June Jordan - Poetry Quotes

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Poetry is a political act because it involves telling the truth.

June Jordan

She loved poetry
sometimes I thought that she would take the words
and eat them carefully as filaments of saffron.

June Jordan

What's important about poetry in the context of leadership is that most of the time, power has to do with dominance. But poetry is never about dominance. Poetry is powerful but it cannot even aspire to dominate anyone. It means making a connection. That's what it means.

June Jordan