I Want To Write So Well That

We May Encounter Many Defeats, But We Must Not Be Defeated. It May Even Be Necessary To Encounter The Defeat, So That We Can Know Who We Are.

Mother's Life Flowed Radiant. Flourescent-tipped Waves On Incoming Tides.

Success Is Liking Yourself, Liking What You Do, And Liking How You Do It.

Poetry Helps My Soul Escape Its Encasement.

All Of My History As An African-american Woman, As A Jewish Woman, As A Muslim Woman. I'm Bringing Everything I Ever Knew, And All The Stories I've Read - Everything Good, Strong, Kind And Powerful. I Bring It All With Me Into Every Situation, And I Will Not Allow My Life To Be Minimized By Anybody's Racism Or Sexism Or Ageism.