“The most merciful thing that the large family does to one of its infant members is to kill it”
Margaret Sanger
Margaret Sanger was a prolific writer and a passionate activist for what we now call women’s rights and was the founder of Planned Parenthood.
Me and around 200 poets from all over the United States partook in an event that will stay with me and countless others forever. It was big!!!!
I am part of the Upstate Slam Poetry Team called: SPEAKLIFE (click for video) and we had a blast. SPEAKLIFE and the rest of Slam Poetry Teams from everywhere competed in Slams and broung awareness to a vast number of issues, and vocalized a wide spectrum of beliefs. If you are ever in the Greenville, SC area and you like being inspired through poetry then you must visit Coffee Underground on Sunday at 7pm. I look forward to participating in the next Slam and perfecting my craft, bettering my ability to communicate truth in the most impactful way.
Have you ever been bothered by something that doesn’t seem to bother anyone else? I have; the death rate and just the chaotic level of violence in the Chicago streets keeps me up at night. I complain about it, pray about it, think about, and I am in the process of making a mini documentary about it. Continue reading
you need muscle or your knees will buckle
and your back will break
the thief deceived you into thinking that you need to hustle
to stack cake
but how much struggle can blacks take?
we bleed blood
because these streets is sick
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