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The job facing American voters… in the days and years to come is to determine which hearts, minds and souls command those qualities best suited to uni...more

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A world without poetry and art would be too much like one without birds or flowers: bearable but a lot less enjoyable.

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Poetry and art nourish the soul of the world with the flavor-filled substances of beauty, wisdom and truth.

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The best of humanity's recorded history is a creative balance between horrors endured and victories achieved, and so it was during the Harlem Renaissa...more

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Poetry, like jazz, is one of those dazzling diamonds of creative industry that help human beings make sense out of the comedies and tragedies that con...more

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Democracy is not simply a license to indulge individual whims and proclivities. It is also holding oneself accountable to some reasonable degree for t...more

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Discourse and critical thinking are essential tools when it comes to securing progress in a democratic society. But in the end, unity and engaged part...more

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I called it a baptism in flaming ink that forced me to shed my shyness about recognizing myself as a poet and to accept the fact that life had never g...more

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In an age when nations and individuals routinely exchange murder for murder, when the healing grace of authentic spirituality is usurped by the divisi...more