Race, and the discussion of it brings out the bad, the good and the crazy in us. - Cornelius Eady - Quotesmemo.com

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Cornelius Eady

Race, and the discussion of it brings out the bad, the good and the crazy in us.

Bad, Crazy, Discussion, Good, Race

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I've always felt that poetry is the enemy of silence, but of course, in the right moments, silence can be useful. The trick is just trying to figure out when. And when I say silence, I suppose I actually meant erasure - poetry is a force against that, I think, or it should be.

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What I love about drafts is the experimental nature of them. The draft is what you know about writing a poem running up against what you don't know about the subject. If you're lucky, you get to surprise yourself.

Lucky, Nature, Running, Subject, Writing

When I leap, I briefly see the world as it is and as it should be.

Briefly, Dance, Leap, See, Should, World

Cynicism is a form of obedience.

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It's sometimes hard to know who's choosing whom - the poem, the song, or the writer.

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