Wanda Coleman > Quotes

“Many have referred to [Lewis] Carroll's rhymes as nonsense, but in my childhood world — Los Angeles in the '50s — they made perfect sense.”
― Wanda Coleman, The Riot Inside Me: More Trials and Tremors

“even my dreams have dreams”
― Wanda Coleman, Wicked Enchantment: Selected Poems

“only love could want this body
wanting guarantees love”
― Wanda Coleman, Wicked Enchantment: Selected Poems

“to love and not act is to not know love”
― Wanda Coleman, Wicked Enchantment: Selected Poems

“walk on the inside away from the curb / no public displays of affection / when you call, let the phone ring twice / hang up and then dial again”
― Wanda Coleman, Heavy Daughter Blues: Poems and Stories 1968-1986