June Jordan's Quote - Poetry is a political act because it involves telling the truth. –

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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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There are two ways to worry words. One is hoping for the greatest possible beauty in what is created. The other is to tell the truth. – 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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The first function of poetry is to tell the truth, to learn how to do that, to find out what you really feel and what you really think. – June Jordan

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In the past, poetry came in the form of spells and chants used to effect change. – John Barton

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Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn. – Thomas Gray

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