From her gospel-singing mother Cissy Houston, her legendary pop-diva cousin Dionne Warwick, and her Queen of Soul godmother Aretha Franklin
ABERJHANIFrom her gospel-singing mother Cissy Houston, her legendary pop-diva cousin Dionne Warwick, and her Queen of Soul godmother Aretha Franklin
ABERJHANITime (again, Time) like the soul, wears many faces, many bodies and climates and attitudes. The past is one face, the present a second and the future yet another.
ABERJHANIComplications generally begin long before the fated soul carries its dubious light into whatever womb has been kind enough to volunteer
ABERJHANIClassic romantic love is an emotional attraction between two individuals in which they may share a heightened awareness of mutual adoration.
ABERJHANIThe reality of a serious writer is a reality of many voices, some of them belonging to the writer, some of them belonging to the world of readers at large.
ABERJHANIWriting 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.
ABERJHANITrayvon Martin, at the most, seems only to have been guilty of being himself.
ABERJHANIUntil the past ten years, many defined the period primarily by its well-known literary, musical, and artistic elements while overlooking the fact there was any political component to it at all.
ABERJHANIWithout the relief of compassion, the voice of an exceptional poet producing exceptional work is not something the world can afford to dismiss.
ABERJHANIThat 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.
ABERJHANIVarieties of angels, like varieties of love, are many.
ABERJHANISearching for a mind long lost I found it shaping colors and history near the cliffs of your heart.
ABERJHANIIf I say your voice is an amber waterfall in which I yearn to burn each day, if you eat my mouth like a mystical rose with powers of healing and damnation, If I confess that your body is the only civilization I long to experience… would it mean that we are close to knowing something about love?
ABERJHANIThe more we ignore its potential to bring greater balance and deeper meaning to human existence
ABERJHANIWith 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.
ABERJHANIWhat can bombs know of the illuminated fields so golden with heaven in your heart’s sacred lands?
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