Bloom

Bloom

by | Feb 13, 2021 | Poetry

Wrapped like a rose A cracked moon My ignorance hurts Glittering in the black Creating beautiful searches Wiley Duncanson Thomas Sherald “Powerful, beautiful, Black woman” We’ve always been here These petals Reflections Contra- to your diction...
Bloom

Eruption

by | Jan 9, 2021 | Poetry

Underneath idiosyncracy i find something pure An unadulterated sign of life So whole it rages with joy Inside awkwardness i find, capitalized A hope of connection and forgiveness My own And in a world connected To me in my skin And in my spiritual growth There’s...
Black Poetry Day

Black Poetry Day

by | Oct 17, 2020 | Poetry

On both my little bro’s birthday AND Black Poetry Day! Wholly I pray you whole I wish you happy I hope in your completeness Chew on the fatness of your own Because you own All that can not be taken from you A million miles A million thoughts A moment...
America on Fire

America on Fire

by | Sep 12, 2020 | Poetry

America’s on fire on fire and on fire America’s on fire How do we get safe? There’s debris and smoke Brotherhood feels like a joke whether sleep or woke How do we breathe? America’s on fire on fire and on fire America’s on fire How do we...
9.6.20

9.6.20

by | Sep 5, 2020 | Poetry

It is uncanny and I wish it were just a dream This world we live in feels like the set up to a joke The Earth getting hazed or something Are we not at war? What kind of bomb shelter is yours? And yet there is soo much too much beautiful madness to ignore taken for...