Poetry Is Life Distilled.

I Know That The Black Emphasis Must Be Not Against White But For Black.

My Last Defense / Is The Present Tense.

I Like The Concentration, The Crush; I Like Working With Language, As Others Like Working With Clay, Or Notes.

What I'm Fighting For Now In My Work... For An Expression Relevant To All Manner Of Blacks, Poems I Could Take Into A Tavern, Into The Street, Into The Halls Of A Housing Project.

Life Must Be Aromatic. There Must Be Scent, Somehow There Must Be Some.