I love you because no two snowflakes are alike, and it is possible, if you stand tippy-toe, to walk between the raindrops.
the world is not a pleasant place to be without someone to hold and be held by.
and sometimes I sitdown at my typewriterand I thinknot of someonecause there isn’t anyoneto thinkabout and i wonderis it worth it
I want to be clear about this. If you wrote from experience, you’d get maybe one book, maybe three poems. Writers write from empathy.
Writers don’t write from experience, although many are hesitant to admit that they don’t. …If you wrote from experience, you’d get maybe one book, maybe three poems. Writers write from empathy.
If you’re a writer, the answer to everything is yes.
we used to talk all nightand do things alone togetherand i’ve begun(as a reaction to a feeling)to balancethe pleasure of lonelinessagainst the painof loving you
i move on feeling and have learned to distrust those who don’t.
The trip to Mars can only be understood through Black Americans. I say, the trip to Mars can only be understood through Black Americans.
His headstone saidFREE AT LAST, FREE AT LASTBut death is a slave’s freedomWe seek the freedom of free menAnd the construction of a world Where Martin Luther King could have lived and preached non-violence
You must be unintimidated by your own thoughts because if you write with someone looking over you shoulder, you’ll never write.
Mistakes are a fact of life: It is the response to the error that counts.
It is not who you attend school with but who controls the school you attend.
I move on feeling and have learned to distrust those who don’t.
The ability to take pride in your own work is one of the hallmarks of sanity.
I really don’t think life is about the I-could-have-beens. Life is only about the I-tried-to-do. I don’t mind the failure but I can’t imagine that I’d forgive myself if I didn’t try.
If now isn’t a good time for the truth I don’t see when we’ll get to it.
Poetry and music are very good friends. Like mommies and daddies and strawberries and cream – they go together.
A lot of people resist transition and therefore never allow themselves to enjoy who they are. Embrace the change, no matter what it is; once you do, you can learn about the new world you’re in and take advantage of it.
Everything will change. The only question is growing up or decaying.