The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.
The whites came to this land for a fresh start and to escape the tyranny of their masters, just as the freemen had fled theirs. But the ideals they held up for themselves, they denied others.
I don’t think poetry is based just on poetry; it is based on a thoroughly lived life.
The most powerful weapon you have is your voice.