My Last Defense / Is The Present

I Know That The Black Emphasis Must Be Not Against White But For Black.

Be Yourself. Don't Imitate Other Poets. You Are As Important As They Are.

What I'm Fighting For Now In My Work... For An Expression Relevant To All Manner Of Blacks, Poems I Could Take Into A Tavern, Into The Street, Into The Halls Of A Housing Project.

Art Hurts. Art Urges Voyages - And It Is Easier To Stay At Home.

Words Can Do Wonderful Things. They Pound, Purr. They Can Urge, They Can Wheedle, Whip, Whine. They Can Sing, Sass, Singe. They Can Churn, Check, Channelize. They Can Be A "hup Two Three Four." They Can Forge A Fiery Army Of A Hundred Languid Men.