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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I work on words, mostly, toward them being poetry or short stories, and then some of those become songs. They all find their place in the world, but they all start off in the same place. Im always painting and drawing as well, and its an ongoing creative assignment. – P. J. Harvey

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People wish to be poets more than they wish to write poetry, and thats a mistake. One should wish to celebrate more than one wishes to be celebrated. – Lucille Clifton

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The same people who are murdered slowly in the mechanized slaughterhouses of work are also arguing, singing, drinking, dancing, making love, holding the streets, picking up weapons and inventing a new poetry. – Raoul Vaneigem

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Poetry is never abandoned, it is only remixed. – James Schwartz

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