“For our vow will be fulfilled only when we, or our children, or our grandchildren will have succeeded in seizing the reins of history, in determining the destiny of mankind and creating a society where prisons are unheard of because the racism and the exploitative economic arrangement which reproduces want for the many and wealth for the few will have become relics of a past era.”
Davis, Angela. "The Gates to Freedom." Speech Delivered at the Embassy Auditorium, Embassy Auditorium, June 9, 1972 Los Angeles, CA.
American RadioWorks
“We know that all we have to do is to redirect that wealth and that energy and channel it into food for the hungry, and to clothes for the needy; into schools, hospitals, housing, and all the material things that are necessary [applause], all the material things that are necessary in order for human beings to lead decent, comfortable lives – in order to lead lives which are devoid of all the pressures of racism, and yes, male supremacist attitudes and institutions and all the other means with which the rulers manipulate the people. For only then can freedom take on a truly human meaning.”
Davis, Angela. "The Gates to Freedom." Speech Delivered at the Embassy Auditorium, Embassy Auditorium, June 9, 1972 Los Angeles, CA.
American RadioWorks
“ *
Clothed in torn cloud scraps,
all innocence,
dressed in dustups,
agitated snippets.
Bonsai dissonance—
what we used to call ironic.”
Armantrout, Rae. “Help.” Bomb 154, Winter 2021: Wesleyan Univ Press, 2012. p. 39.
Boston Review
“ *
A girl’s lugging
a toy ambulance
almost too large
for her to lift—
siren ignored in the distance.
*
Clothed in torn cloud scraps,
all innocence,
dressed in dustups,
agitated snippets.
Bonsai dissonance—
what we used to call ironic.”
Armantrout, Rae. “Help.” Bomb 154, Winter 2021: Wesleyan Univ Press, 2012. p. 39.
Boston Review
“Let us
move fast
enough, in a small
enough space, and
our travels
will take first
shape, then substance.
*
In the beginning
there was measurement.
How much
does self-scrutiny
resemble mother-touch?”
Armantrout, Rae. Collected Prose. San Diego: Singing Horse Press, 2007. p. 76.
Catalog Record
Singing Horse Press
“Late sun winks
from a power line
beyond the neighbor’s tree.
In heaven,
where repetition’s
not boring—
Silver whistles
of blackbirds
needle
the daylong day.”
Armantrout, Rae. “Duration.” Money Shot. Middletown: Wesleyan Univ Press, 2012. p. 49.
Catalog Record
HFS Books
“Of a piece,
in pieces,
past it all
and in plain view—
nowhere
in the blasted web
of stars
is there any
such beauty.”
Armantrout, Rae. "Nonesuch." Boston Review. April 04, 2017. Accessed June 30, 2021.
Boston Review
“...we dig deeper in our heartmindspiritbody
and nurture glow and warmth
and light and peace and patience
and gladness and gardens
and gather all in oneness
and end the pain and bloody rush
desiring naught
expecting naught
missing naught
simply being being…”
Alurista. “Pa' Césary Corky.” Tunaluna. San Antonio, TX: Aztlan Libre Press, 2010.
Catalog Record
Poetry Foundation
“...we dig deeper in our heartmindspiritbody
and nurture glow and warmth
and light and peace and patience
and gladness and gardens
and gather all in oneness
and end the pain and bloody rush
desiring naught
expecting naught
missing naught
simply being being…”
Alurista. “Pa' Césary Corky.” Tunaluna. San Antonio, TX: Aztlan Libre Press, 2010.
Catalog Record
Poetry Foundation