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 […]
Tag: blacklivesmatter
first the unbearable (learning of Egypt)
i hear the condolences first read the written word, the name, the place someone is sending love, with rage, with shock, with tears, with analysis with their people with all […]
love love love
i believe we are living on the precipice of the next phase of our species. and i’m with such good people, people who cry hard and laugh harder. and do […]
napowrimo: love notes to black liberation
this is my third year (i think) of doing national poetry writing month (napowrimo). looking forward to it. the first time was random, the second time i did a sci […]
pleasure in the age of [insert president elect]
if you are actively working on the election (knocking on doors, calling black voters in the south, talking to voters who feel confused, etc), thank you. remember to eat, shower […]
Read More… from pleasure in the age of [insert president elect]
solange’s table
first reaction to A Seat At The Table, from Solange Knowles: solange made a black love note album to me and you and us and new orleans and louisiana and […]
what it takes to look
this grief is profound. the pace is so fast now – today i haven’t been able to catch up with either my life or the names and stories of black […]
the news pile
each day is a pile sliver sliver stacked against diminishing time to know anything at all even while we celebrate what we want buried in the sound of our dreaming […]
from the freedom side
when the wheat is separated from the chaff, i wonder if there is terror. if the wheat thinks it is god when actually it is food. if the chaff thinks […]
#blackband: how to, a reflection
#blackband: how to, a reflection i am just over a week into the practice of wearing a black band on my left arm as a statement of grief, and as […]