31 Quotes by Sonia Sanchez

Her humming became the only sound in the park. Her voice movedacross the bench like a mutilated child. And I cried. For myself. For thiswoman talkin’ about love. For all the women who have ever stretchedtheir bodies out anticipating civilization and finding ruins.

Help me,Sandy. Listen to my talk. Hold my hand when I git too sad. Laugh at my fearsthat keep poppin’ out on me like some childhood disease. Be my vaccine,babee. I need you. Don’t ever leave me, babee, cuz I’ll never have a love likeyou again. I’ll never have another woman again if you leave me.

No. Don't never go looking for love girl. Just wait. It'll come. Like the rain fallin' from the heaven, it'll come. Just don't never give up on love.

your face like summer lightning gets caught in my voice and i draw you up from deep rivers taste your face of a thousand names see you smile a new season hear your voice a wild sea pausing in the wind

I write to keep in contact with our ancestors and to spread truth to people.

No. Don’t never go looking for love girl. Just wait. It’ll come. Like the rain fallin’ from the heaven, it’ll come. Just don’t never give up on love.

did ya ever cryBlack man, did ya ever crytil you knocked all over?- Haiku

All poets, all writers are political. They either maintain the status quo, or they say, ‘Something’s wrong, let’s change it for the better.’

Come windless invader I am a carnival of Stars, a poem of blood.