#Americans #Blacks #PulitzerPrize #Women #XIXCentury #XXCentury
His posture From so many years Holding his robe with one hand Is odd. His gait
Expect nothing. Live frugally On surprise. become a stranger To need of pity Or, if compassion be freely
Knowing you might some day come and how unprepared I’ve always been like Mr. Sloppy in Charles Dickens’
Be nobody’s darling; Be an outcast. Take the contradictions Of your life And wrap around
My desire is always the same; wherever Life deposits me: I want to stick my toe & soon my whole body
I have a friend who is turning gray, not just her hair, and I do not know why this is so.
I will keep Broken things: The big clay Pot
Remember When we ended It all —for a weekend— & how
When you thought me poor, my poverty was shaming. When blackness was unwelcome we found it best that I stay home.
When the people have won a victory whether small or large do you ever wonder
How can Humanity look the deer in the face? How can I,
To change the world enough you must cease to be afraid of the poor. We experience your fear as the lea… humiliations; in the past
With your unknown to me Odd magic You came To me:
I said to Poetry:"I’m finished with you." Having to almost die before some wierd light comes creeping through
Going out to the garden this morning to plant seeds for my winter greens —the strong, fiery mustard