“Seeds” a poem

“abandon finesse & sweat
revolt paying double for life
or occupying corners like unwanted dining room tables
needing coupons”

SHE CHRONICLES Video Post: “Black Privilege” by Crystal Valentine

“Black Privilege is having to have the same sense of humor as Jesus, remember how he smiled on the cross? Black Privilege is a joke, a myth, a punchline…”

for the love of poetry, Here’s: Jolivette “The Poet Warrior” Anderson

Poetry Video Post: “Like a Woman” by Annabelle Fern

“Pretty little baby, I have raised you like a woman… when you see the crocodiles you will come to your mother and we will laugh at them.”

missing Amiri Baraka today – His Bornday

Amiri Imamu Baraka
Poet Laureate, Playwright, Speaker, Activist

Here’s To Takin It Slow – a poem

Poetry is…Audre Lorde

Honoring Audre Lorde today

February 18, 1934 – November 17, 1992

just cause she’s June Jordan

gospel

from the book “yardwork“

golden