The poetry is myself.
GWENDOLYN BROOKSI think it must be lonely to be God. Nobody loves a master. No.
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Beware the easy griefs / that fool and fuel nothing.
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Poetry is life distilled.
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She was learning to love moments. To love moments for themselves.
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It is brave to be involved. To be not fearful to be unresolved.
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I think there are things for all of us to do as long as we’re here and we’re healthy.
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People are so in need, in need of help. People want so much that they do not know.
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Life for my child is simple, and is good.
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A writer should get as much education as possible, but just going to school is not enough; if it were, all owners of doctorates would be inspired writers.
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We 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.
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Even if you are not ready for day it cannot always be night.
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It is brave to be involved.
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I tell poets that when a line just floats into your head, don’t pay attention ’cause it probably has floated into somebody else’s head.
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We are each other’s harvest; we are each other’s business; we are each other’s magnitude and bond.
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Abortions will not let you forget. You remember the children you got that you did not get.
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Do not desire to fit in. Desire to oblige yourselves to lead.
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