And if sun comes how shall we greet him? shall we not dread him, shall we not fear him after so lengthy a session with shade?
GWENDOLYN BROOKSAnd if sun comes how shall we greet him? shall we not dread him, shall we not fear him after so lengthy a session with shade?
GWENDOLYN BROOKSDon’t let anyone call you a minority if you’re black or Hispanic or belong to some other ethnic group. You’re not less than anybody else.
GWENDOLYN BROOKSArt is a refining and evocative translation of the materials of the world.
GWENDOLYN BROOKSAbortions will not let you forget. You remember the children you got that you did not get.
GWENDOLYN BROOKSSometimes you have to deal / Devilishly with drowning men in order to swim them to shore.
GWENDOLYN BROOKSArt hurts. Art urges voyages – and it is easier to stay at home.
GWENDOLYN BROOKSLife for my child is simple, and is good.
GWENDOLYN BROOKSExhaust the little moment. Soon it dies. And be it gash or gold it will not come again in this identical guise.
GWENDOLYN BROOKSGoodness begins simply with the fact of life itself.
GWENDOLYN BROOKSBe yourself. Don’t imitate other poets. You are as important as they are.
GWENDOLYN BROOKSEven if you are not ready for day it cannot always be night.
GWENDOLYN BROOKSI don’t like the idea of the black race being diluted out of existence. I like the idea of all of us being here.
GWENDOLYN BROOKSWe are each other’s harvest; we are each other’s business; we are each other’s magnitude and bond.
GWENDOLYN BROOKSEach body has its art.
GWENDOLYN BROOKSWe don’t ask a flower any special reason for its existence. We just look at it and are able to accept it as being something different from ourselves.
GWENDOLYN BROOKSLife must be aromatic. There must be scent, somehow there must be some.
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