Poems Don't Have To Rhyme... Poems Are

Schools Should Serve Breakfast, Lunch And An Afternoon Snack. No Sugared Drinks, No Fast Type Food.

The Only Advice [for New Writers And Poets] I Can Offer Is To Be Yourself: Not The Self Someone Else Wants You To Be, But The Self You Are. Enjoy Yourself And Your Life. But Most Of All Travel And Eat. That's How We Learn.

Some Say We Are Responsible For Those We Love. Others Know We Are Responsible For Those Who Love Us.

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.

If You Were A Pure Bolt Of Fire-cutting The Skies I'd Touch You-risking My Life-not Because I'm Brave Or Strong, But Because I'm Fascinated By What The Outcome Would Be.