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“I’d like us to rethink What it is to be a nation. I’m in a mood about America Today.”

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Jericho Brown is an American poet born in 1976. His work is known for its deep emotion and unique linguistic style, exploring themes such as race, gender, identity, and love. more

“They cut my arms off and told me to swim Now I’m sinking in the depths of an ocean thousands of miles from home It’s dark and my mind is getting hazy I wake up on an island, washed up on the shore This man stands over me and I ask him how I got here, out of the water “You swam,” he says Then he was gone Then I was gone Then I was home”

Philosophy Poetry Poem Philosophical Island

Book:September Was Yellow Flowers

Source: September Was Yellow Flowers

“Among my friends love is a great sorrow. It has become a daily burden, a feast, a gluttony for fools, a heart's famine. We visit one another asking, telling one another. We do not burn hotly, we question the fire. We do not fall forward with our alive eager faces looking thru into the fire. We stare back into our own faces. We have become our own realities. We seek to exhaust our lovelessness.”

Love Poetry Sorrow Poem Burdens Lovelessness

Author:Robert Duncan

“This is life --moving on from one burning lot to another--we're all on fire, you live-- you're on fire!”

Life Poetry Challenges Poem Hardships

Author:Andrei Voznesensky

“I’m afraid the sleigh is wrecked,” said Santa, “and we do not have a spare!” “We must cancel Christmas,” he said; but his wife replied, “We must not dare!”

Poetry Magic Poem Christmas Holiday Santa Childrens Books Picture Books Rhyming Cookie

Book:Santa's Magic Cookie Train

Source: Santa's Magic Cookie Train

“Artist I don't mind being the non-essential. Even a child takes its mother for granted. It does not run back to its mother until it's hurt. Nobody first thinks of water when they arrive at an exquisite dinner party, until they are choking. I don't mind being the non-essential knowing you will come looking when things are broken and nothing else works. Art is non-essential Until it is not.”

Artist Poem Poema Madhu R

Author:Madhu Raghavendra

“Keep objects as a system Keep production as a mirror Keep death as an exchange Keep the world as a simulacrum Keep the evil transparent Keep the majorities silent Keep your seduction alive Keep your memory cool Keep yourself as an other Keep perfection as a crime Keep illusion for the end Keep on line for the while”

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Book:Fragments

Source: Fragments

“If you wanna shine then you need darkness first !”

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Author:gorgeous_geetanjali

“Art is non-essential, until it is not.”

Artist Poem Non Essential

Book:Stick No Bills

Source: Stick No Bills

“Another's beauty says nothing about your own, there is room for all of us to shine, to glow.”

Love Inspirational Quotes Hope Friendship Poem 2020

Author:Jawedquotes

“What does the beautiful stories tell? If you can't believe them But love is the most beautiful art in existence Maybe you can feel it or leave it But you can't avoid it Wherever you go Wherever you hide He will find you and make you feel it as deeply as he can. As if it were the last thing in the universe Don't believe everything they tell you Other people's story isn't yours The life of others isn't yours The traumas of others aren't yours Because the experience is to avoid following the same steps But love, Love will always be what keeps this planet under gravity Gravity doesn't support the lack of it Gravity doesn't support fear What supports fear is unloving Don't put your pains in response to what love means Perhaps fear didn't allow them to love Maybe the other didn't know how overwhelming it is to love But you are strong, as strong as the winds that blow at the highest heights You are a divine, vibrant, uplifting being Your forces show it And when the time comes Lift your head to the sky and see how amazing creation is Look in the mirror and see the beauty that inhabits existence And don't forget That love is the strongest force and that you are the result of pure work Coming from the heaven Ready to love.”

Love Quotes Poem Reflection Love Yourself To Love A Poet

Author:Abraham Schneersohn

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