I Am A Writer Perhaps Because I

Truth-tellers Are Not Always Palatable. There Is A Preference For Candy Bars.

It Is Brave To Be Involved. To Be Not Fearful To Be Unresolved.

As You Get Older, You Find That Often The Wheat, Disentangling Itself From The Chaff, Comes Out To Meet You.

Don't Let Anyone Call You A Minority If You're Black Or Hispanic Or Belong To Some Other Ethnic Group. You're Not Less Than Anybody Else.

When I Start Writing A Poem, I Don't Think About Models Or About What Anybody Else In The World Has Done.