Today’s poem is also loosely related to the sailor. We have a long musical history together, which kind of reminds me of Brown Sugar. Now, he is more of a Love Jones guy, but he’s wrong about a lot of things and has some poor judgments, obviously. One day, possibly soon, since it’s been requested,…
Luffy There was a strawberry inside of me gifted to me by the man I love There was a strawberry inside of me that I thought was grown out of love There was a strawberry inside of me that I had to throw up because it’s lack of love was poisonous There was a strawberry…
Today’s poem was loosely inspired by the sailor, whom I’ve run into somewhat recently. He asked me what I would do if he came to my wedding and didn’t hold his peace as I was marrying my dream man. In that moment, I could only picture him as my dream man, which I know is…
To become a more credible writer on black love and other topics I think intersect with it (and because I have a problem), I recently picked up some new books, one of them being Love Poems by Nikki Giovanni. Although I have yet to finish the book of poems, the ones I’ve read so far…
My best friend suggested that I pick up The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois almost a year ago. I bought it from one of my local bookstores and read it over time. You know, the same way you eat a family-sized bag of chips. You have a few here; close the bag. You come…