To Be Real – Thoughts about Rachel/Caitlyn/Laverne
“It’s got to be real. To be real. It’s got to be real.“ The chorus from Cheryl Lynn’s 1978 disco […]
What Can I Do for You?
Let me know what I can do for you. This is a statement I received from several people recently after […]
How are you gonna hurt my feelings?
I had a great time visiting my family in St. Louis recently. Our trip was cut short but before the […]
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 – W.H. Auden
Funeral Blues by W.H. Auden was made famous by the movie Four Weddings and a Funeral, when one of the […]
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 […]
Can I poet with you – Robert Frost
Lo and behold that some famous poems by well-heralded poets that I had to read for school, still speak to […]
Can I Poet with You – June Jordan
Eloquent and fiery, activist June Jordan remains one of my favorite poets although her output stopped when she passed in […]
May I poet with you – Al Young
Following is a favorite poem from “back in the day” that still touches me, thrills me reading it now. the […]
Can I poet with you? Langston Hughes
One of the poets I love the most is Langston Hughes. I read his book, The Sweet Flypaper of Life, […]
Can I poet with you?
In honor of National Poetry Month (April) I will share poems that have touched me throughout the month. Following are […]
Meditation
Fifteen minutes today. A quiet place in the house – usually the sofa, blinds closed. I start out with the […]
Positive Statistics about Black Men
I wonder if I should even bother with this post. After all, the Black men I know personally are positive […]
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 […]
Telling like it T-I-Is – Dr. Beverly Scott
Dr. Beverly Scott, who stunned Boston by announcing her resignation as General Manager of the Mass. Bay Transportation System or […]
Books read in 2014
Usually books are constant companions as I travel to meetings and presentations. I typically have 2-3 going at a time […]
Searching…Searching…the Internet
Having always been an information and story aficionado (a more polite word than junkie), the Internet has become my go-to […]