I swear to keep the dead upon my mind, / Disdain for all time to be overglad.
GWENDOLYN BROOKSLive not for Battles Won. Live not for The-End-of-the-Song. Live in the along.
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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?
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No man can give me any word but Wait.
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Even if you are not ready for day it cannot always be night.
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When you love a man, he becomes more than a body. His physical limbs expand, and his outline recedes, vanishes. He is rich and sweet and right. He is part of the world, the atmosphere, the blue sky and the blue water.
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This is the urgency: Live! and have your blooming in the noise of the whirlwind.
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I am interested in telling my particular truth as I have seen it.
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The poetry is myself.
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Life for my child is simple, and is good.
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One reason cats are happier than people is that they have no newspapers.
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Poetry is life distilled.
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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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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 real cool. We Left school. We Lurk late. We Strike straight. We Sing sin. We Thin gin. We Jazz June. We Die soon.
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I like the concentration, the crush; I like working with language, as others like working with clay, or notes.
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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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