Poetics: Choose Joy
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Adaptations of the Color Purple
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A brief on adaptations of The Color Purple
Script by Nicole Dixon
Voiceover by Kassandra Timm
Whiteboard animation by Camela Sharp
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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
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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 [...]
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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...
Major Announcements About DAARAC
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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 ...
Wow well done. It just makes me wonder why I let my fiance go dancing without me the other night lol. Your words create a nearly perfect image of a sultry night on the dance floor. Thank you for sharing.
Just like the woman described, this poem has got it going on! Beautifully written. I wish I had the words to describe how much I enjoyed it (and the lovely background drawing too).
you just made a sista want to go dancing...masterfully written
ReplyDeleteWow well done. It just makes me wonder why I let my fiance go dancing without me the other night lol. Your words create a nearly perfect image of a sultry night on the dance floor. Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThis is purely amazing! The language is so eloquent and so engaging and the piece itself... flawless.
ReplyDeleteWhew, I am breathless. Wonderfully seductive!
ReplyDeletebreath taking words,
ReplyDeletethe image is hot and cool,
lovely post!
Pure magic, and breathtaking!! I love it! :-)
ReplyDeleteJust like the woman described, this poem has got it going on! Beautifully written. I wish I had the words to describe how much I enjoyed it (and the lovely background drawing too).
ReplyDeleteWonderfully written poem...definitely hot!
ReplyDeletebeautiful poem, thank for sharing it is definitely one of my favorite:P
ReplyDeleteBeauty in words...I love it!
ReplyDeleteIt flows so well.....
Wonderful writing! Mesmerizing, hypnotic, sensual - and the last two lines are perfection.
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