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poetry, poets

When I Grow Up, a poem

April 4, 2018 nikki skies 1 Comment

She Chronicles presents, “I Am” by Sandra Rivers-Gill

March 15, 2018 nikki skies 1 Comment

I Am

I know who I am. I am who I was created to be

Without being who you expect me to be

Who they assume I am

Who I thought I was

I am strong

I have cried and lied and spied and tried

To be that super; that make do, that bag

That pick up the pieces

I am woman

I can roar and I can soar

This may not be in your job description

But it is my prescription, because I have changed

Not short-changed

But rearranged myself

I am free

To be who I was created to be

I am a unique piece to my own puzzle

Intricate, a benefit, not counterfeit

Fitting into grooves

I thought I’d never fill the vacancy

I am determined

If I know who I am

I can respect you, because I respect myself

I can love you, because I love myself

I can respond to you and not react

I can share with you and not be envious

I can converse with you and be real

I am a possibility

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A native of Toledo Ohio, Sandra Rivers-Gill is an award-winning poet,

writer, performer and playwright. Her literary work has appeared, or is forthcoming in Common Threads, Toledo Streets Newspaper, the Toledo

Museum of Art (Online), Flights Literary Magazine and The Kerf. Sandra

served as the 2016 Literary chairperson for the Prizm Creative Community

Art-Affair Exhibition, and has been a featured poet in Toledo and

Dayton, Ohio and continues to read and perform her poetry. She

currently facilitates poetry workshops at Naomi Inc., a non-profit

treatment facility for women in recovery from alcohol and drug abuse and

is the editor of Dopeless Hope Fiends, a poetry chapbook featuring the

work of the women she serves. Sandra studied communication and received

a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Toledo.

general, spoken word

She Chronicles presents “About a Girl” by Dawn Edwards

March 14, 2018 nikki skies Leave a comment

I’m sitting here wondering, pondering, contemplating, deliberating, anxiously waiting for the precise moment where it all becomes painstakingly clear to me.

But so far nothing; nothing that explains why the Universe has brought me to her- her to me- us together in this time and place…

Ahhh… alas, here we are, two old souls reunited, reconnected from some time past…

She knows me, and I know her, yet there’s so much to discover about one another…

What does her laugh sound like?

When she smiles, does it reach her eyes or remain at her lips?

What does her touch feel like?

Where do her stray thoughts lead her?

There is an attraction that transcends the physical- it’s spiritual. It feels good, it feels scary, it feels authentic, it feels… purposeful…

Almost as if it were meant… the Universe brings people together for a reason. To fulfill its own unique purpose, for whatever length of time…

I suppose time will reveal…

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Dawn Edwards wrote her first short story at the age of 8 and has cultivated a deeper love for the written word over the years. She is now a published author, her book is entitled, “Food 4 Thought” and currently has two book projects in the works. She’s a blogger and a political activist who wholly believes that she has the responsibility to use her words, in addition to her legal knowledge and political science background to uplift, motivate and address issues that affect her community. Dawn’s also a mother of 3 boys, and a trained dancer.

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