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Writers Wednesday – Chapter 3: The Women with Blue Eyes
Chapter 3: “They Are Back” “Ronnie, no!” Tina shot up, swung her legs off the bed and snatched her robe from the hook on the door. Pulling it tighter around her body she was in Janiyah’s room in an instant and rocking the seventeen-year-old in her arms like an infant. There was no explanation needed… Continue reading
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The Perfect Piece
Repost for World Poetry Day. To the lyrically talented the brave who do not stop at sing-song and music but poems whose words themselves are like melody like the rhythm of rocking chairs like serenity like soldiers stomping truth into the torso of the earth like Assata’s like revolution like Maya Angelou’s and Ntozake’s… Continue reading
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The Testimony
Your testimony is probably your most powerful tool to reach others. So go ahead, be that bridge. Continue reading
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The Reading Room
Do you have a reading room? I do! Introducing Mr. Couch. This baby is more comfortable than any other piece of furniture in the house. No lie. More than my bed, more than the sofa’s up front. Everything. This baby grabs your buttocks and pulls you into the cushions. Your butt will never experience anything… Continue reading
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Blogging: Establishing Your Fine Print (Blogging with Purpose)
A couple years ago I wrote a post Does Your Blog Reflect Your Purpose? about how focusing on my purpose helps me to continue to write and also about living in the moment as a catalyst for post ideas. As I sit here, I decided to update my views on this topic with a follow-up:… Continue reading
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HBO Releases Full Trailer for ‘The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks’
Originally posted on Nikki Skies : HBO wants you to add another must-see film to your list:?The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.?The film, which is produced by and stars media… Source: HBO Releases Full Trailer for ‘The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks’ Continue reading
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To Write a Heart
How do we trace the outlines of the invisible? where despair won’t touch you gentle and secret won’t fingerprint its way out of chest and won’t poetry its way out of fear the darkened cave of mankind’s deepest secrets and treasured desires the place he enters through the mind tucking away all inner thought inner… Continue reading
