Quote by Margaret Walker
The poetry of a people comes from the deep recesses of the unconsc

The poetry of a people comes from the deep recesses of the unconscious, the irrational and the collective body of our ancestral memories. – Margaret Walker

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Let a new earth rise. Let another world be born. Let a bloody peace be written in the sky. Let a second generation full of courage issue forth let a people loving freedom come to growth. – Margaret Walker

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The office of poetry is not to make us think accurately, but feel truly. – Frederick William Robertson

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