Circus of Words

I was having a normal conversation about how working for pennies inspired me to do better in school, and in this I was offering the proof ...

Soft curls from the root downward spiraling, Entwining in clusters, thick and inseparable, They cling together like best friends... And t...

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 ...

Microagressions According to Psychology Today ,"Racial microaggressions are the brief and everyday slights, insults, indignitie...

M ost people who step away from relaxers to go natural set hair goals, and one of those goals is usually length related. When I decided to ...

The summer heat weighs      heavy on delicate curls           every strand revolting           every strand convulsing      feelings...

Wild thing, Atop my head Shimmying down  In bouncing coils... Defiant and untameable You grace the world. Proud in your wildness Stu...

The ability to reduce your own genetics To words and phrases someone else created, And devour your own culture With the fuel and ammunit...

I can't imagine spending a lifetime Never understanding you, Hiding you away in my ignorance Unable to follow your twists and turn...

Spotlight on the Natural Hair Movement Locked in an air tight box, Put on display for the world to see The Pride Tree is cut and...

I read a disturbing article today (a video of the news clip is below). It's from 2009, but I just saw it today and it bothers me to no...

Soft, Springy coils erupting from my head Dance wildly beneath the water And drip oceans in my sink-- Attack brushes and devour pins.

A nyone who has taken the road from relaxed hair to natural hair is very familiar with...anxiety? I use the word anxiety because I think fo...

A s I take a break from installing mini-twists (and question my sanity for ever beginning), I thought it would only be natural to end Black ...