Art, whose honesty must work through artifice, cannot avoid cheating truth. Adrienne Rich artartificeavoid Change image and share on social
It's exhilarating to be alive in a time of awakening consciousness; it can also be confusing, disorienting, and painful. Adrienne Rich aliveawakenconfuse Change image and share on social
The mother's battle for her child with sickness, with poverty, with war, with all the forces of exploitation and callousness that cheapen human life needs to become a common human battle, waged in love and in the passion for survival. Adrienne Rich battlecallousnesscheapen share on social
False history gets made all day, any day, the truth of the new is never on the news. Adrienne Rich dayfalsehistory Change image and share on social
When a woman tells the truth she is creating the possibility for more truth around her. Adrienne Rich createpossibilitytell Change image and share on social
Lesbian existence comprises both the breaking of a taboo and the rejection of a compulsory way of life. It is also a direct or indirect attack on the male right of access to women. Adrienne Rich accessattackbreak Change image and share on social
The moment of change is the only poem. Adrienne Rich changemomentpoem Change image and share on social
A revolutionary poem will not tell you who or when to kill, what and when to burn, or even how to theorize. It reminds you... where and when and how you are living and might live, it is a wick of desire. Adrienne Rich burndesirekill share on social
We might possess every technological resource... but if our language is inadequate, our vision remains formless, our thinking and feeling are still running in the old cycles, our process may be 'revolutionary' but not transformative. Adrienne Rich cyclefeltformless share on social