Zitat des Tages von Yusef Komunyakaa:
It wasn't a deliberate decision to become a poet. It was something I found myself doing - and loving. Language became an addiction.
Poets are seen as the caretakers of language, so working with words no matter what the form is what we do.
I'm uncomfortable with the focus on the poet and not on the poem.
I think of my poems as personal and public at the same time. You could say they serve as psychological overlays. One fits on top of the other, and hopefully there's an ongoing evolution of clarity.
I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
