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
ABERJHANIMany people can rightfully claim, as much as anyone can rightfully claim anything, that much of their lives have been spent stumbling through a cloud of cluelessness.
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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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You are the hybrids of golden worlds and ages splendidly conceived.
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Change is one of the scariest things in the world and yet it is also one of those variables of human existence that no one can avoid.
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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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Careful studies of cases dealing with supposed ‘mental disorder’ have at times revealed that many thought to be insane or warped in some fashion were actually simply highly sensitive individuals.
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Looking at certain illuminated corners of or cracks within the mirror, the author can see fragments of an objective reality that comprise the physical universe, social communities, political dynamics,
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Rainbows introduce us to reflections of different beautiful possibilities so we never forget that pain and grief are not the final options in life.
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First gave in to the urge to pray to their sense of something greater than themselves and interpreted certain signs or events or silences as responses to those prayers.
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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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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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When reading about what may be described as the lesser celebrated heroic figures of the Harlem Renaissance,
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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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With its leaves so rich and heavy with elation and its crimson face made brighter with visions of divinity the shadow of a certain rose looks just like an angel eating light.
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Passion presented with a greater challenge achieves a greater goal.
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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.
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Death wins nothing here, gnawing wings that amputate–– then spread, lift up, fly.
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The dancing vortex of a sacred metaphor clashes horns and halos to make wounded music set to the tempo of a new era in brilliant labor.
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Feet sandaled with dreams tread paths of vision leading to wisdom’s sharp peaks.
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream was a manifestation of hope that humanity might one day get out of its own way by finding the courage to realize that love and nonviolence
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Oh what a wonderful soul so bright inside you. Got power to heal the sun’s broken heart, power to restore the moon’s vision too.
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The death of a dream can in fact serve as the vehicle that endows it with new form, with reinvigorated substance, a fresh flow of ideas, and splendidly revitalized color.
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In its essence, Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘I Have a Dream’ speech is one citizen’s soul-searing plea with his countrymen––
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You were born a child of light’s wonderful secret— you return to the beauty you have always been.
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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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Experience of freedom in America. Some would argue that it goes beyond hampering their “pursuit of happiness” to outright obliterating it.
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That we all encounter during some unavoidable point of our existence into a sustainable life-affirming poetics of passionate creativity, empowered spiritual vision, and inspired commitment.
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