Beauty Role Models – look around
Sorrow and incredulity rose in me as I watched a discussion recently on a local television show whose panelists discussed […]
Celebration
Defining Blackness – Beyonce, Jamelia & Candelaria
Note: I posted this piece in 2009. It bears repeating because of the recent brouhaha over Beyonce’s blackness. It has […]
Domestic Situation poem & Poetry Out Loud
Some people have a “graveyard” love. I heard this phrase in my youth and it stuck with me. It was […]
Respite
Respite. Rest. Get-away. A break. It was only a day and a half but I felt rejuvenated from the quick […]
Can I poet with you – Ntozake Shange
I had originally hoped to post a poem a day during Poetry Month (April) which has officially ended although there’s […]
Can I Poet with You? – Lucille Clifton
It is downright unfair to pick a couple of poems from a prolific poet to represent them. In each of […]
Can I Poet with You? – Clarence Major
Clarence Major is a poet, novelist and painter. I have a tattered copy of Swallow the Lake, a volume of […]
A Lyrical Life – Rose Marie McCoy
Reading obituaries on a regular basis introduces me to all sorts of people of local, national and international renown who […]
Blind Auditions – One tool to end discrimination in classical ...
My mother is an article clipper and sharer, a practice she passed along to me. We send articles and cartoons […]
Easter Memories – Thank you, Mom
My mother is central to my Easter memories. She made Easter (and every other holiday) special in my life. I […]
Zen in the Unexpected
I’ve recently found tranquility in unexpected actions and moments. I am grateful to have learned to recognize and savor these […]
I’m back – post-Christmas thoughts
(Explanatory note: I haven’t blogged in weeks. This is a longest stretch I’ve gone without blogging since I started a […]
Why am I here?
Why am I here? (Well I know that Mommy and Daddy had some fun but other than that…) What […]
Round-up 2
Stuff I Did Saw the play, Stones in His Pockets (running ‘til March 16) at the Lyric Theatre with a new […]
Lessons from a granddaughter
On a day when you’re just going through the motions; when everything feels like drudgery at its worse and routine […]
Is it too much to ask?
Is it too much to ask? (Apparently so.) You just want to: Get what you give. Get something you want. […]
Words I Like
There are words that I like not just for their meanings but for the way they feel when I say […]
All the way…love
“When somebody loves you, it’s no good unless she loves you…all the way.” I can hear Frank Sinatra’s inflection crooning […]