{"quotes":[{"text":"The American identity has never been a singular one and the voices of poets invariably sing, in addition to their own, the voices of those around them.","author":"Aberjhani","tags":["american-identity","american-poets","americans","black-history-month","contemporary-","contemporary-poetry","contemporary-poets","diversity","multiculturalism","multiculturalismo","national-history-day","national-poetry-month","poem-in-your-pocket-day","poets-and-poetry","world-poetry-day","writers-and-writing"],"id":150093,"author_id":"Aberjhani"},{"text":"During my worst timeson the park benchesin the jailsor living withwhoresI always had this certaincontentment-I wouldn't call ithappiness-it was more of an innerbalancethat settled forwhatever was occuringand it helped in thefactoriesand when relationshipswent wrongwith thegirls.It helpedthrough thewars and thehangoversthe backalley fightsthehospitals.To awaken in a cheap roomin a strange city andpull up the shade-this was the craziest kind ofcontentmentand to walk across the floorto an old dresser with acracked mirror-see myself, ugly,grinning at it all.What matters most ishow well youwalk through thefire.","author":"Charles Bukowski","tags":["american-poets","charles-bukowski","poetry"],"id":355320,"author_id":"Charles+Bukowski"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":2,"pages":1}}