African American Silent Generation
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A brief take on African American novelists born between born between 1928
and 1945.
Written by Howard Rambsy II
Voiceover by Kassandra Timm
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cul de sac
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lights flick on
first the nurse
a dialysis veteran
she greets her firefighter husband
coming off a long...and busy shift
one quick kitchen kiss
then away
mo...
Goldilocks, and Beyond
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The thing about 2023 (yes, I'm going straight to talking about a year ago)
is I had to work through a hodgepodge of things already set in motion while
test...
Dating For Dummies – How To Gain Power Over Men
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Far From BasYc by G.L. Lambert
"G.L. I still don't get it. You need to break down dating like I'm DUMB
because I've read Solving Single [...]
Thanks for...
Jason Tandon
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Born in Hartford, CT in 1975, Jason Tandon is the author of four books of
poetry, including *The Actual World*, *Quality of Life*, and *Give Over the
Hec...
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This is the Country We Live In
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On Valentine’s Day, more than a dozen children attending a perfectly normal
day at a perfectly normal high school in a perfectly normal town in Florida
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hold me to this
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becoming softer after every compromise
brittled and self-destructive, we were charring
into sharper malicious states of being
compressing ourselves into mo...
Life happens...
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My baby boy is 12...
My baby girl almost 1...
Life happened so i did not post anything in forever.
Well Same moonlight for our Dreams is coming back.
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THE JEM MOVIE'S SHANA AND COLORISM
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from a decidedly brown-skinned black girl with a big bouncy purple fro to a
beige biracial "safely black" girl with straight hair
This strikes close to hom...
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Hey there, fighter
it will get brighter.
Take a breath, a little deeper
and bring your faith a little higher.
Remember, you are a leader
not a follower..
M...
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Inhale the yawning frost
let it gather and collect
beside your sleepy heart
drowsy from neglect.
Rest your ghostly frame,
hush her muddled drawl.
You say ...
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Oh, brilliant approach..wonderful poem! Most of us can identify with trying to live up to an ideal, and falling short. Your poem points this out succintly, and with humour. I thouroughly enjoyed it...
I must admit I'm guilty.
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Now that I feel on blast I think i'll
reevaluate
Wonderfully crafted poem! Great post!
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Impressive! I actually thought it was a food label until I read it! Brilliant poem!
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ReplyDelete~Brenda
very inventive thinking....
ReplyDeletebeautiful art.
This is amazing! I love how you did this, very creative. Health is so important and being a woman we get so many mixed messages about how we should look. I really enjoyed this poem. Great work.
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ReplyDeleteWonderful, I love how you did this piece...I am always questioning what I eat...an avid label reader...clever and fun...bkm
ReplyDeletevery nice indeed.
ReplyDeleteOh, brilliant approach..wonderful poem! Most of us can identify with trying to live up to an ideal, and falling short. Your poem points this out succintly, and with humour. I thouroughly enjoyed it...
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