Josephine Miles

Josephine Miles (June 11, 1911 – May 12, 1985) was an American poet and literary critic.

Quotes
From La Jac Brite ointment and incense of all kinds, And condemn in writing skin brightening and whitening and whitening of minds. There is upon the federal trade commission a burden of glory So to defend the fact, so to impel The plucking of hope from the hand, honor from the complexion, Sprite from the spell.
 * They deny good luck, love, power, romance, and inspiration
 * "Government Injunction Restraining Harlem Cosmetic Co." (1941) St. 2–3; Collected Poems, University of Illinois Press, 1983

Like an old friend. She was a mother, and she must Conceive him. Up and down the bed she fought crying Help me, but death Was a slow child Heavy.
 * Death did not come to my mother
 * "Conception" (1974) st. 1–2; Collected Poems, University of Illinois Press, 1983


 * "In the roots of grammar, the stems of logic and the flowers of rhetoric take their being."
 * "Style and Proportion The Language of Prose and Poetry"(1967) Little Brown and Company (INC.)

Quotes about Josephine Miles

 * Josephine Miles, who traveled with her wheelchair/around the country to read poems,/said, Don't make your poem a neat package with a/bow tied at the end. She also said,/It's hard to help.
 * Naomi Shihab Nye Voices in the Air (2018)