My Poetry Has Become The Way Of

I Have A Rendezvous With Life.

My Poetry Has Become The Way Of My Giving Out What Music Is Within Me.

The Truth Is... Everything Counts. Everything. Everything We Do And Everything We Say. Everything Helps Or Hurts; Everything Adds To Or Takes Away From Someone Else.

Yet Do I Marvel At This Curious Thing:/ To Make A Poet Black, And Bid Him Sing!

There Is No Secret To Success Except Hard Work And Getting Something Indefinable Which We Call 'the Breaks.