i got seven tattoos this year. a lucky number, and a way to understand what i committed to in 2017. i cast liberation spells down my arms – “all that […]
Year: 2017
prayer for Erica Garner
i can’t tell you to stay here in this life with all that you have witnessed, all that has been taken from you, denied to you. what was yours/taken: your […]
solstice
whisper near a lit candle. when you finish, blow it out i am grateful for the dark. i am grateful for the black. i am grateful for the shadow. i […]
movements x exhaustion
#sundayspread on the relationship between movements and exhaustion. (this read stunned me, I hope it will be of service) what we bring? reversed traveler of knives: “emotions muddling your ability […]
earthseed poem
the compass spins around north becomes south, becomes simply the horizon the direction that matters is forward we conjure from the darkness a future orientation of the people moving like […]
ode to Tarana Burke
i hope you feel the black joy, and woman joy, and human joy our species is writhing free of an old shape and celebrating you, goddess griot of your own […]
Bitch 50
y’all… i’ve been writing for Bitch magazine for the past year and it’s been such an incredible exploration. and i respect the team and the political stance they’re holding so […]
loving the people like Fred Hampton
“i’m going to live for the people because i love the people” – Fred Hampton lately everything has been changing fast and we are reminded, in case we forgot, that […]
bears ears, grand staircase, a bargaining spell
great life of the universe, which only changes and changes, help us learn to love you again let us flood with gravity so that our words cannot be ignored for […]
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one liners for the full moon
a. one liners and b. conclusions a. if i can’t feel what you love, i don’t care what you hate. b. let love lead, and let it show. realize that […]