Quotes by : Yusef Komunyakaa

Title: Blue Light Lounge Sutra For The Performance Poets At Harold Park Hotelthe need gotta beso deep....

I originally wanted to embrace the imagery and forthrightness of rap music. There are some interesting,....

I ate mythology & dreamt'- Yusef Komunyakaa (Blackberries)

Students often have such a lofty idea of what a poem is, and I want them to realize that their own lives....

I'm turning you into a girlchasing a butterfly, a she-wolfon a hilltop, & then back into a woman.

See how forgiving - how brave nature is.

Years ago you followed someonehere, in love with breathkissing the nape of your neck,back when it was....

I’ve been here before, dreaming myselfbackwards, among grappling hooks of light.True to the seasons,....

We were born between Oh Yeah& Goddammit. I knew lifeBegan where I stood in the dark,Looking out into....

A goddess of dawnscooted under a zing of barbed wireto witness your birth.