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title: "4 Black Poets Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [I just said let's get some poets on tv. And when they said that sounded unlikely, I made it worse. I said,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-simmons/i-just-said-let-s-get-some-poets-on-tv-and-when-they-said-that/)

[Russell Simmons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-simmons/)

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> [I love Black poets. I love that as a Black girl, I get to participate in that legacy. So that's Yusef Komunyakaa,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-gorman/i-love-black-poets-i-love-that-as-a-black-girl-i-get-to-participate/)

[Amanda Gorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-gorman/)

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> [Let all Black Poets die as trumpets, And be buried in the dust of marching feet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etheridge-knight/let-all-black-poets-die-as-trumpets-and-be-buried-in-the-dust-of/)

[Etheridge Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etheridge-knight/)

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> [Black Poets should live--not leap From steel bridges, like the white boys do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etheridge-knight/black-poets-should-live-not-leap-from-steel-bridges-like-the-white/)

[Etheridge Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etheridge-knight/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/561/etheridge-knight-47052_black_black-poets-should-live-not-leap-from-st_2806433.png)

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