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With each touch of you
i am fresh bread
warm and rising.
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I, woman, i
can no longer claim
a mother of flesh
a father of marrow
I, Woman must be
the child of myself.
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I am a child of America
a step child
raised in the back room...
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I am the Black woman
I am the child of the sun
the daughter of dark
I carry fire to burn the world
I am water to quench its throat
I am the product of slaves
I am the offspring of queens
I am still as silence
I flow as the stream
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The first thing you do is to forget that I'm Black. Second, you must never forget that I'm Black.
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Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
Pat Parker
Born:
January 20, 1944
Died:
June 17, 1989
(aged 45)
Bio:
Pat Parker was an African-American lesbian feminist poet.
Known for:
Movement in black (1978)
Jonestown & other madness (1985)
Quilt Africa
Quilt the Beloved Country
Quilt the Beloved Africa
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