Today was the memorial of Grace Lee Boggs, my mentor and friend. There was an extensive program. Danny Glover came to honor Grace. There were indigenous grandmothers, family members, musicians, […]
Month: October 2015
Ben, Don and Raven-Symone at Dinner
Setting: Halloween night, warm and cozy Italian restaurant, candle lit on table. Ben and Don are seated, with glasses of wine. They are both eating pasta, we join mid conversation. […]
Sit down, shut up, and other messages of love
My knee says sit down. My cough says shut up. My heart says there is more grief in here, and more tenderness. My vertebrae say sleep. My gut says no […]
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there is an edge (ode to radical imagination)
There is an edge Beyond which we cannot grasp the scale Of our universe. That border, That outer boundary Is imagination. The only known edge of existence The only one […]
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a conversation with the dinosaur at chicago o’hare airport
me: wow. dinosaur in chicago airport: hey. me: i feel a little loopy. have a three hour layover here because i missed my flight yesterday…only got a few hours of […]
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being there
1. I want to be present. Here, not always over there, or in my phone somewhere, or on my way somewhere else. This is the quality about Grace that I […]
Being Quiet
My mentor and friend Grace Lee Boggs died on Monday. I’ve been writing about her since then – poems, memories, what I learned. I’m not ready to post it yet. […]
Parable of the Sower Concert Review/Gush
Terry Marshall of Intelligent Mischief recently articulated this moment we’re in as a Black Renaissance. I concur – we are transforming pain into gold at an impossible speed. I keep […]