If You Can't Be Free, Be A

When I Was Young, I Was Older Than I Am Today.

Sometimes A Word Is Found So Right It Trembles At The Slightest Explanation.

As An African-american, As A Woman I Think That I've Been Sensitized To The Way In Which History Privileges The White Male And The Way In Which Certain Aspects Of History, The Things That We Are Taught In School, The Things That Are Handed Down Never, Never Entered The Picture Though They Might Have Been Very Important.

I Think That When A Poem Can Move Readers Across Generations And Across Its Specific Class Or Race Then It Becomes Truly Classic.

Crassly Put: When I Write, I Am Trying Not To Bore Myself And My Readers.