Marilyn Nelson quotes:

Miracles happen all the time. We're here, aren't we?

Back when I was in college, people used to talk about the alienation of the artist, not ever quite fitting in any place.

Writing in form is a way of developing your thinking - your thinking along with the tradition. In a way, it's not you alone, it's you in partnership.

After you kind of find your footing, sonnets are what comes easiest.

Many performance poets seem to believe that yelling a poem makes it comprehensible. They are wrong.

I had a lot of hatred, but I realized that kind of hate didn't do much. I had to start fueling myself with pride. We owe the ancestors that. So many of the souls who died in bondage just want us to recognize their struggle.