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21 " When has anyone ever told meI had the right to stop it allwithout my knuckles, or my anger,with just some simple words. "
― Elizabeth Acevedo , The Poet X
22 " She tells me words give people permission to be their fullest self and aren't these the poems I most needed to hear? "
23 " We're different, this poet and I. In looks, in body,in background. But I don't feel so differentwhen I listen to her. I feel heard. "
24 " And isn't that what a poem is? A lantern glowing in the dark. "
25 " When your body takes up more room than your voice, you are always the target of well-aimed rumors. "
26 " It's about any of the words that bring us together and how we can form a home in them. "
27 " One thing I know for sure is that reputations last longer than the time it takes to make them. "
28 " Your silence furnishes a dark house. But even at the risk of burning,the moth always seeks the light. "
29 " The way the words say what I mean,how they twist and turn language,how they connect with people. How they build community. "
30 " Sometimes it seems like writing is the only way I keep from hurting. "
31 " He is not elegant enough for a sonnett, too well-thought-out for a free write, taking too much space in my thoughts to ever be a haiku. "
32 " I close my eyes and let myself find in music what I've always searched for: a way away. "
33 " I've forced my skin as thick as I am. "
34 " Sometimes someone says something and their words are like the catch of a gas stove, the click, click while you’re waiting for it to light up and flame big and blue... "
35 " She knew since she was little, the world would not sing her triumphs, but she took all of the stereotypes and put them in a chokehold until they breathed out the truth. "
36 " That's when I feel like a fake.Because I nod, and clap, and "Amen" and Aleluya,"all the while feeling like this house his houseis no longer one I want to rent. "
37 " Maybe there are no words to say. I just want to be held. "
38 " ....and my heart is one of Darwin's Finches, learning to fly. "
39 " i think of all the things we could be if we were not told our bodies were not made for them. "
40 " About a holy trinity that don’t include the mother. "