5/13/2023 0 Comments The pied piper robert browning![]() ![]() #bookstagram #writer #blackliterature #blackbookstagram #blackgirlmagic #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #writers #books #blacklivesmatter #blackcreatives #urbanauthors #authorsofinstagram #blacktogetherness #blackauthorsofinstagram #prose #love #blackartists #writingcommunity #writersofinstagram #blackwomenwriters #blackhistory #blackstoriesmatter #author #blackauthor #blackwritersofinstagram #100bestwriters via stonesoferasmus. For those of you who turn to words for comfort, for truth, for reality - read James Baldwin. ![]() The different kid, the peg in a round hole. All creatures living beneath the sun, That creep or swim or fly or run, After me so as you never saw And I. ![]() ![]() My favorite quote of Baldwin’s is “The place in which I’ll fit will not exist until I make it.” That’s a quote for the lonely-hearted, the mistaken, the wanderer. And, 'Please your honors,' said he, 'Im able, By means of a secret charm, to draw. You cannot speak truth to power and still remain stubborn of heart. I love writers who allow themselves to be vulnerable. He wrote beautiful prose, heartfelt pieces that stay with you. Robert Browning’s poem, ‘The Pied Piper of Hamelin’ is a children’s story in the form of a poem. James Baldwin (1924-1987) was a writer, born in Harlem, lived in Europe, was Black and Gay. ![]()
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