Poetry is not only dream and vision; it is the skeleton architecture of our lives. It lays the foundations for a future of change, a bridge across our fears of what has never been before.

Quote by Audre Lorde

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But, on the other hand, I get bored with racism too and recognize that there...

But, on the other hand, I get bored with racism too and recognize that there...

The failure of academic feminists to recognize difference as a crucial strength is a failure...

The failure of academic feminists to recognize difference as a crucial strength is a failure...

You know how fighting fish do it? They blow bubbles and in each one of...

You know how fighting fish do it? They blow bubbles and in each one of...

When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of...

When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of...

In discussions around the hiring and firing of Black faculty at universities, the charge is...

In discussions around the hiring and firing of Black faculty at universities, the charge is...

I write for those women who do not speak, for those who do not have...

I write for those women who do not speak, for those who do not have...

The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house.

The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house.

The sharing of joy, whether physical, emotional, psychic, or intellectual, forms a bridge between the...

The sharing of joy, whether physical, emotional, psychic, or intellectual, forms a bridge between the...

The learning process is something you can incite, literally incite, like a riot.

The learning process is something you can incite, literally incite, like a riot.

I remember how being young and black and gay and lonely felt. A lot of...

I remember how being young and black and gay and lonely felt. A lot of...

Attend me, hold me in your muscular flowering arms, protect me from throwing any part...

Attend me, hold me in your muscular flowering arms, protect me from throwing any part...

Black women are programmed to define ourselves within this male attention and to compete with...

Black women are programmed to define ourselves within this male attention and to compete with...

It's possible to take that as a personal metaphor and then multiply it to a...

It's possible to take that as a personal metaphor and then multiply it to a...

In other words, I would be giving in to a myth of sameness which I...

In other words, I would be giving in to a myth of sameness which I...

It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept,...

It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept,...

Black writers, of whatever quality, who step outside the pale of what black writers are...

Black writers, of whatever quality, who step outside the pale of what black writers are...

Part of the lesbian consciousness is an absolute recognition of the erotic within our lives...

Part of the lesbian consciousness is an absolute recognition of the erotic within our lives...

I believe one of the hardest things you can do is conquer your fears, but...

I believe one of the hardest things you can do is conquer your fears, but...

Without ambition no conquests are made, and no business created. Ambition is the root of...

Without ambition no conquests are made, and no business created. Ambition is the root of...

To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists...

To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists...

Scared and sacred are spelled with the same letters. Awful proceeds from the same root...

Scared and sacred are spelled with the same letters. Awful proceeds from the same root...

What was once called the objective world is a sort of Rorschach ink blot, into...

What was once called the objective world is a sort of Rorschach ink blot, into...