My poem’s found a brand-new spot. Spillwords picked it up, oh yes. I’m feelin’ proud, I must confess.
Month: July 2025
Midweek Boost: Play The Game of Life ©Dawn Minott
Life is a play that does not allow rehearsals
Soul Cry: Hiraeth! ©️Dawn Minott | Loop Poetry with audio
Hiraeth: an unaccountable homesickness for a place you’ve never visited.
International Day for Women and Girls of African Descent, July 25 ©Dawn Minott
Proud to celebrate the International Day for Women and Girls of African Descent! Today, July 25th, as we mark the International Day for Women and Girls of African Descent, I reflect on the profound strength and unwavering spirit required in a time of deliberate pushback against fundamental rights, equality, diversity, and inclusion. This moment demands …
Continue reading International Day for Women and Girls of African Descent, July 25 ©Dawn Minott
Midweek Boost: Life’s Rescue Plan ©Dawn Minott
The week is long. The weekend is short. Midweek is a good point to recharge to get over the hump.
Midweek Boost: Laughter ©Dawn Minott
Laughter is the only emotion that cannot be forced or faked for long.
A Table Set With Words ©Dawn Minott |a Haibun
Just a menu set of words, plain but sincere.
That’s It! I’m Telling Jesus! ©Dawn Minott
Beforeword: I saw this image and it made me think of a child tattling to a parent when bullied and contrasted it to capture that same childlike honesty of turning to Jesus in times of struggle. Instead of fighting back alone, we can run to Jesus, our ultimate defender and protector. When life gets hard …
More Than Enough ©Dawn Minott |with audio
You are and have more than enough for what you’ve been called to do!
The Gift Leads The Way ©Dawn Minott |a Haibun with audiovisual
A man’s gift makes room for him and brings him before great men.” — Proverbs 18:16 (NKJV)
Shabbat Shalom: You Were Made for Rest ©Dawn Minott
Sabbath was made for you. It’s our weekly gift that keeps on giving till the next weekly gift is opened.
The Return—The Bronzes Speak: “Omawale” ©Dawn Minott
Thousands of brass, bronze, and ivory sculptures and carvings were looted from Benin City—priceless pieces of history scattered across the world for decades now being returned.
Protest Art ©Dawn Minott |Senryū
Art is a powerful tool that activists and movements use to convey their messages, build awareness, and motivate people to take action.
Midweek Boost: You’ve Got Everything ©Dawn Minott
You likely already have everything!
The Quiet Strength of Later ©Dawn Minott |a Haibun
Waiting is a quiet strength, the courage to pause long enough to discern, to seek light.
True Independence: Free-not-Free ©Dawn Minott |a Shadorma
In any land, til every soul finds solace and glee, none of us are truly free. Independence/freedom for one and all.
My Roots, My Crown, My Hair-a-tage ©️Dawn Minott |in honor of National Crown Day, July 3rd
National Crown Day commemorates the inaugural signing of the first CROWN—Create a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair—Act legislation, which passed in California on July 3, 2019.
The Wall They Couldn’t See ©Dawn Minott
Longer than China’s wall. But never longer in textbooks—because what conquerors don’t understand, they erase!
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