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Top 4 Quotes & Sayings by Michael S. Harper

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American poet Michael S. Harper.

Last updated on April 14, 2025.

Michael S. Harper

Michael Steven Harper was an American poet and English professor at Brown University, who was the Poet Laureate of Rhode Island from 1988 to 1993. His poetry was influenced by jazz and history.

American - Poet | March 18, 1938 - May 7, 2016

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The responsibility to nightmare is to wake up. — © Michael S. Harper

The responsibility to nightmare is to wake up.

Michael S. Harper

Michael S. Harper

A friend told me he'd risen above jazz. I leave him there.

Michael S. Harper

Michael S. Harper

A woman who'd lost her first son consoled us with an angel gone ahead to pray for our family-- gone into that sky seeking oxygen, gone into autopsy

Michael S. Harper

Michael S. Harper

I have a great fear for the moral will of Americans if it takes more than a week to achieve the results.

Michael S. Harper

Michael S. Harper

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