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Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances.

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Alone"Lying, thinkingLast nightHow to find my soul a homeWhere water is not thirstyAnd bread loaf is not stoneI came up with one thingAnd I don’t beli...more

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I find in my poetry and prose the rhythms and imagery of the best - I mean, when I'm at my best - of the good Southern black preachers. The lyricism o...more

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All my ways of being are musical and mysterious.Yet I embrace you openly.Ripe with expectancy.

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This bed yawnsbeneath the weightof our absent selves.