spoken word
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I Want My Stuff
I want my truth before slavery. I want customs and traditions without being conditioned I want unconditioned hair. I want my stuff. I want my Kings and Queens my silver and my gold I want my laws and commandments and my stories retold. I want do-overs for how we’ve been done over I want my… Continue reading
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Yecheilyah’s 3rd Annual Poetry Contest 2019: Rules, Guidelines, and Prizes
It’s that time of the year again!!! Submissions Accepted Now – August 1, 2019 Winners Announced: Friday, November 1, 2019. Theme: The purpose of this year’s theme is to use words that empower and inspire us to be the best version of ourselves. We talked about Self-Love last year and now it’s time we spoke… Continue reading
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Aborted Purpose
I know too many women aborting their purpose Manipulating our daughters so that their dreams are tied to two horses And the black family unit is pulled apart in both directions And our sons are Willie Lynching their seed On Fallopian tubes And walking away They forgot what grew there They forgot there are… Continue reading
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YouTube: New Poem Added! Listen to “Grief” #Poetry #Spoken Word
I wrote this poem in honor of my dad last year, inspired by a real experience. I was listening to Pandora and Yolanda Adams “Open My Heart” came on. I usually turn the station because the song reminds me of my dad who died of cancer in 2000. This time though, I allowed myself to… Continue reading
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Flesh vs. Spirit
My anxiety is loud but so is this victory so is this freedom so is this awakening. My mind is a Warzone where black and white spirits roam both demons and angels alike where sorrow and freedom are both soldiers fighting for the opportunity to possess me to take up space that is the residence… Continue reading
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Grief
it came in waves today grief did the sound of Yolanda Adams opening her heart did it I was wrong to listen her voice was a gun her lyrics, a trigger me, the victim she was thunder my tears rain Yolanda knows I can’t listen to that song it hoola hooped on the radio… Continue reading
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YouTube: New Poem Added! Listen to “Cheap” #Poetry #SpokenWord
This started out as something I wrote for myself. It wasn’t necessarily a poem. But I decided to turn it into something for you as well. I rewrote it in third person instead of first person. Do not be cheap with yourself. Know your worth. Know your value. Be you. Love you. Continue reading
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