poems
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Never Having Been a Girl
This poem is based on a true story. A sista I know requested I write a poem based on her childhood. And after hearing her testimony, this is the result. Silence lingers on every street corner of her heart surrounded by the sounds of her own heartbeat the only child who knew that loneliness could… Continue reading
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Unconditionally
“He is a thousand stacks of bravery for loving the battlefield of my bones.” – Lala A. Continue reading
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Writer’s Block
“It’s a type of suffering that comes when the writer has found almost the right words. They’ll suffer until they find the exact words.”- Amir Silliman Continue reading
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Addiction
It surrounds me and takes a hold of my mind (It has me thinking about it all the time) Sometimes I have to repent cause the feeling’s so good it has to be a crime Taking me back and forth from past slavery days to my time (to support it I think I spent all… Continue reading
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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
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Guest Feature: Waiting for Someone – Lamar Jorden
“Somewhere In the Northwest region of Seattle Washington There’s a homeless man, armed with a beer can Trying to drink away war memories Waiting for someone Self-less enough to lend him an ear He sits on the side of a Pizzeria on the corner of Queen Ann and Mercer In a chair, they probably kick… Continue reading
