I Wonder About My People

by | Mar 16, 2012 | Poetry

I wonder about my peopleWhere did all my Black American Fae Folk go?No reallyWhere are all the Black American Fae folk?Did they run awayFrom the bad publicityof their beautyfrom the limelightAfraid their wings would get taggedBy cultural iconsAnd missing status...

From 2009 With Love

by | Feb 22, 2012 | Poetry

I finally got my Windows Live Mail Configured but I forgot to stop the download of all previous messages… guess it’s a good thing, because this poem popped up and asked to be revisited.My Thighs (from 2009)My thighs are beautiful and strong, but...

Things I’ve Been Meaning to Write

by | Feb 4, 2012 | Poetry

2011 Christmas Party pre-dance-and-sweat mugshot… what a difference a smile makes!I have a lot of things I have been meaning to write about lately. I haven’t even really gotten into my journal writing, though for a few weeks it was fast and furious...

Happy New Year to you… and some extra words and pics

by | Jan 4, 2012 | Poetry

January 3rd. A normal day. A new year, and so much to process. I am officially no longer young. There are just too many details. I have learned over the past few years that I can in fact be wrong, most of the time, and still be a good person. That was a hard lesson....

Inspired by Sed Dickerson

by | Oct 23, 2011 | Poetry

In response to some of my schoolwork and theory on multiple ways of being, a very dear friend, Sed Dickerson, wrote me a poem. It blew me away, and grounded me a little.Silence Is Just Another Name for my Rageby Sed DickersonSilence is just another name for my rage. A...

I kept my promise to myself!

by | Sep 27, 2011 | Poetry

The title of the following email is “California in 2012” A tiny bit of background -I just quit the job in Linthicum, Maryland, and was unsure what to do. I had just completed my first Graduate residency at Goddard, and I was unsure about some things, while...