POETRY

My islam

My islam is forgetting Muslim in my bio and just adding it back is high school me & my thesis traveling up & down this city for...

THE BATTLE (WHEN HEALING)

The battle is keeping peace and tranquility at the center of your being. what we do is center ourselves, around ourselves first. this...

July

I hope to find grounding in you refuge in you confirmation in you. I hope to be reminded of the sound of R&B because I know once Brandy...

Post- Grad: Almost a Year Later

Sharing yourself with the world isn’t easy. I consider myself to be an “emotional” being that is trying to find a balance between keeping...

Sankofa: Night at the Apollo made me think of Mandela

In May of 2009, I, along with 11 other young writers in NYC were chosen to travel to South Africa to meet Nelson Mandela. Two weeks ago...

Sisterhood Part. 2

The original piece I wrote was called "Sistahhood" where I was exploring failed relationships with women throughout the years. This poem...

Black Love

Black love is that feeling of heat Grazing across your body It is a force to be reckoned with Black love is when milk and honey collide...

Mother Sonia

Thank you for paving the way For Black Woman poets Like me You see You, like Ogun, cleared the way For us to lyrically bite down With...

Hair Chronicles

For the semi- permed, fake natural girls Like me Who can feel the war between the new growth And those laid follicles I love the big...

Dusk

There is even tension between sunset And when the moon rises Birthed as Dusk I am learning to Adjust to tension To calamity As I...