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Janice Mirikitani

(1941–2021) Poet

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Janice Mirikitani was a poet.

Quick Facts About Janice Mirikitani

Born: February 4, 1941
Died: July 29, 2021
Profession: Poet

About Janice Mirikitani

[Wikidata] American writer (1941-2021)... | [Wikipedia] Janice Mirikitani was an American poet and activist who resided in the San Francisco Bay Area for most of her adult life. She managed the Glide Memorial Church with her husband, Cecil Williams. She was noted for serving as San Francisco's poet laureate from 2000 until 2002.

Quotes by Janice Mirikitani

“Healthy Choices Hold still Keep quiet. Get a degree to learn how to talk saying nothing. Catch a good man by being…

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Good man

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We were made to believe / our faces betrayed us. / Our bodies were loud / with yellow / screaming flesh /…

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Barbed wire

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I found that my wounds begin to heal when the voices of those endangered by silence are given power. The silence of…

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Bullets

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Bad women celebrate themselves.

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Bad woman

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I am iron butterfly ... / I am she/we / of flesh / and iron / and silk wings, / healing, flying / into a gentle blue sky.

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Blue

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“Autumn comes like a buyer of cloth, her long fingers touching, turning orange, yellow, brown. taking what she wants, stretching the bone…

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Autumn

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