“Write one more stanza—now. Set the page ablaze with the anger in the hollow ache of our bones— anger for the new hate, same as the old kind of hate for the wrong skin color, for the accent in a voice, for the love of those we’re not supposed to love. Anger for the voice of politics armed with lies, fear that holds democracy at gunpoint.” LoveWritingPoetryPoemHatredAngerLgbtqShootingsPulse Nightclub Book:How to Love a Country Source: How to Love a Country
“Entering into writing a poem is an emotional endeavor for me as well as a spiritual and creative one. Having to write those poems for the inauguration, I started asking deeper questions about my cultural identity, and my connection to America.” WritingSpiritualCreativeIdentityEmotionalInauguration Author:Richard Blanco
