Quote by: Yusef Komunyakaa

I define poetry as celebration and confrontation. When we witness something, are we responsible for what we witness? That's an on-going existential question. Perhaps we are and perhaps there's a kind of daring, a kind of necessary energetic questioning. Because often I say it's not what we know, it's what we can risk discovering.


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Author Bio


  • NameYusef Komunyakaa
  • DescriptionAmerican writer
  • BornApril 29, 1947
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionAuthor
  • AwardsPulitzer Prize For Poetry