I still hear you humming, Mama. The colour of your song calls me home. The colour of your words saying, Let her be. She got a right to be different. She gonna stumble on herself one of these days. Just let the child be. And I be, Mama.
I cannot tell the truth about anything unless I confess being a student, growing and learning something new every day. The more I learn, the clearer … - Sonia Sanchez
I cannot tell the truth about anything unless I confess being a student, growing and learning something new every day. The more I learn, the clearer …
- Sonia Sanchez
Poetry is subconscious conversation, it is as much the work of those who understand it and those who make it. - Sonia Sanchez
Poetry is subconscious conversation, it is as much the work of those who understand it and those who make it.
Zora Neale Hurston said fear is the greatest emotion and I said, 'No my dear sister.' Fear will make us move to save our own skins. Love also makes u… - Sonia Sanchez
Zora Neale Hurston said fear is the greatest emotion and I said, 'No my dear sister.' Fear will make us move to save our own skins. Love also makes u…
I shall become, I shall become a collector of me. And put meat on my soul. - Sonia Sanchez
I shall become, I shall become a collector of me. And put meat on my soul.
The most fundamental truth to be told in any art form, as far as Blacks are concerned, is that America is killing us. - Sonia Sanchez
The most fundamental truth to be told in any art form, as far as Blacks are concerned, is that America is killing us.
... in order to be a true revolutionary, you must understand love. Love, sacrifice, and death. - Sonia Sanchez
... in order to be a true revolutionary, you must understand love. Love, sacrifice, and death.
I write to tell the truth about the black condition as I see it. Therefore, I write to offer a black woman's view of the world. - Sonia Sanchez
I write to tell the truth about the black condition as I see it. Therefore, I write to offer a black woman's view of the world.
All poets, all writers are political. They either maintain the status quo, or they say, 'Something's wrong, let's change it for the better.' - Sonia Sanchez
All poets, all writers are political. They either maintain the status quo, or they say, 'Something's wrong, let's change it for the better.'
The black artist is dangerous. Black art controls the 'Negro's' reality, negates negative influences, and creates positive images. - Sonia Sanchez
The black artist is dangerous. Black art controls the 'Negro's' reality, negates negative influences, and creates positive images.
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