Etheridge Knight Quotes
I died in 1960 from a prison sentence and poetry brought me back to life.
Etheridge Knight (1968). “Poems from prison”
Love is a rock against the wind. Not soft like silk and lace.
Etheridge Knight (1980). “Born of a woman: new and selected poems”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)
Etheridge Knight (1986). “The Essential Etheridge Knight”, p.14, University of Pittsburgh Press
Let all Black Poets die as trumpets, And be buried in the dust of marching feet.
Etheridge Knight (1986). “The Essential Etheridge Knight”, p.55, University of Pittsburgh Press
I boil my tears in a twisted spoon And dance like an angel on the point of a needle.
Etheridge Knight (1973). “Belly song and other poems”, Broadside Pr
Etheridge Knight (1968). “Poems from prison”
To write a blues song is to regiment riots and pluck gems from graves.
Etheridge Knight (1980). “Born of a woman: new and selected poems”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)
Black Poets should live--not leap From steel bridges, like the white boys do.
Etheridge Knight (1973). “Belly song and other poems”, Broadside Pr
