"The first function of poetry is to tell the truth, to lear… - June Jordan

"The first function of poetry is to tell the truth, to learn how to do that, to find out what you really feel and what you really think." June Jordan

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About June Jordan

June Millicent Jordan (9 July 1936 – 14 June 2002) was an African-American bisexual political activist, writer, poet, essayist, and teacher, born in Harlem, New York, to Jamaican immigrants.

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Alternative Names: June Millicent Jordan

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The expression of hatred for your enemies is sometimes the only way to end self-hatred.

Poetry is a political act because it involves telling the truth.

I have been the meaning of rape
I have been the problem everyone seeks to
eliminate by forced
penetration with or without the evidence of slime and/
but let this be unmistakable this poem
is not consent I do not consent

"The first function of poetry is to tell the truth, to learn how to do that, to find out what you really feel and what you really think." June Jordan - June Jordan

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