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Jayne Cortez Quotes

Find your own voice & use it, / use your own voice & find it.

Find your own voice & use it, / use your own voice & find it.

Jayne Cortez
Creativity, Voice, Singing
Jayne Cortez (2002). “Jazz fan looks back”, Hanging Loose Pr

I am essence of Rose Solitude my cheeks are laced with cognac my hips sealed with five satin nails I carry dreams and romance of new fools and old flames between the musk of fat and the side pocket of my mink tongue.

Jayne Cortez
Dream, Flames, Essence
Jayne Cortez (2002). “Jazz fan looks back”, Hanging Loose Pr

In the sense that I also try to reflect the fullness of the black experience, I’m very much a jazz poet.

Jayne Cortez
Black, Trying, Jazz

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