spoken word
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If These Walls Could Talk
They would scalpel the mask off your face Pull back the deception bleeding from your eyes And reveal how dark you really are. A slave to the ignorance pulsing from your mouth Cloned imagination Words bending, tainted by the cold lashes of society Originality lying desolate The inability to bring forth substance Meat And bone… Continue reading
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Black History Fun Fact Friday – Women Poets
Good evening there loves. Yall miss me? No? Ok, whatever, I’m back. Tonight’s Black History Fun Fact Friday is Women Poets. In honor of the release of my third poetry book collection on 3.31.15, we’re going to look at some of the black women poets who inspire me and have made such an impact on… Continue reading
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Let the Truth Be…
..like fire shut up in my bones, sizzling on my tongue and falling from my mouth let it enter my throat like singing and into my bones like oil let me bathe in its humility and cover myself in its wisdom Continue reading
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Guest Feature – To My Momma
“Who thinks her money talks louder than her womanhood” ….whew, this line! To my momma, Who has swallowed the amerikan dream And chocked on it To my momma, Whose dreams have fought each other— And died. Who sees, But cannot bear to see. A volcano eating its own lava. To my momma, who couldn’t turn… Continue reading
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The Twins Had a Brother
dem twins lived around the corner boys chocolate tall and smooth skinned like dem twins didn’t know they had a brother tho till word got round bout the mind he left on his mother’s front porch that ain’t a metaphor his brains divided itself between the concrete and front porch of his mother’s front yard… Continue reading
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Womanhood Don’t Begin in Menstrual Cycles
Is a collection of poems and inspirational quotes that focuses on womanhood. Scheduled for release at the end of this month, this book combines poetry with the strength of true womanhood. It will also feature an audio book of a selection of pieces. It will be available as an e-book as well as in print.… Continue reading
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Guest Feature – Touched by an Angel
We, unaccustomed to courage exiles from delight live coiled in shells of loneliness until love leaves its high holy temple and comes into our sight to liberate us into life. Love arrives and in its train come ecstasies old memories of pleasure ancient histories of pain. Yet if we are bold, love strikes away the… Continue reading
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