As A Poet And Writer, I Deeply

Body And Soul, Black America Reveals The Extreme Questions Of Contemporary Life, Questions Of Freedom And Identity: How Can I Be Who I Am?

To Tell The Truth Is To Become Beautiful, To Begin To Love Yourself, Value Yourself. And That's Political, In Its Most Profound Way.

So, Poetry Becomes A Means For Useful Dialogue Between People Who Are Not Only Unknown, But Mute To Each Other. It Produces A Dialogue Among People That Guards All Of Us Against Manipulation By Our So-called Leaders.

As A Child I Was Taught That To Tell The Truth Was Often Painful. As An Adult I Have Learned That Not To Tell The Truth Is More Painful, And That The Fear Of Telling The Truth - Whatever The Truth May Be - That Fear Is The Most Painful Sensation Of A Moral Life.

Freedom Is Indivisible, And Either We Are Working For Freedom Or You Are Working For The Sake Of Your Self-interests And I Am Working For Mine.