I boil my tears in a twisted spoon And dance like an angel on the point of a needle.

I died in 1960 from a prison sentence and poetry brought me back to life.

We dreamed of doing but could not bring ourselves to do.

Each Fall the graves of my grandfathers call me, the brown hills and red gullies of mississippi send out their electric messages, galvanizing my genes.

Love is a rock against the wind. Not soft like silk and lace.

To write a blues song is to regiment riots and pluck gems from graves.

Black Poets should live--not leap From steel bridges, like the white boys do.

Let all Black Poets die as trumpets, And be buried in the dust of marching feet.

May the Lord ignite the flame of light in your soul.

Now I know we have the power to incite change through the Internet - keep sharing our stories, our dreams, and our struggles.

If a thing is right it can be done, and if it is wrong it can be done without; and a good man will find a way.

She pressed her hand against her chest. No heart. So where did the love she felt come from?

I understand polyamory is different from polygamy, and doesn't share the latter's rigid and noxious views that men run the show and are the only ones allowed multiple partners.

Everybody was wary. This was a time when communists marched through the streets, waving flags and shouting. The unions did the same thing so you began to associate them.

I'm always terrified before every movie because I haven't found her [the character], and I don't get it. [Without acting, I'd have] become a nurse.

My belief as a Christian is when we receive Christ as salvation, that that gives us a guarantee for Heaven.

Building air castles is a harmless business as long as you don't attempt to live in them.

He can't fly around tall buildings, or outrun a speeding train, the only talent he seems to have is leaving a nasty stain!