Tag: story time
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Short Story-time: When I Fell in Love with Poetry
As corny as it may sound… It started when I learned how to read. At 5 years old, I felt the words form into rhymes and they rolled off my tongue like waves of clapping water. I was mesmerized by their loud, vivacious sound. Vowels made love to the dips and riffs in my voice.…
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Story time: Rhythm Of Life
Rhythm Of Life When I was but a child Every year, before the first frost Turned moving vitality into hibernating stillness I would watch all the ducks fly away I can still recall asking my Mother, Where are the birds going? She smiled into my eyes and said, Their going south for the…
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Lil Mama
I dedicate this poem to my lovely Mother and friend. Lil Mama my Lil Mama is 4’10 but got enough strength to cave a head in and got enough heart to make a weak spirit bend do yo thang gurl ! little lady in a crazy world you the chauffeur, chef, accountant and…
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