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Works I Set My Hand To.
ROSES, PEACE BY PEACE
Written in 2017 as the Special Guest Poet for the 25th Anniversary of the "I Have A Dream" World Peace Rose Garden
at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. Presented to Martin Luther King III and Arndrea King. Y'all have no idea... <3
EXCERPT:
“Wouldn’t God’s earthly garden be more peaceful
If humans grew more like roses?”
Limited Edition letterpress broadside poem set in Century Schoolbook typeface and printed on handmade paper
with rose petals from the 2023 Cleveland School Remembers Vigil. Image from the author's private collection.
EXPRESSION
As a mother who breastfed three times successfully, and once just barely, it was a special privilege to twice be commissioned to create poems for California's Celebration of National Black Breastfeeding Week.
EXCERPT:
“America latched onto black breasts
and the Black women graced with them…”
Letter broadside poem set in Garamond typeface
and printed on 11x17 100% rag paper.
Image from the author's private collection.
TDOR (Transgender Day of Remembrance)
When a Straight Pride Parade was held in Modesto, I read TDOR at the counter-protest, because there are LGBTQ people near and dear to me. And because the Proud Boys fancied their cosplay proximity intimidating,
I decided to use my slam voice.
EXCERPT:
”the singular freedom, the everyday revolution
of being themselves…”
Letterpress broadside poem set in Garamond typeface
and printed on 11x17 100% rag paper, with glitter.
Image from the author's private collection.