Prosery: Winter Lull
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Hello dVerse Poets! Today is Prosery Monday, and we’re writing prose
instead of poetry. Prosery is a dVerse form. To …
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Mort: the Poem
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one might think
an old monk would know
how to die
the final Irish goodbye
a wake, a funeral
with a nice music mix
some photos... a yearbook
a life book of...
Masking in The Boondocks
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A brief take on layered metaphorical masking in The Boondocks, showing how
Aaron McGruder’s satire stacks voices and cultural references, linking
Samuel L....
Farewell to 2025
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2025 cost us so much. I almost gave up on writing this blog post—what has
become my annual check-in to keep Chicks Dig Poetry from going dormant—but
then...
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...
Major Announcements About DAARAC
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Hello Everyone,
Over the last 12 years, our website has been a leading resource for
discovering a rich history of African American film and culture through...
Lana K. W. Austin
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Lana K. W. Austin’s poems, short stories, and reviews have recently been
featured in *Mid-AmericanReview, Sou’wester, Columbia Journal, Zone 3,
Appalachia...
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..
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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.
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That's really gorgeous, insightful and true...as always! My favorite line is at the end when you wrote, "who celestially embrace peace by recognizing pieces of themselves in others." You are wise.
Dealing with thoughts of family lately...related and those adopted into my life...this piece is really on pointDealing with thoughts of family lately...related and those adopted into my life...this piece is really on point
brilliant tale on family.
ReplyDeletethanks for linking.
Happy Potluck.
Yes, we are all one family, really. Very nicely said.
ReplyDeleteGreat write! I wish more people focused on the similarities and ignored the differences.
ReplyDeletecreative take on the family dynamic. perfect!
ReplyDeleteyour last comment left me iresistably somehow inspired. & I'm sorry about the pain-,
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That's really gorgeous, insightful and true...as always! My favorite line is at the end when you wrote, "who celestially embrace peace by recognizing pieces of themselves in others." You are wise.
ReplyDeleteNice job!
ReplyDeleteDealing with thoughts of family lately...related and those adopted into my life...this piece is really on pointDealing with thoughts of family lately...related and those adopted into my life...this piece is really on point
ReplyDeleteThere is no mirror more accurate than seeing your reflection in another person's eyes.
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