You’re fresh, inimitable.
Fine,
Like they pronounce good quality.
Your reflection:
silver and gold
like loyalty.
strutting confidently with,
an assured sense and
a dash of weird
hey Cowboy
your picture is complete.
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A mother's tough choice.
40 years ago, my mother made the tough choice every single mother might have to make. Leave her child in her own mother's care so she ...
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Teacher Teacher- Kamande wa Kioi Teacher teacher teacher, my teacher Wherever we shall meet, just know I shall give you a kiss. ...
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Ngai! How do you view me, you?….Aii…. I am not getting you clearly Can you repeat what you said? Or maybe one of my dials ...
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Mungu havai viatu? -Unaonaje? Anavaa?- I ask, to buy time. Anatembea mguu peku peku? -Na...
Have you every heard this poem by Ntozake Shange’s called Somebody almost walk off wid alla ma stuff, performed by Loretta Devine? This little snippet reminded me of it... I also enjoy her performance of the poem "No Assistance"written by the same poet...
ReplyDeleteI'll check it out.
ReplyDeletehey, I just discovered- For colored girls who have thought of suicide when the rainbow is enough-
ReplyDeleteamong my books.
Now i rem why I never read it. I've never thought of suicide,
When I bought it I thought- well, yu never know, the rainbow may be enough someday. So av never read it.
The poetry is amazing.
ReplyDeleteI watched the movie, there were some disturbing parts, but the poetry is pretty good.