Quote of the day
If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble, for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself, is beloved of none but itself. Humility enforces where neither virtue, nor strength, nor reason can prevail.
Yusef Komunyakaa
Born: April 29, 1941 (age 84)
Bio: Yusef Komunyakaa is an American poet who teaches at New York University and is a member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers. Komunyakaa is a recipient of the 1994 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, for Neon Vernacular and the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.
Known for:
- Neon Vernacular: New and Selected Poems (1993)
- Dien Cai Dau (1988)
- Talking Dirty to the Gods (2000)
- Thieves of Paradise (1998)
- Gilgamesh (2006)