Ten years ago, I partially wrote this poem and performed it as a final project for a summer class–Interracial Communications. This elective course was about a week, or two, I don’t recall, but I do remember that it was 9 hours a day. The instructors, Laura and Renee promised us we would not leave theContinue reading “My Vision of a World Without Racism (Video)”
Category Archives: Poetry
Untitled
I wrote Untitled in May; it was written from sleepless nights of processing what happened, rather what has happened time and time again. However, this moment was during a pandemic with the repetition of “uncertainty.” However, what is certain is that we will all carry this moment with us—news replays, social media pages of blackContinue reading “Untitled”
Spoken
Spoken is the epitome of my poetry and 2017—for those of us who experienced a magnitude of shut doors and watched the nation’s division widen. During this time, as I was resetting my career aspirations, I was reminded of poetry. It never left me, but I stop capturing it. I stopped writing it and recitingContinue reading “Spoken”
Danielle’s Story
October marks the 7th month of a world transformed by pandemic. It marks the beginning of fall–the foresight of a Halloween that won’t be the same –and of course the ticking timeline to the election. However, let us also be informed and acknowledge this as National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. According to the NationalContinue reading “Danielle’s Story”
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