[to Write Poems] I Think It's Important

God Knows It's A Sign Of A Really Sick Mind To See Grown People, Adults With Responsibilities, Wearing Class Rings.

I Wish That She Had Had A Black Loon Because I Don't Think That Nina [simone] Did. I Have Always Had - I've Been Very Fortunate - A Group Of Little Old Ladies That I Love And Who Love Me, And Who Turned And To Whom I Turn At Different Times.

We Eat Up Artists Like There's Going To Be A Famine At The End.

Poetry And Music Are Very Good Friends. Like Mommies And Daddies And Strawberries And Cream - They Go Together.

Style Has A Profound Meaning To Black Americans. If We Can’t Drive, We Will Invent Walks And The World Will Envy The Dexterity Of Our Feet. If We Can’t Have Ham, We Will Boil Chitterlings; If We Are Given Rotten Peaches, We Will Make Cobblers; If Given Scraps, We Will Make Quilts; Take Away Our Drums, And We Will Clap Our Hands. We Prove The Human Spirit Will Prevail. We Will Take What We Have To Make What We Need. We Need Confidence In Our Knowledge Of Who We Are.