my pain is my own. i have been aware, lately and again, of the desire to compare pain. i think science fictionally, so i often live in a mythological world […]
Tag: transformation
afrofuturism and #blackspring (new school, #afroturismtns)
welcome to #blackspring! today as we speak there are actions happening across the country, and here in new york, a massive round of future claiming. we tend to think and […]
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counter lesson on currency (8/30)
write a palinode. And what’s that? It’s a poem in which the poet retracts a statement made in an earlier poem. counter lesson on currency yesterday queen aya taught you […]
revisiting the sugar cleanse
Sugar is snow. Sugar is drug. Sugar is statistically proven to strip me of my dignity and my health. And yet. Sugar is laughter. Sugar is energy. Sugar is of […]
a time traveling emotion
in the moment, i was not ready to feel the feeling, my skin too firm, my faith too solid. when the future all seemed ahead of me, it was easier […]
excerpt from Women’s History Month talk at Brown
i was invited to be the opening speaker for a month of events at Brown University’s Women’s History Month line-up. it was lovely, everyone was kind and curious. i got […]
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being so utterly alive. or, a visceral release of grief. or, from delirium.
I wrote this yesterday after a sleepless night of creative output that led to a spiritual breakthrough. I considered not sharing it. It is my voice from delirium, not neat […]
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sugar is a white noise
as soon as i slow down i can see it’s not about the sugar, it’s about the pain. it’s not just eating more greens, cutting out this or that from […]
While we are singular, we are not alone.
Light as a prayer
I realize
I, too, am forever. […]
Reflecting on Terrorism
It has always been a question for me. Why? As a human who has lived a beautiful life, loves my family, has called many places home, has believed lots of […]