Beginning a somber day She stares through a stained glass library window–listening for a voice of no expectations He, as anointed grace, answers the spirit She receives his exhale: “How are you?”
Tag: Poetry
Camp Smart Creative Writing Camp in Pictures
Children must have an opportunity to experience safe places to write creatively–Dr. Hyman
Amiri Baraka: A Prayer
He . . . taught us to cherish Blackness . . . .
A Prayer for the Dumb
. . . What they do know is they will be with us, always. . . Their Jesus told them (so).
Thanks Rev. Al Sharpton
Dear Revered Al, This evening I “got in the boat” Knowing there was no passage in the middle–cause you called Faith down on me Faith pulled me and my family out of the passage. and we ain’t going back either Rev. AL, “I ain’t” “guessing what God can do” no more I know I can “make it”…
BAddDDD Sonia Sanchez: A Call for Peace
Sonia Sanchez has given me a new hash-tag, one authored by Sonia Sanchez: “don’t forget to do your best work.”
Happy 82nd Birthday SONIA SANCHEZ
In Sonia Sanchez, God has given the world a gem who calls on all of us who are blessed to sit at her feet or hear her speak or read her works to experience the fullness of humanity.
The Sea’s A-Rising: for Martin and Coretta Scott King January 30, 1956
Jesus:
Did you tell them
dream-killers
Martin, Coretta, and Yoki
Be birthed human?
I Am Blessed; I Am America
I am blessed; I am America I am December 1773: I am the Boston Tea Party I am blessed; I am America I am the American Revolutionary War I am Thomas Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by…
Testimony: for Mr. Vernon Dahmer, Sr.
Burned his body– but not his name.
The Semi-colon
The semi-colon: I employ it often Sometimes not often enough I prefer it over the period Periods enlist finality Semi-colons signal what life should Constantly endeavor to parade before the Marquee of the living–Relationships. The semi-colon—that mark between two Independent clauses announcing simultaneously Its independent choice to be dependent How exciting I might say—to…
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