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The Perfect Piece
Repost for World Poetry Day. To the lyrically talented the brave who do not stop at sing-song and music but poems whose words themselves are like melody like the rhythm of rocking chairs like serenity like soldiers stomping truth into the torso of the earth like Assata’s like revolution like Maya Angelou’s and Ntozake’s… Continue reading
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To Write a Heart
How do we trace the outlines of the invisible? where despair won’t touch you gentle and secret won’t fingerprint its way out of chest and won’t poetry its way out of fear the darkened cave of mankind’s deepest secrets and treasured desires the place he enters through the mind tucking away all inner thought inner… Continue reading
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Don’t Box Me In
I come from a place where twitching mouths and search for the white stuff on the floor is protocol. A place where the White Gods ruled, food stamps sacrificed to glass pipes and crack is the answer to every question and yet, I don’t plan to leave any of them behind. Not the government cheese,… Continue reading
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Are you attending the #IndieAuthorFringe event? 18th March #writers #authors
YO! AUTHORS! Check it out. This is what I mean by attending FREE online webinars and conferences to aid in your education when you cannot afford to pay for a live one. This is a FREE, online global conference for authors, run fringe to the major book fairs: London, BEA & Frankfurt Bookfairs, broadcasting 24… Continue reading
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It is Worth It – Guest Post by Yecheilyah Ysrayl…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog: Peace to everyone reading this post at this moment, for sharing these words on your blogs, and for giving me the opportunity to speak. I am grateful for the support and for the opportunity to build with you. Frustration, depression, sadness, and lack of hope is… Continue reading
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