freedom
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Destiny
As we get closer to September and the close of this year’s poetry contest, I will post more poems from other artists to help spark creativity. This year’s theme is Freedom, so we will focus on poems that have to do with that in some way. This one, “Destiny” is from yours truly. Enjoy! She… Continue reading
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Will There Be a Fire Next Time?
“I am very worried about the state of the civilization which produced that photograph of the white cop standing on that Negro woman’s neck in Birmingham in 1963.” – Lorraine Hansberry Fifty years from now, when you do not see protests on the news, sixty years from now, when George Floyd’s blood has dried up,… Continue reading
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“The Day You Plant the Seed is Not the Day You Eat the Fruit”
I learned a lot revising The Stella Trilogy, but the most important lesson I learned is, “the day you plant the seed is not the day you eat the fruit.” I don’t know who the original author is of this saying, and I know there are many versions of the same quote. This means to… Continue reading
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Black History Fun Fact Friday – Madison Washington by Joseph Ward
Today’s Black History Fun Fact Friday is from Joseph Ward. Ward has prepared for us the inspiring story of Madison Washington, a formerly enslaved man who had escaped successfully and fled to Canada. Washington returned to Virginia to free his wife but was recaptured and put on a slave ship in Richmond, Virginia. Guys, Washington… Continue reading
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