POEM

FindCenter AddIcon
Book Image

Last Night as I Was Sleeping

By Antonio Machado
Poems Author Image

Machado beautifully expresses what happens when we are present to life without the distractions that hijack our hearts and minds.

In respect of copyright, we cannot display the poem here. Click the link to read it.

Read on allpoetry.com

FindCenter Video Image

The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni: 1968–1998

This omnibus includes Nikki Giovanni’s first seven volumes of poetry from her early years, 1967 to 1983: Black Feeling Black Talk; Black Judgement; Re: Creation; My House; The Women and the Men; Cotton Candy on a Rainy Day; and Those Who Ride the Night Winds.

Book
Nikki Giovanni
2007
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Video Image
12:29

Dear Black Women, Let’s Talk About Healing - Angela Bowden - TEDxMSVUWomen

Beginning with a powerful poem, Angela talks about the power of acknowledging and healing from the “strength and resilience trauma” that black women normalize and carry, Realizing the black woman's burden and healing our caregivers and youth. Angela Bowden is a writer, speaker and activist.

Video
2020
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Video Image

How Latin America’s Obsession With Whiteness Is Hurting Us

Close to 11% of American adults with Hispanic ancestors don’t even identify as Hispanic or Latino.

Article
Johanna Ferreira
2020
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Video Image

FindCenter Quotes ImageI have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.

Quote
Martin Luther King Jr.
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Video Image

FindCenter Quotes ImageDo not waste time bothering whether you ‘love’ your neighbor; act as if you did. As soon as we do this we find one of the great secrets. When you are behaving as if you loved someone, you will presently come to love him.

Quote
C. S. Lewis
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Video Image
39:45

Lucille Clifton & Sonia Sanchez: Mirrors & Windows

Clifton & Sanchez - Mirrors & Windows 10/24/2001 at The New School, New York, NY. Moderated by Eisa Davis.

Video
Lucille Clifton
2016
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Video Image
14:16

What Does It Mean to Be Human? | Sonia Sanchez | TEDxPhiladelphia

In this captivating reading, legendary poet, activist and scholar Sonia Sanchez explores the most important question of the 21st century: What does it mean to be human?

Video
Sonia Sanchez
2014
FindCenter AddIcon

EXPLORE TOPIC

Mysticism