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February 1, 2015

Blakk Amerika – From Prophets to Pimps

If you are in the Chicagoland area, I am inviting you to go and see this play! Tickets go on sale midnight and no matter your religion or nationality, you HAVE to see this play. Below is a synopsis and the link to the website, check it out if you can: “4000 years ago bible… Continue reading

Audience Participation, Social Media Shout

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December 3, 2014

His Birth Pains

There’s a woman laying in the hospital and armed with the next generation in her womb, and she’s about to give birth real soon she breathes in another breath as her body jerks, to the sound of the television… it is the news. reporting another mass murder of black men he moves inside of her… Continue reading

Poetry

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November 9, 2014

Creative

Oh how creative! I never seen coonery disguised so well. Continue reading

In Your Own Words

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November 4, 2014

Freedom: The Illusion

There’s a strange fruit hanging from the trees but not the kind of Billie Holidays days with blood all on the leaves but these are a different set of trees and they bear a strange fruit called ignorance with an illusion up its sleeve an illusion so thick sometimes it’s hard to breathe I feel… Continue reading

Poetry

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November 2, 2014

Break the Chain

Thought I saw her self-esteem in the carpet. Her back bearing the burden of bare floors and forks that scraped the bottom of clay plates Thought I saw pain on the side of her state of mind. Thought I saw her spirit cut low like the grass. Scattered pieces of forgetfulness floating fluently throughout her… Continue reading

Poetry

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October 10, 2014

We Are

“We are walking Deuteronomy’s….with birthmarks that lead to scripture….and memories like the scenic route to Armageddon.” Continue reading

Quotes N Notes

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September 26, 2014

Guest Feature – Exerpt from Ntozake Shange

i can’t hear anythin but maddening screams & the soft strains of death & you promised me you promised me… somebody/anybody sing a black girl’s song bring her out to know herself to know you but sing her rhythms carin/struggle/hard times sing her song of life she’s been dead so long closed in silence so… Continue reading

Guest Feature, Poetry

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About Me

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 book reviews and poetry contests, I uncover and preserve the rich, often underrepresented stories of African Americans.