Dedicated to Darnella Frazier

Dedicated to Darnella Frazier

by | Apr 21, 2021 | Poetry

Brave, watching witness A seventeen-year-old star undimmed by fear How beautiful you were You were a pillar You were a conduit You were a mirror And now, today Standing in the light you created Fearless and free You are a pillar You are a conduit You are a mirror The...
Dedicated to KevOnStage

Dedicated to KevOnStage

by | Feb 22, 2021 | Poetry

Watching Kevonstage plotting how I’m going to budget my first employee on the low His is part of my #Blackhistory Inspiring my glow and my flow… giving seeds to grow boots on the ground knowledge NOW ledge watch me jump off Sending dreams via text My...
Prolificness

Prolificness

by | Jan 3, 2021 | Poetry

I have been sitting on this guilt. Feelin’ SO bad, y’all. Holding this guilt like a stock gain in my bank account. How about my algorithm with that guilt? It was impossible to speculate. I have to let go of it. I have been eating cancerous thoughts of...
Dear Voice

Dear Voice

by | Aug 22, 2020 | Poetry

Jennifer Mojica Academia showed me a poem a few weeks ago. It rocked me. Her honesty lays waste to lies. Prepare yourself. DEAR VOICE Dear Voice, No one listened to you. No one believed you. So, Lying Voice showed up to help teach you the way to get attention. Lying...
A Conversation with pain

A Conversation with pain

by | Dec 23, 2018 | Poetry

Thornton Sully, CEO of A Word With You Press, saw me at one of his writer’s group dinners, and became my friend and mentor, even to the point of prophetically telling me that my husband was “just around the corner.” Now that’s a tale for...