“The value of an individual life a credo they taught us to instill fear, and inaction, 'you only live once' a fog on our eyes, we are endless as the sea, not separate, we die a million times a day, we are born a million times, each breath life and death: get up. put on your shoes, get started, someone will finish” LifePoetryPoemUnityTogetherness Book:Revolutionary Letters Source: Revolutionary Letters
“Tribe an organism, one flesh, breathing joy as the stars breathe destiny down on us, get going, join hands, see to business, thousands of sons will see to it when you fall, you will grow a thousand times in the bellies of your sisters” ActionPoetryPoemUnityActivismTribes Book:Revolutionary Letters Source: Revolutionary Letters
“I think the poet is the last person who is still speaking the truth when no one else dares to. I think the poet is the first person to begin the shaping and visioning of the new forms and the new consciousness when no one else has begun to sense it; I think these are two of the most essential human functions.” ThinkingFirstsHumansPersonsStillsTwoTruthLastsFormPoetrySpeakConsciousnessVisionPoetShapesEssentialsFunctionDareSensesTelling The TruthFirst PersonSpeak The TruthNewnessPioneering Author:Diane di Prima
