I try for a poetic language that says, “This is who we are, where we have been, where we are. This is where we must go. And this is what we must do.”

I am a black woman/ the music of my song/ some sweet arpeggio of tears/ is written in a minor key/ and I/ can be heard humming in the night/ Can be heard/ humming/ in...

I try for a poetic language that says, This is who we are, where we have been, where we are. This is where we must go. And this is what we must do.

When I dieI’m sureI will have aBig Funeral.Curiosityseekers…coming to seeif Iam reallyDeador justtrying to makeTrouble.

If we have the Word let us/ say it/ If we have the Word let us/ be it/ If we have the Word let us/ DO.

To identify the enemy is to free the mind.

I’m/ gonna spread out/ over America/ intrude/ my proud blackness/ all/ over the place.