Today’s quotes are from Ntozake Shange

“Where there is a woman there is magic. If there is a moon falling from her mouth, she is a woman who knows her magic, who can share or not share her powers. A woman with a moon falling from her mouth, roses between her legs and tiaras of Spanish moss, this woman is a consort of the spirits.”
― Ntozake Shange
“let her be born / let her be born / & handled warmly.”
― Ntozake Shange, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf

Ntozake Shange 1948-2018 she was a Black feminist, a poet, and playwright
For more about Ntozake Shange: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ntozake-Shange
Blessings!
Thank you.


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magic demanding miracle
so tragic
words have duality
oh oh
like the knife
cuts both ways
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