The quality of light by which we scrutinize our lives has direct bearing upon the product which we live, and upon the changes which we hope to bring about through those lives.

Poetry is not only dream and vision; it is the skeleton architecture of our lives. It lays the foundations for a future of change, a bridge across our fears of what has never been before.

It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.

Our lives are full of all the genres. Fear and hope and sadness.

Our visions begin with our desires.

When we create out of our experiences, as feminists of color, women of color, we have to develop those structures that will present and circulate our culture.