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Quote of the Day Fresh quotes Topics Authors I'm Feeling Lucky Disable ads! 17 quotes by Yusef Komunyakaa Yusef Komunyakaa (born April 29, 1941 ) 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. He also received the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize. Komunyakaa received the 2007 Louisiana Writer Award for his enduring contribution to the poetry world. His subject matter... Read full biography of Yusef Komunyakaa → 1 2 Ctrl → I define poetry as celebration and confrontation. When we witness something, are we responsible for what we witness? That's an on-going... → 0 I originally wanted to embrace the imagery and forthrightness of rap music. There are some interesting, dynamic voices in rap. But I find most of it... → 0 My great-grandfather Melvin had been a carpenter - so was my father - and they taught me the value of tools: saws, hammers, chisels, files and... → 0 Through the years I have seen myself as a peaceful person, but the awareness of the anger is part of that process. 0 We have to embrace the good over the bad. That has to be one's personal project. 0 Students often have such a lofty idea of what a poem is, and I want them to realize that their own lives are where the poetry comes from. The most... → 0 I like what Oliver Lakes does on the saxophone. The saxophone comes pretty close to the sound of the human voice and when Oliver plays with other sax... → 0 I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very... → 0 Poetry helps me understand who I am. It helps me understand the world around me. But above all, what poetry has taught me is the fact that I need to... → 0 Vietnam helped me to look at the horror and terror in the hearts of people and realize how we can't aim guns and set booby traps for people we... → 0 I excavate history. I look at lives buried under too much silence. Periods of time, like slavery, have to be revisited, reimagined, so we can move... → 0 It took me 14 years to write poems about Vietnam. I had never thought about writing about it, and in a way I had been systematically writing around... → 0 Poets are seen as the caretakers of language, so working with words no matter what the form is what we do. 0 1 2 Ctrl → Add a quote!


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