Life possesses an amazing array of profoundly sad faces. Aberjhani More Quotes by Aberjhani More Quotes From Aberjhani Unless you are here: this garden refuses to exist. Pink dragonflies fall from the air and become scorpions scratching blood out of rocks. The rainbows that dangle upon this mist: shatter. Like the smile of a child separated from his mother’s milk for the very first time. --from poem Blood and Blossoms Aberjhani mother children fall Within the universe of the extraordinary, those qualities we designate to human concepts of gender are often shared, exchanged, or even completely obliterated. Because of this mixture of traits, these twins called Genius and Madness often appear to be the same thing. They both have a tendency to blur the lines of what we call norms, or established reality. They both, when we study that grand tapestry known as history and modern-day society, tend to stand out in much bolder relief than other figures. -- from Dancing with Madness, Dancing with Genius Aberjhani quality dancing reality The fact that an African American sits in the White House at the helm of government in the United States of America on this 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation represents both phenomenal political symbolism and a victory of faith in democracy that should not be lost on any American. Aberjhani government symbolism white Many may very well continue to ask why more value is placed on technicalities of a law than on a man's flesh and blood life, especially when there is any amount of "doubt" at all regarding his guilt or innocence. Aberjhani law men blood History dressed up in the glow of love’s kiss turned grief into beauty. Aberjhani strength grief love The fate that condemns or saves one sooner or later often condemns or saves another. Aberjhani voting fate humanity Here are lips of flame eager to be extinguished by love's liquid sigh. Aberjhani kissing angel love By striving so mightily to accomplish specific goals on behalf of one segment of humanity, she [Toni Morrison] went beyond them to create literary wonders capable of enriching the lives of not just her own people, but of all people. Aberjhani goal humanity people When reading about what may be described as the lesser celebrated heroic figures of the Harlem Renaissance, we rarely get a definitive look at just how complicated and sometimes dangerous their everyday lives were. In fact, until the past ten years, many defined the period primarily by its well-known literary, musical, and artistic elements while overlooking the fact there was any political component to it at all. Aberjhani reading past years Literary genres and techniques tend to take form in one's mind somewhat the way computer templates provide form for different computer tasks. Aberjhani intelligence literary-genre mind Happy World Poetry Day: 'The American identity has never been a singular one and the voices of poets invariably sing, in addition to their own, the voices of those around them. Aberjhani voice identity world In a world gushing blood day and night, you never stop mopping up pain. Aberjhani pain night blood I called it a baptism in flaming ink that forced me to shed my shyness about recognizing myself as a poet and to accept the fact that life had never given me any choice in the matter. And then I had to discover exactly what that meant. Aberjhani baptism ink choices Time (again, Time) like the soul, wears many faces, many bodies and climates and attitudes. The past is one face, the present a second and the future yet another. Aberjhani soul attitude past Feet sandaled with dreams tread paths of vision leading to wisdom’s sharp peaks. Aberjhani vision feet dream In the days when hyenas of hate suckle the babes of men, and jackals of hypocrisy pimp their mothers’ broken hearts, may children not look to demons of ignorance for hope. Aberjhani hate mother children Got just enough room to be a friend of yours. Oh I hope you got room to be a friend of mine. Aberjhani agape-love enough rooms When the will to learn from the ordinary is present, a seeker may indeed gain entrance into levels of awareness that are extraordinary. Aberjhani discipline levels ordinary Writing for me is a form of spiritual discipline and creative vision, a means of being in the world and giving one's love to it without compromise or dilution. Aberjhani spiritual writing love Creative visualization may be described as an extended meditation session that reaches beyond passive contemplation and achieves transformative action. The uses to which it may be applied are limited only by an individual's imagination. Aberjhani creative-visualization meditation imagination
