Jayne Cortez Professions : Poet Born : May 10, 1934 Died : December 28, 2012 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by Jayne Cortez Find your own voice & use it, / use your own voice & find it. Jayne Cortez creativity singing voice I am essence of Rose Solitude Jayne Cortez flames essence dream In the sense that I also try to reflect the fullness of the black experience, I’m very much a jazz poet. Jayne Cortez jazz black trying Similar Authors Abdellatif Laabi poet Ihara Saikaku poet Abram Joseph Ryan poet Ingeborg Bachmann poet Izumi Shikibu poet Bion of Smyrna poet All Authors