Top 3 Quotes & Sayings by Jayne Cortez

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American poet Jayne Cortez.
Last updated on December 23, 2024.
Jayne Cortez

Jayne Cortez was an African-American poet, activist, small press publisher and spoken-word performance artist whose voice is celebrated for its political, surrealistic and dynamic innovations in lyricism and visceral sound. Her writing is part of the canon of the Black Arts Movement. She was married to jazz saxophonist Ornette Coleman (1954–64), and their son is jazz drummer Denardo Coleman. In 1975 Cortez married painter, sculptor, and printmaker Melvin Edwards, and they lived in Dakar, Senegal, and New York City.

In the sense that I also try to reflect the fullness of the black experience, I’m very much a jazz poet. — © Jayne Cortez
In the sense that I also try to reflect the fullness of the black experience, I’m very much a jazz poet.
Find your own voice & use it, / use your own voice & find it.
I am essence of Rose Solitude my cheeks are laced with cognac my hips sealed with five satin nails I carry dreams and romance of new fools and old flames between the musk of fat and the side pocket of my mink tongue.
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