Still willing to invest in art and poetry’s own uniquely explosive contributions to the great, and small, dramas of human history.
ABERJHANIErotic love, traditionally, has been described as shared sexual attraction.
More Aberjhani Quotes
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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
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War poisons the land Like diseased minds downloaded/ into bowls of tears.
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What more civilized way for people to alleviate the same than by giving themselves to one another as brothers and sisters in deed as well as in word?
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Groping their way through suffocating shadows of political turmoil, economic oppression, military mayhem, starvation, and disease.
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Death wins nothing here, gnawing wings that amputate–– then spread, lift up, fly.
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The 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.
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Most people are slow to champion love because they fear the transformation it brings into their lives.
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This is what our love is––a sacred pattern of unbroken unity sewn flawlessly invisible inside all other images, thoughts, smells, and sounds.
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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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How many fears came between us? Earthquakes, diseases, wars where hell rained smoldering pus from skies made of winged death.
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Just above our terror, the stars painted this story in perfect silver calligraphy. And our souls, too often abused by ignorance, covered our eyes with mercy.
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In short, the power of a certain kind of dream is such that death need not indicate finality at all but rather signify a metaphysical and metaphorical leap forward.
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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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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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An outrageous instinct to love and be loved executed your brain every hour on the hour.
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