Tag: poetry
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Keep the heavenly sight of belladonna lily!
Wild flowers are everywhere. Like me, a woman, full, in bloom. Come soil or rock, I grow, oblivious to the softness or hardness of the other. Life knows me well. I am persistent with all the soil and rock I meet like a Bella Donna Lilly. I was greeted by these large lily like flowers…
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Keep peace!
There is a certain kind of peace I long for these days. The kind that lets me be. Free, with no demands. No strings attached, no noise, no worries too. Just a life lived well, my way, because peace flowed like a river.
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Keep scars!
All my life, I have lived with a scar. Not a big one. Just one I rarely forget. We have lived together, all my life. Learning, though silent, the meaning of things, people, voices, ideas, I dare not forget. Those imprinted forever, still hopeful for too much hope. I have also been told different stories…
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Keep growing fully and beautifully!
There is a kind of peace that flows when you grow fully and beautifully. I am finding that peace for myself with each passing day. It’s in the morning sun, the one that peaks through my window right before 6 am to let me know a new day has begun. It’s in the steps I…
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Keep places accessible
Some places are inaccessible. For those with heads like velvet blackness, skins smooth like the color night. Some places are inaccessible. For those with eyes darkly clear, those who look the sun in the face, unblinded. Some places are inaccessible. For names wrapped with African-ness like a shawl, names like Olisadubem, or the ones for…
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Keep Fathers!
I wonder on days like today, how we have made you feel through the years. Did we make you smile? Did we keep you hopeful? Or where we full of stress, full of denials for a freedom you truly derserve. I see that with each passing day, we made your eyes stay wide open. Sure…
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Keep Light!
Welcome to LIGHT. Welcome to the transformative force we call LIGHT. Welcome to its flame Welcome to its fire Welcome to its ray Welcome to its shine Welcome to its spark Welcome to its utter brilliance, Welcome to its radiant reflection Welcome simply to a day we hope to clarify that the public in a…
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Keep moving past your fears!
I met fear this past week. Danced around in its oasis. For once, it left me without words. Instead, the words were painstakingly put together as a grant. I spent this week writing what maybe the greatest grant ever written. I know I say this a lot. All my grants are like blue skies on…
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Keep a prayer for Belle!
Seeing you today, seeing all of you, was a joy to behold. Belle, on this 10th year of your life, I pray you never forget the joy you felt today in this city of love. Seeing all of your melody and light, your laugh and stride, every single thing about you was the peace our…
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Keep defying odds!
These tiny hands and feet defy odds every time they move. You with your tiny hands and feet, you my Belle, defy odds every time.
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Keep writing!
I have been struggling with writing lately. Sure, the goal was to keep one thing a day. But 24 hours is long with my family, that writing suffers. I have also asked myself, why write? Who cares? Or what will you gain or lose whether you write or no longer choose to write. The only…
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Keep everything!
They say there will be mornings like this. Meltdowns too like this. Toothache pain from nowhere. Tears flowing non-stop. Listening to Favor. All of us wondering. Whether we will prosper. In this space where horses roam free. We will. Not when blue skies greet us good morning. Grass the perfect shade of green too. And…
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Writing with Juliet Iwelunmor 