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Friday, March 06, 2015
Who Am I: the Revision
Earlier this year I posted a poem called Who Am I . It captured the a portion of what I was feeling, but there was something lacking. So, I ...
Friday, January 16, 2015
Who Am I
I don't recognize her-- The girl in the mirror; She doesn't look like me, talk like me, think like me... who is s...
Friday, January 09, 2015
Alone in this World
Whispers of War Season 1 Episode 3 Meet Jabir, Nita's charge, and find out how he copes with his inability to fly. READ THE ...
Saturday, January 03, 2015
Not Like You on Display
All is dark, Yet I am there-- Center stage, Hiding in the bosom Of a deep red flower... And the audience is a-chatter Unaware of my pr...
Tuesday, December 09, 2014
#BlackLivesMatter
E ver since news broke that Michael Brown had been shot, the volatile nature of America's "post-racial" society has been a co...
Monday, August 11, 2014
Hollow
Dirty mushy goop Clogging up my insides Until I scooped the muck away Now I'm hollow to the core Hollow, inside and out Hollow in m...
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
I Know Why
I know why the caged bird sings Why the steel constricts so heavily around And the weight of the air on delicate wings Rubs away at thei...
Monday, April 21, 2014
The Way I Wear My Slave Hair
The ability to reduce your own genetics To words and phrases someone else created, And devour your own culture With the fuel and ammunit...
Friday, April 11, 2014
May The Odds Be In Your Favor
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. What do you say when no isn't enough, What do you do, when actions aren't heard-- And...
Thursday, March 13, 2014
Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder
and I am the beholder of my own beauty... Today I saw an article floating around my Facebook timeline about Target, "thigh gap,&...
Friday, March 07, 2014
Isolation Ward
I'm alone, But it isn't dark It isn't cold-- I can breathe, Stretch my roots Farther and farther
Wednesday, March 05, 2014
Dance of the Hummingbird
Quietly it waits, Flutters rapid wings Hidden from prying eyes Invisible, in the forest's shade It waits... It chooses to...
Friday, February 28, 2014
Goodbye, February:
Spotlight on Us Picture from Black Enterprise Black history covers a wide range of fields and subjects, from doctors and lawyers ...
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Impossible Dreams:
Spotlight on Paul R. Williams Don't let anyone tell you Your dreams are impossible-- Because they will; and it may be true ...
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
La Belle et la Bête:
Spotlight on Saartije Baartman La Belle et la Bête... Admire me from afar and take note-- My skin, my hair, my face, and m...
Tuesday, February 04, 2014
Overlooked & Overpowering:
Spotlight on Blanche Kelso Bruce Scraps, cast aside as trash Purposely overlooked and discarded Lonely, in their unfilled lives ...
Monday, January 27, 2014
Self Conscious
Double, triple, quadruple check-- Look back in the mirror one more time And then when my face flushes Run back to the mirror to confirm ...
Tuesday, December 24, 2013
Belonging
People search For a nook, a cranny Where they can curl up-- Hide away And just belong; They bend themselves To fit in hollow boxes Crippled ...
Friday, December 06, 2013
Be You, Do You, Love You
I woke up thinking, why am I here? I woke up thinking, I must be crazy... And then it dawned on me: I woke up. It's strange how l...
Wednesday, December 04, 2013
Misconception
Everyone knows whats best for me-- You can't tell me my favorite color, What keeps me up at night, Not even what type of food I like, Bu...
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