GRIT Quotes

“when you cannot justify / your origin / when you say /
“i was only playing / a game / to see how it felt” / & the
lie lands heavy / like a marble / on the kitchen floor”
― silas denver melvin, GRIT: a poetry collection

“i can’t shape my shame into an answer on the spot.”
― silas denver melvin, GRIT: a poetry collection

“i'll skin you an apple,
tight between the knife & my thumb,
if you let me feed you every slice.”
― silas denver melvin, GRIT: a poetry collection

“what i mean is: the poor are business as usual (that business being basic survival)”
― Silas Melvin, Grit: Poems by Silas Denver Melvin

“what i mean is: the rich are blood-hungry-bored at the lack of a cinematic climax”
― Silas Melvin, Grit: Poems by Silas Denver Melvin