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  • August 27, 2014

    Writing Addiction Symptom #3: Dirty Diapers and Complaining Husbands

    • Dirty Diapers and Complaining Husbands   Oh you know the feeling. You make yourself a cup of Joe, get back to that switch button, and for the next 8 hours or so (hey, that’s pretty modest), you’ve taken yourself a mini vacation. Where are you going? Who knows, somewhere between Character Development and Turning… Continue reading

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  • August 26, 2014

    Cousin

    She walks but she sleeps… she sleeps her way down 35th street, Chicago’s State Streets. The project life booming lights camera action, whistles blowing the street life calling undressing her body with its eyes for she blooms into this new body just as suddenly as the sky rises she rises into womanhood……. since that first… Continue reading

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    black, chicago, cousin, death, life, love, new york, poem, poetry, sleep, spoken word, streets, truth
  • August 24, 2014

    The Relationship – My Love Affair with Poetry

    Smitten. You know the feeling that refreshing taste of newness the aching agony that occurs merely from having to wait until you can see him again the love sick hurricane in your stomach just to hear him say your name the sweat that hides itself beneath your fingertips when he’s around the sudden sense of… Continue reading

    Poetry
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  • August 23, 2014

    The Happiness of Seeking Wisdom

    Happy is the person who meditates on wisdom who reflects in his heart on her ways and ponders her secrets pursuing her like a hunter and lying in wait on her paths and listens at her doors who camps near her house and fastens his tent peg to her walls who pitches his tent near… Continue reading

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  • August 22, 2014

    LIKE US on FACEBOOK!!

    LIKE US on Facebook and gain access to FREEBIES!! Just a click away, why not let us spoil you a bit? Continue reading

    Social Media Shout
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  • August 21, 2014

    Something 2 do

    “There is always something to do. There are hungry people to feed, naked people to clothe, sick people to comfort and make well. And while I don’t expect you to save the world I do think it’s not asking too much for you to love those with whom you sleep, share the happiness of those… Continue reading

    Poetry
    african american, black studies, blog, blogger, blogging, hebrew, israelite, literature, nikki giovanni, poems, poetry, revolution, truth, write, writer
  • August 18, 2014

    Welcome!

    Welcome!   To the Pearls Before Swine Bloggers website! Please see the “About” tab to get a better understanding of what this book (and blog) is all about. In the meantime, I need you (and your friends) to SUBSCRIBE to this blog for a chance to win prizes, play games, gain further insight into the… Continue reading

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My name is Yecheilyah (e-see-li-yah), and my work confronts historical erasure and advocates for a more inclusive understanding of Black history. Through my literature and poetry, I uncover and preserve the rich, often underrepresented stories of African Americans. I also host an annual poetry contest.

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