Our earth is round, and, among other things, that means that you and I can hold completely different points of view and both be right. The difference of our positions will show stars in your window I cannot even imagine. Your sky may burn with light, while mine, at the same moment, spreads beautiful to darkness. Still we must choose how we separately corner the circling universe of our experience. Once chosen, our cornering will determine the message of any star and darkness we encounter.
What's important about poetry in the context of leadership is that most of the time, power has to do with dominance. But poetry is never about domina… - June Jordan
What's important about poetry in the context of leadership is that most of the time, power has to do with dominance. But poetry is never about domina…
- June Jordan
We are the ones we've been waiting for. - June Jordan
We are the ones we've been waiting for.
And who will join this standing up and the ones who stood without sweet company will sing and sing back into the mountains and if necessary even unde… - June Jordan
And who will join this standing up and the ones who stood without sweet company will sing and sing back into the mountains and if necessary even unde…
Like a lot of Black women, I have always had to invent the power my freedom requires. - June Jordan
Like a lot of Black women, I have always had to invent the power my freedom requires.
If you are free, you are not predictable and you are not controllable. - June Jordan
If you are free, you are not predictable and you are not controllable.
I am a feminist, and what that means to me is much the same as the meaning of the fact that I am Black: it means that I must undertake to love myself… - June Jordan
I am a feminist, and what that means to me is much the same as the meaning of the fact that I am Black: it means that I must undertake to love myself…
To tell the truth is to become beautiful. - June Jordan
To tell the truth is to become beautiful.
Poetry is a political act because it involves telling the truth. - June Jordan
Poetry is a political act because it involves telling the truth.
I am a stranger, learning to love the strangers around me - June Jordan
I am a stranger, learning to love the strangers around me
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