human existence
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Balance Deeper Greater Ignore More Potential
Trayvon Martin, at the most, seems only to have been guilty of being himself.
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Guilty Himself Most Seem Trayvon Martin
Got just enough room to be a friend of yours. Oh I hope you got room to be a friend of mine.
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Agape Enough Friend Love Mine Room
The best of humanity’s recorded history is a creative balance between horrors endured and victories achieved, and so it was during the Harlem Renaissance.
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Best Creative Horror Humanity Recorded Victory

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