“What if the mightiest word is love, love beyond marital, filial, national. Love that casts a widening pool of light. Love with no need to preempt grievance. In today's sharp sparkle, this winter air, anything can be made, any sentence… — Elizabeth Alexander Copy Share Image
“Poetry is what you find in the dirt in the corner, overhear on the bus, God in the details, the only way to get… — Elizabeth Alexander Copy Share Image
“It is the beginning and the end of the astrological calendar, and so it is said that children born on March 21 are ancient… — Elizabeth Alexander Copy Share Image
“For loss is our common denominator. None of us will escape it. None of us will outrun death. What do we do in the… — Elizabeth Alexander Copy Share Image
“What if the mightiest word is love, love beyond marital, filial, national. Love that casts a widening pool of light. Love with no need… — Elizabeth Alexander Copy Share Image
“...now I know my capacity for awe is infinite: this thirst is permanent, the well bottomless, my good fortune vast.” — Elizabeth Alexander Copy Share Image
“Each of us made it possible for the other. We got something done. Each believed in the other unsurpassingly. In all marriages there is… — Elizabeth Alexander Copy Share Image
“In simplicity is such guiding truth. I turn again to the spirituals. “This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine” could also… — Elizabeth Alexander Copy Share Image
“Flowers live, they are perfect and they affect us; they are God’s glory, they make us know why we are alive and human, that… — Elizabeth Alexander Copy Share Image
“Using the voice is a physical act, one that first announces the existence of the body of residence and then trumpets its arrival in… — Elizabeth Alexander Copy Share Image
