Poems

The question of a separate but equal  Foundation of the Black man and woman in America  Is one of urgency And strongly opposed. 

She borne a beautiful country full of lies, more astute with calumny perhaps. Stone–blind elites dine on table with ants on hills,  fats of ram―

I don’t entirely know how to write this review. In some ways, Beyonce’s visual album, “Black Is King,” streaming on Disney+, is indescribable. There is so much imagery and symbolism that when I think “Black Is King,”...

We hide in shadows, under the wings of a peacock.How interesting it's to valuenothing, even ourselves.The colour, silhouette,  fades  beforeour very eyes; like the dying flame of a candle.As we walk, work with mixed faceson the wall of peafowls,a...

Blood makes a revolution in one minute 365 days makes an earth’s orbit Change, revolution, cells grow and die Change, circulation, hellos and goodbyes You’re...

And history bites When it's moulded into The shape of a town That doesn't welcome natives in pink. And history bites when it

When you pay homage to a Queen You don’t honor Her figurine Her long legs or thick thighs Hair flowing and sensualized eye As if...

When I was twelve, I shoplifted a pairOf basketball shoes. We could not affordThem otherwise. But when I tied them on,I found that I couldn’t hit a shot. When the ball clanked off the...

“Spoken word poet and recording artist Lauren Jauregui delivered this soaring, impactful piece about the power of women at the Women's March Los Angeles this year. Jauregui's speech was a highlight of the Women’s March 2019 across...

Every waking moment is spent philosophizing renew reality Translating that which I see in my mind’s eye into being - Renewal, to resume, to continue the acts of...