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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Poetry is always slightly mysterious, and you wonder what is your relationship to it. – Seamus Heaney

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But I am not political in the current events sense, and I have never wanted anyone to read my poetry that way. – Diane Wakoski

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