Pablo Neruda Quote

“Poetry is an act of peace. 
Peace goes into the making of a poet 
as flour goes into the making of bread.” 
Pablo Neruda

Poem About Friendship by Al Wilson

Close Enough (poem) 
By Al Wilson 
I saw her first 
in the words 
she wrote 
I saw her next 
in the words 
she spoke 
So many miles 
so far apart 
but close enough 
that she touched my heart..

Nikki Giovanni Quote

“Some say we are responsible 
for those we love. 
Others know we are responsible 
for those who love us.” 
Nikki Giovanni

T.S. Eliot Quote

“...There is no vocabulary for love... 
love that's lived in but not looked at, 
love within the light of which 
all else is seen, 
the love within which all other love 
finds speech. This love is silent.” 
T.S. Eliot

Maya Angelou Quote

“If you have only one smile in you 
give it to the people you love.” 
Maya Angelou

Nikki Giovanni Quote

“Some say we are responsible for those we love. 
Others know we are responsible for those who love us.” 
Nikki Giovanni

June Jordan Quote

"To tell the truth is to become beautiful, to begin to love yourself, 
value yourself. And that's political, in its most profound way." 
June Jordan

Langston Hughes Quote

“I have discovered in life 
that there are ways of getting 
almost anywhere you want to go, 
if you really want to go.” 
Langston Hughes

T. S. Eliot Quote

“What is actual is actual only for 
one time, and only for one place.” 
T. S. Eliot 

John Donne Quote

“Come live with me, and be my love, 
And we will some new pleasures prove 
Of golden sands, and crystal brooks, 
With silken lines, and silver hooks.” 
John Donne 

Plato Quote

“At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.” 
Plato

Robert Frost Quote

“Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.” 
Robert Frost 

Ogwo David Emenike Quote

“There is a thin line between 
the impossible and the possible 
- that is determination.” 
Ogwo David Emenike

Pablo Neruda Quote

“Poetry is an act of peace. 
Peace goes into the making of a poet 
as flour goes into the making of bread.” 
Pablo Neruda 

Jacques Prévert Quote

“Even if happiness forgets you a little bit, 
never completely forget about it.” 
Jacques Prévert 

Langston Hughes Quote

“I have discovered in life that there are ways 
of getting almost anywhere you want to go, 
if you really want to go.” Langston Hughes

A POEM ABOUT CHANGE By Dwayne Alvin Hearn

A POEM ABOUT CHANGE 
By Dwayne Alvin Hearn 

remember 
nothing ever really 
stays 
the same 
so even these 
quotes 
I share with you 
each day 
are going to 
change 

Langston Hughes Quote

“I have discovered in life that there are ways 

of getting almost anywhere you want to go, 

if you really want to go.” Langston Hughes

Maya Angelou Quote

“My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; 

to get my work done and try to love somebody 

and have the courage to accept the love in return.”

Maya Angelou

Quote by Maya Angelou

“I believe in living a poetic life, an art full life. Everything we do from the way we raise our children to the way we welcome our friends is part of a large canvas we are creating.” Maya Angelou