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)

Through the years I have seen myself as a peaceful person, but the awareness of the anger is part of....

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....

Go & tell your drinking buddies& psychoanalyst your neighborhas risen from the ashes. I wonderif I should....

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....