happy juneteenth! i hope you are celebrating our freedom journey today Black loves, definitely by not working, hopefully by being involved in radical acts with your mind, body, heart, and […]
Year: 2020
Octavia Tried to Tell Us
the other day i had the honor of being the fifth guest in the Octavia Tried to Tell Us series, hosted by Monica Coleman and my teacher-friend Tananarive Due! here […]
for oluwatoyin ‘toyin’ salau
if it was up to me i would reach back through time push away the hands that groped you amplify your no into an earthquake it would open the dirt […]
returning from away: wow
this post is a bit mantra, some thoughts, and some resources. if you just want the resources, skip to the bottom. center you are not the center face the center […]
for George Floyd: fire
have you learned nothing from sunsets flaming the entire sky with soft edges fuchsia periwinkle whisps, taut and temporary nature taking day, inhaling light have you learned nothing from autumn […]
Pandowrimo
for a few years, i have participated in a national poetry writing practice (#napowrimo) in april. this year, april fell in the midst of a global pandemic that has left […]
Auburn Lives of Commitment Ceremony, adrienne and Autumn’s speech
autumn: we are thrilled to be receiving the lives of commitment honor. we were humbled and surprised to get the news and wanted to start off by saying thank you […]
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care for yourself and everything else (transmission)
(day 29 #pandowrimo prompt: Humans have broken the original agreements and we are at a crossroads. How do we restore the balance? @elotedream) everything is teacher, virus too is teacher, […]
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capitalism IS a conspiracy
capitalism IS a conspiracy. it works because it’s out in the open, and there are so many ways to be greedy that all of those benefiting from the conspiracy don’t […]
shadows
day 12 #pandowrimo prompt: How do we shape change from a place of turmoil and grief? A) How do we deconstruct and disarm despair: what does despair take from us […]