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Hi WPers! I’ll be reciting this poem live on April 19th as part of a Easter program. You’re invited to join starting 11 AM EST on this channel: https://youtube.com/@mountvernonsdaevents?si=E_JQ3EM2k2ts-tEH
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It’s that time again—when I quench my wanderlust with my annual birthMONTH explorations.
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The drama of a Jamaican sunset is unmatched. It doesn’t just set—it performs. The sky becomes a stage, bathed in gold, set ablaze with orange, then kissed by fire-red and indigo. The sun takes its time, lingering like a lover not ready to leave. It dips behind the horizon with flair, casting long shadows and…
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Praise is more than celebration—it’s surrender, trust, and presence.
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As I celebrate my birthMONTH this year, I invite you to join me in a journey of renewal and restoration.
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We are whole—Strong. Unshaken.Shaped by history’s hands, fired in the kiln of time.But when the weight of patriarchy pressed too hard—Cracks appeared. What does the world do with women it tries to break?It tries to— Dismiss them.Silence them.Bury them. They say once something fractures,it can never be the same again.That the scars will always tell…
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The week is long. The weekend is short. Midweek is a good point to recharge to get over the hump. Happy hump day!
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Affirmation of self-acceptance and confidence, celebrating the beauty of individuality beyond societal standards.
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When Mother Nature decides to create no “either/or” but both!
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God started it. He stopped working. Sabbath is for rest and worship.
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Even in fading, words leave proof of their existence.
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Heaven is poised, the King is ready, the world stands at the brink of eternity.
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A reflection on resilience, growth, and transformation.
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We ARE the world, let’s live like it!!!
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The zero-sum game in love is always lose-lose, never win-win. 100% or nothing. Love measured in fractions isn’t love at all because — Love demands presence, not pretense; commitment, not calculation. When one must lose for the other to win, both hearts bear the cost. True love, like true success, multiplies rather than divides, expands…
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Beforeword: This piece was commissioned by a bride who was renewing her wedding vows and wanted a piece to cover her walk down the aisle. It was to start with visualizing her love relationship with God, then the love relationship between her and her husband and culminate in imagining what it would be like to…
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Black sisters, our beautiful is black!
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When your work is praised and recognized as “remarkable” and “exceptional”!!!
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The week is long. The weekend is short. Midweek is a good point to recharge to get over the hump. Happy hump day!
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Love does not come with pain. It does not demand silence, sacrifice, or suffering.
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Some experiences shake us to the core, revealing the unseen battles waged over our lives—this was one of them.
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Not bound by rules the world once drew, imperfectly perfect is perfectly you!
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Explore the beauty of surrendering to God’s presence in every moment.
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UPDATE: What a difference 5 days make. After experiencing a horrifying flight during a windstorm, four aborted landings, today was a picture-perfect landing!! #Grateful
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Experience the chills of a flight during a snowstorm! Read my journey of survival in the sky.
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A declaration of self-worth, unapologetically claiming space and authenticity in a world rushing to erase diversity.
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Sabbath—a sacred rhythm calling all to restoration, justice, and peace.
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Celebrating shades of blackness, strength and spirit, ever strong!
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Black hair is black resistance. Black hair has a uniquely meaningful history as a symbol of survival, resistance and celebration and as such is an important part of Black history.
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Stealing back freedom, redemption, and eternal life through love and sacrifice.
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The unexpected encounter that added a twist to my daily dash.
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Soul of home found in family dinners, lullabies and even the arguments that soften with time.
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Like Martin Luther King: “I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear”. His words are oh so relevant in these times: “I’m concerned about a better World. I’m concerned about justice; I’m concerned about brotherhood and sisterhood; I’m concerned about truth. And when one is concerned about that,…
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Step into the new year ready to build with love, hope, and strength.
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365 opportunities to make a difference in the spaces where purpose meets the pulsating of fresh start.
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…and just like that, Christmas is over. Or, is it?! What if we kept the spirit of Christmas with us all year!!
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Christmas is a reminder that the extraordinary interfaced with the ordinary!
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Live fully, boldly, authentically, letting no dream, purpose, or voice remain unfulfilled.
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One-another—a blueprint for unity, love, and hope in our lives and our world.
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Dripping in finesse!
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Thank you, Spillwords, for creating a platform that celebrates writers and the many ways we use words to connect, provoke thought, and tell our stories.
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Have you ever wondered what it was like for Mary being the mother of Jesus? This piece was conceived as I pondered Mary’s life from the time of the angel’s visit to the expectation of seeing her Son again on His second return to earth, not as her baby but as her King.
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Net worth of friends, not tallied in sums!
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A world free of fear, is possible!
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Lily—pretty by nature!
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Your foundation is not in where you live or what you own.
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Peony—pretty by nature!!
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When heart overrules head, love eclipses logic.
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Those who are strong for others need space to grieve.
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Mother’s quiet strength.
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To live in regret is to live within the length of a leash that connects to the past!
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There’s nothing new under the sun. What was will be again.
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Rises, pretty by nature.
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A moment of connection through words.
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To live life with no regrets.
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Roses, pretty by nature!!
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No place or distance God’s love won’t go.
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Trusting, nevertheless!
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Pretty by nature!!
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Hope is memory, it’s possibility, it’s dreaming in color.
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Pretty by nature!!
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Pretty by nature!
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The vision will come, it will not tarry.
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Chrysanthemums, pretty by nature!
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Life gets hard sometimes. In those moments stay encouraged.
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Sometimes being strong is just surrendering…
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Mental health, the compass guiding our way. In its embrace, we find strength to face each day.
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Sometimes you just gotta take that leap for love.
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What/who is your muse, your inspiration? What do you do when you lose your muse?
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Release inhibitions, let me soar!
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Between now and not yet — wait!
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Love can’t live hidden, behind closed doors.
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Thoughts in their purest form are the final frontier of our personhood.
