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You Are Valuable
I don’t know who needs to hear this today, but the world is so much better with you in it. So much more wise and so much more full. So much more flavorful. Has anyone ever told you how tasteless we’d be without you? Without seasoning. No salt. Bland. There is a power in your… Continue reading
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MLK Writing Prompt / Challenge
In our Poetry Business Network community, we are challenging ourselves to create and post a writing prompt to engage our audience. Yesterday’s challenge was an MLK writing prompt, but I missed it so I am posting it today! Writing Prompt / Challenge Yesterday, people worldwide paid homage to the life of Dr. Martin Luther King… Continue reading
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Your Authentic Self
In 2020, I thought TikTok was an app for children doing dances to go viral. That is until I went mini-viral myself. Only I wasn’t dancing, singing, or participating in trends. I was talking about books, poetry, and Black history. The impact of people tuning in for these topics in a world where people read… Continue reading
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To Be Human
I have learned not to neglect the physical because I live on the physical. How can I ignore the earth when I was born from it? Not the first womb. Not the first place my human self called home. And I have learned not to neglect the spiritual because it is higher than the physical.… Continue reading
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Winners: Yecheilyah’s 6th Annual Poetry Contest 2023
Congratulations to the winners of this year’s poetry contest. We crown you, poetic scholars, for your commitment and dedication to poetic excellence on this 28th day of December 2023. #1: Chandra T. Mountain “I’m Living” @musings.from.my.younger.self #2: S.R. Graham “What I Lack” @thesensualgenius #3: Samuel Olopade “Grace” @ _olops_ #4: Adariyah Ysrayl “Grace” @adariyahysrayl Congratulations!!… Continue reading
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Covering My Head: On Grief
2020 was very challenging for me for reasons unrelated to the pandemic. As I reflect, it was difficult not only because of the tragedies themselves but also because of their proximity to one another. I remember when I got jumped on as a teen by a group of girls in Chicago. Another quickly followed each… Continue reading
