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It's not everyday where you meet someone who can speak to you through the words on a computer screen. However, if you're a reader of...

A phenomenal woman, that's who she is, but it doesn't stop there. She's an advocate for lupus awareness, a singer and a great po...

What can I say about the most critically acclaimed African-American female voice of our time? The woman who has touched so many sisters with...

In honor of National Poetry Month , I'd like you to meet Janette...itz . She's a poet and lyricist from Los Angeles California, and ...

Two Days We Should Not Worry We've all heard the saying "Life it too short", and when we think about it, it is. There's...

The View Seems to be much different than the one I am used to in Harlem Why you ask? It begins with the realization of what the term meltin...

By Accident Julia Alvarez Sometimes I think I became the woman I am by accident, nothing prepared the way, not a dramatic, wayward aunt, or...

It's self explanatory. Enjoy & Comment! CRUSH ON A MUSICIAN He writes. He writes and he writes and he speaks into the microphone, Al...

I had a dream last night. I only remember bits & pieces of it, but it inspired this poem. It starts off a little depressing, but there...

How rich would we be if we were paid $1.00 every time the word " Can't " came out of our mouths? Rich enough to do anything w...

My instinct has taught me quite well how to dispel a pheromone 2 those who wish to listen, or read the new word and if you don’t mind sitti...

It's a privilege, not a right, to be able to do what you love for a living. Some people are blessed with so much talent, yet confined b...

"Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly." - Langston Hughes Spread Love. Live Life....

Phenomenal Woman : Check out this 17-year old dancer from the Southern Strut Dance Company. It's a nicely choreographed piece to Maya ...

A good book is hard to find, but once you find one, it expands your wanting to read even more. Author Rashaun J. Allen writes “A Walk Throu...

First Poet in Black History: Lucy Terry (1746) BARS FIGHT Samuel Allen like a hero fout And though he was so brave and bold His face no mor...

I've been noticing a big trend in woman today; and that's pain. But ladies, just know that YOU ARE NEVER ALONE. This is life, pain w...

Once again it's Monday and that can only mean one out of a million things...it's Music Monday! Today I have a very diverse playlist...

What do Fried Twinkies, mending broken hearts, the life of a performer and concerts in Africa all have in common? They're all things tha...

A s I'm sitting in my room at this very moment a thought came upon me. I started rapping in my head and at the same time I was thinking ...