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Poetry is a political act because it involves telling the truth. -

Poetry is a political act because it involves telling the truth. – June Jordan

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We are the wrong people of the wrong skin in the wrong continent and what in the hell is everybody being reasonable about? – June Jordan

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Black History
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June Jordan
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But, based on my friendship with Evie as young mothers, I started going on freedom rides in 1966. – June Jordan

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Friendship
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June Jordan
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The courts cannot garnish a fathers salary, nor freeze his account, nor seize his property on behalf of his children, in our society. Apparently this is because a kid is not a car or a couch or a boat. – June Jordan

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car
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Poetry
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Poetry, almost by definition, calls attention to its language and form. – Robert Morgan

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Poetry

No poem is easily grasped so why should any reader expect fast results? – John Barton

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Poetry

The moment of change is the only poem. – Adrienne Rich

Category:
Poetry

For me, prose walks, poetry dances. – James Broughton

Category:
Poetry

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