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Sonia Sanchez
Sonia Sanchez
(1934 / Birmingham, Alabama United States)
Poems by Sonia Sanchez : 8 / 13
Personal Letter No. 3 - Poem by Sonia Sanchez
nothing will keep
us young you know
not young men or
women who spin
their youth on
cool playing sounds.
we are what we
are what we never
think we are.
no more wild geo
graphies of the
flesh. echoes. that
we move in tune
to slower smells.
it is a hard thing
to admit that
sometimes after midnight
i am tired
of it all.
Poems by Sonia Sanchez : 8 / 13
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Poem Submitted: Monday, January 20, 2003
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we are what we
are what we never
think we are.../// wo sound greatly written (Report)Reply
A truly lovely poem that echoes more than we hear or feel. (Report)Reply
No tree withers with its peel.
Nice letter by Sonia. (Report)Reply
Well, I'm young no matter what everyone says. My soul feels young, My heart feels young and I just play for fun.
Greetings,
Zoila T. Flores (Report)Reply
'' sometimes after midnight
i am tired
of it all. ''
'' talvolta, passata mezzanotte,
provo stanchezza
verso tutto questo.'' (Report)Reply
Love those lines
a day of Living Poetry for me was the sad day of Maya Angelou's passing. but to see her weeping and sobbing on msnbc was the Living part of it for me. Maya meant something personal and of deep meaning to Sonia, and she wept and sobbed until they went to their fracking commercial. it was very human and beautiful. (Report)Reply
Sonia Sanchez writes like no other poet, and so it should be. Each poet draws from personal experience to write and emote their feelings. I am always inspired to think after reading her poetry about how these words relate to something I am feeling or have felt before. (Report)Reply
gorgeously written. keep writing! ! ! (Report)Reply
yes very true. especially day after day, so unpoetry. (Report)Reply