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

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Like a Passover Poet gliding from house to house and from trembling soul to trembling soul the wind scribbled sonnets of first time love and weeping haikus of last hours on earth.
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Gliding House Passover Poet Trembling Wind
Before the thunderous clamor of political debate or war set loose in the world, love insisted on its promise for the possibility of human unity
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Clamor Debate Loose Man Political Self Thunderous War
Whites and Blacks––to recognize that racial disparities fueled by unwarranted bigotry were crippling America’s ability to shine as a true beacon of democracy in a world filled with people
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Bigotry Black Disparities Fuel Recognize Unwarranted White
Death wins nothing here, gnawing wings that amputate–– then spread, lift up, fly.
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Ambulate Death Fly Gnawing Lift Spread Wing Winning
A horn of plenty spills from your hands into the starved lives of millions.
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Charity Hand Love Million Plenty Starved
Dare to love yourself as if you were a rainbow with gold at both ends.
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End Gold Love Rainbow Self Esteem Yourself
Most of the more celebrated names among African-American authors, poets, and artists are known to the world because of their association with specific cultural arts movements.
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Art Artist Author Country Name Poet World
She [Whitney Houston] inherited gifts for skillfully interpreting lyrics and endowing them with new depth and jeweled nuance.
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Depth Endowing Gift Inherited Lyric Skillful Whitney Houston
Poetry and art nourish the soul of the world with the flavor-filled substances of beauty, wisdom and truth.
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Art Nourish Poetry Soul Substance Truth Wisdom
His [Ben Okri’s] work poses very serious questions for the twenty-first century. Among them:
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Ben Okri Century Destiny Fighting Grief Pose Question Serious Work
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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Awareness Healthier Known Learning Psychics Self
When reading about what may be described as the lesser celebrated heroic figures of the Harlem Renaissance,
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Celebrate Describe Figure Harlem Heroic Lessor Past Reading Renaissance Year
The fate that condemns or saves one sooner or later often condemns or saves another.
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Condem Fate Humanity Later Often Save Sooner Voting
They speak across different dividing lines such as those of haves and have-nots, youth and maturity, black and white, national and global, and the past and the present.
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Across Black Line Maturity Speak Those White
Movies can provide tear-inducing or comically-entertaining representations of love, but many agree that its deeper conflicting complexities often seem unfathomable.
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Comically Complexity Deeper Deepest Entertaining Inducing Movie Tear
Such are these places where lovers of bliss behold the angel of peace
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Angel Behold Bliss Lover Peace Place

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