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Amiri Baraka

They hate the idea
of love, and disconnect
it from power and intellect
by claiming only 5 senses
& sex.




Quotes of the Day

If you aspire to the highest place, it is no disgrace to stop at the second, or even the third, place.
• Marcus Tullius Cicero


Poems of the Day
  • David Lehman
    Ode To Modern Art
    by David Lehman
    Come on in and stay a while I'll photograph you emerging from the revolving door like Frank O'Hara dating the muse of modern art Talking about the big Pollock show is better