Flying on September 11. I once believed I could never do this. This isn’t the first time. The number 911 is in my life almost daily, I notice 9:11, am […]
Year: 2015
37 gratitudes
1. My life. 2. My mother, carrying me, loving every iteration of me. 3. My father, at my back, thinking always of my safety. 4. My sisters. Warrior rock comrades […]
something rotten
i came home from a summer of writing on the west coast feeling like a late blooming novelist, centered in what i am here to do. i opened a cabinet […]
my #blackaugust575 haikus
This was my third year participating in Black August 5-7-5, a black liberation spiritual practice month. Here’s what I created: Aug 2 Sun all up and close Warm your broken […]
10 random and possibly funny reflections from my hedgebrook retreat
1. my favorite is when i am being all brave and going along in nature and then something scares me. the moment when i jump out of my skin and […]
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You Have Permission
We are winning. It’s devastating. Those who believe that the attention of this country (and world) needs to be placed on the death, violence and oppression that result from white […]
Open Letter to Those Participating in Elections During This Uncivil War
Perhaps you are running for office in this nation, with its ancestral slave black population, in which those empowered by the state to enact justice have been using their power […]
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what are you a fight for?
i wrote a story this weekend that brought me joy. actually it brought me creative ecstasy. it came at a time when i have been hurting, for lots of reasons, […]
lies for sandra bland
we all know how to make a noose yeah they teach us when we are young when we are laughing then we are in stitches our cheekbones crack open concrete […]
at night i pour out all my grief
(Dedicated to Juan Evans) At night I pour out all my grief flood the pillow to the moon And when I sleep I dream of death I wonder why its […]