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If they cannot love and resist at the same time, they probably will not survive.
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Love Probable Resistance Survival Time
I find I am constantly being encouraged to pluck out some one aspect of myself and present this as the meaningful whole, eclipsing or denying the other parts of self.
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Aspect Constant Deny Eclipse Encouragement Present
If they cannot love and resist at the same time, they probably will not survive.
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Love Probable Resistance Survival Time
What woman here is so enamored of her own oppression that she cannot see her heel print upon another woman’s face?
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Face Oppression Woman
The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house.
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Feminism House Master Tool
The true focus of revolutionary change is never merely the oppressive situations that we seek to escape, but that piece of the oppressor which is planted deep within each of us.
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Change Escape Focus Pieces Plant Revolution Seek Situation
For women, then, poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence.
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Existence Luxury Necessary Poetry Women
I am a Black, Lesbian, Feminist, Warrior, Poet, Mother – stronger for all my identities, and I am indivisible.
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Black Feminism Identity Lesbian Mother Poet Strong
Hopefully, we can learn from the 60s that we cannot afford to do our enemies work by destroying each other.
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Afford Destroy Each Other Enemy Learning Violence
Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me.
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Acceptance Against Diminish Myself
Divide and conquer must become define and empower.
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Conquer Divide Empowerment Inspirational
Poetry is not only dream and vision; it is the skeleton architecture of our lives. It lays the foundations for a future of change, a bridge across our fears of what has never been before.
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Architecture Change Dreams Future Live Poetry Vision
We must wake up knowing we have work to do and go to bed knowing we’ve done it.
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Bed Done Motivational Satisfaction Wake Up Work
Wherever the bird with no feet flew, she found trees with no limbs.
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Bird Deep Fly Inspirational Tree
Some women wait for themselves around the next corner and call the empty spot peace but the opposite of living is only not living and the stars do not care
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Empty Live Opposite Peace Spot Stars Women
Black and Third World people are expected to educate white people as to our humanity.
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Black Lives Matter Education Expectation Human People World
When times are hard, do something. If it works, do it some more. If it does not work, do something else. But keep going.
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Encouragement Hard Time Inspirational Time Work
Institutionalized rejection of difference is an absolute necessity in a profit economy which needs outsiders as surplus people.
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Absolute Difference Economics Institution Necessary Outside People Profit Rejection
Oppressors always expect the oppressed to extend to them the understanding so lacking in themselves.
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Expectation Extend Lack Oppression Understand
How hard it is to sleep in the middle of life.
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Deep Life One Liner Sleep Struggle
We have been raised to fear the yes within ourselves, our deepest cravings.
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Crave Fear Ourselves Raise
I am bleak heroism of words that refuse to be buried alive with the liars.
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Bury Heroism Liar Refuse
Out of my flesh that hungers and my mouth that knows comes the shape I am seeking for reason.
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Flesh Hunger Mouth Reason Seek Shape
I am not only a casualty, I am also a warrior.
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Warrior Women Empowerment
I have been woman for a long time beware my smile I am treacherous with old magic.
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Beware Magic Old Smile Woman
If I didn’t define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people’s fantasies for me and eaten alive.
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Alive Eat Fantasy Inspirational Myself People Self Respect
I have come to believe that caring for myself is not self-indulgent. Caring for myself is an act of survival.
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Act Believe Care Indulgence Myself Survival

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