“By the time the blooms Unfurl themselves for a few hours of light, the women who tend them Are already at work. Blue. I’ll never know who started the lie that we are lazy, But I’d love to wake that bastard up At foreday in the morning, toss him in a truck, and drive him under God Past every bus stop in America to see all those black folk Waiting to go work for whatever they want.” PoetryWomenWorkMorningPoemsFlowersBlack WomenAfrican AmericansBlacksWorking Book:The Tradition Source: The Tradition
“I think of myself as a descendant of traditions that would not have wanted me. Right? So, as long as I'm a queer writer, I'm Whitman's descendant. And he can't do nothing about it.” PoetryPoemsPoetsLgbtqTraditionsQueernessWalt Whitman Author:Jericho Brown
“I try to be as kind to poetry as I can... the expectation of the poem is much higher. People really expect to read seven lines, and walk away from that better. They want to be healed. People really think, "Oh, here's a poem, OK, let's see what you gonna do. Fix me." You don't go watch Alvin Ailey thinking "fix me." You don't go to the museum thinking "give me wisdom.” ArtWisdomPoetryHealingMeaningPoemsPoets Author:Jericho Brown
