"The first function of poetry is to tell the truth, to learn how to do that, to find out what you really feel and what you really think."
― June Jordan
Topic(s):
Poetry
More From June Jordan
- "So, poetry becomes a means for useful dialogue between people who are not only unknown, but mute to each other. It produces a dialogue among people that guards all of us against manipulation by our so-called leaders."
- "Poetry is a political act because it involves telling the truth."
- "That attitude that fighting is probably not fair, but you have to defend yourself anyway and damage the enemy, has been profoundly consequential as far as my political activism goes."
More In Poetry
- "Women who are inclined to write poetry at all are inspired by being mad at something."― Amy Clampitt
- "To have great poets, there must be great audiences."― Walt Whitman
- "One difference between poetry and lyrics is that lyrics sort of fade into the background. They fade on the page and live on the stage when set to music."― Stephen Sondheim