A kind of freedom every day new learningsa fact on my shouldera meaning in my kneecapa flood of sensory skills attacking my nostrilsthis body is a facility for instruction intakethis skin a container for enlightenment I expandexplore the spectrum of my curious auraingest the zest of data’s pulsing wisdomdabble mingle marinatein the unknown so foreign… Continue reading Poem 162 – A kind of freedom
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Poem 58 – Make Lists & Learn
Make Lists & Learn Anna Julia CooperMary Church TerrellMary MacLeod BethuneFlorynce “Flo” KennedyByllye AveryAngela Davis this list &others thatfill pages & computerscreens education breeds compassioncompassion spreads lovelove motivates action Research: 33 things every girl should know about women's history: from suffragettes to skirt lengths to the E.R.A edited by Tonya Bolden (Thank you, Rebecca, for giving… Continue reading Poem 58 – Make Lists & Learn
Why Poetry – Now More Than Ever #NPM2016
Why Poetry – Now More Than Ever? It’s National Poetry Month…for a few more days anyway! For poets like me, it’s always national poetry month…week, day…year! I always think about poetry and how it fits into my life, how I hope it fits into yours, dear readers. The truth is that it took me quite… Continue reading Why Poetry – Now More Than Ever #NPM2016
VANESSA SHIELDS, writer 