George Floyd your life mattered. Your death sparked a movement. We will not forget.

George Floyd your life mattered. Your death sparked a movement. We will not forget.
It’s raining young people off roofs Suicide epidemic—the numbers are proof A single gun shot aimed at the head Appearing well but next day, dead *** Don’t take it for granted you’ll see the signs Till you read another tragedy in the headlines Don’t judge by what you see on the outside It’s not always …
Continue reading It’s Raining … Suicide ©️Dawn Minott |Mental Health Awareness
You can start again!
For over 5000 years, the art of henna—also called mehndi in Hindi and Urdu—has been practiced in various parts of the world including Africa. This temporary decorative art is used on hands and feet and usually reserved for the celebration of special occasions such as weddings and birthdays. As this is my birthMONTH (April) celebration …
Midweek recharge to get over the hump.
You are and have more than enough for what you’ve been called to do!
Happy birthday to me!
Don’t mistake reservation for lackluster. Sincerely, an Introvert
Friday there was sorrow. Saturday was silent. But Sunday is coming and indeed it is here—RESURRECTION morning. Blessed Easter.
Easter Saturday is silent. Easter Sunday is coming.
Red red rose!!
The best of yet to come. Don’t stop striving.
You’re your own kind of beautiful.
By teaching the history of slavery we can guard against its legacy of racism.
The enterprise of enslavement lasted for more than 400 years. A history of barbarity and also a history of awe-inspiring courage.
When I say I miss you, I mean I miss the part of me that you are!
Never stop creating.
Before the written word, poetry was.
If it’s worth it. It’s worth waiting.
Tulips’ peaceful defiance to winter’s stronghold.
Equity means creating an inclusive world. We can each play a part.
Still in love with you.
Be who you are. Say what you feel.
Undeterred, glass ceiling-breaker!
Life is a master teacher.
Jesus Messiah, the Son of God yet as human as brother and friend
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.
The week is long. The weekend is short. Midweek is a good point to recharge to get over the hump being gentler with you. Happy hump day!
She is … Africa on my heart
Happy Valentine’s Day!!!
Up until the end of the Civil War, more than 200,000 ads to recapture enslaved people who walked away from slavery were published in American newspapers.
In 1492, the year Christopher Columbus made landfall on an island in the Caribbean—and the waves of European exploration, conquest and settlement that followed—it started a massive global exploitation of indigenous populations from Africa to the Americas with spin-off consequences that still reverberate in the lives of black and brown peoples today.
The week is long. The weekend is short. Midweek is a good point to recharge—add a little color, brighten up the dark patches to get over the hump. Happy hump day!
Black resistance means creating space to be heard and seen.
this orchid mom is exuberant yet again because one more of my other babies is blooming yet again! She’s my oldest, just over 5 years old!!!!
God never looks at you apart from Jesus. So don’t ever see yourself outside of Jesus. Everything that is true about Jesus is true about you.
The week is long. The weekend is short. Midweek is a good point to relook at yourself and recharge to get over the hump. Happy hump day!
The week is long. The weekend is short. Midweek is a good point to recharge to get over the hump. Happy hump day. It’s a good day!!
Some kings rule from iron thronesDisconnected from community realityYou’re the King who served from humanity’s throneWho dreamed not in black or whiteWho envisioned instead a world inclusiveYour voice, your vision a great void fillingSpeaking the language of the unheardInspiration to persevere, to never stop dreamingSummoning collective longings and eternal hopesFor a nation by its noblest …
… also referred to as 'Dark and Handsome' or 'Black swan'. Mother Nature totally rocks with flowers in the full range of the color spectrum including black!!! Thanks to Cee for hosting the Flower of the Day prompt 2023 ©Dawn Minott All Rights Reserved Like what you see? To never miss a post click HERE👈 …
Continue reading Flower of the Day Challenge #53: Helleborus x Hybridus—Black Beauty
Before-word: Life is line upon line of experiences grouped together like stanzas, arranged like verses in a script // expressed with voice, diction, sound, rhythm, meter // understood through figures of speech, symbolism, allegory, imagery // structured in syntax and scheme // with strong, accurate, interesting words, deliberately chosen to give meaning to life — LIFE LIVED IN POETRY.
It’s spring time I’m abounding with joy There’s a cute little bunny that drops by the garden each spring He’s an elusive frisky little fella Ears always at attention, pointed straight up to sky like soldier resolute to flight, not fight At best I’ve managed only to stare longingly at “His Royal Cuteness” Face pressed …
The week is long. The weekend is short. Midweek is a good point to recharge to get over the hump. Be flexible enough to bend. Happy hump day!
“Ubuntu” is part of the Zulu phrase "Umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu", which literally means that a person is a person through other people.
Fear not what is before you when those who care are behind you.
What’s your status? Not what’s on social media feeds or catchy one liners on time-elapsed stories. Your status now and always will be child of God!
As I’m on the final-final days of leave and the NY weather has been unseasonably mild, I decided to take my reading to the outside. I strolled to my favorite park, just across the street from home, and chose a bench facing the river to perch. I perched because much of the bench remains wet …
Positive thinking and optimism.
Boots worn laid in waste Till nature took it over Unexpectedly
Happy New Year 2023
A numerological countdown to 2023 …
The new year will bring us 365 opportunities, how will we use them?!
The week is long. The weekend is short. Midweek is a good point to recharge—employ the power of YET—to get over the hump. Happy hump day!
The outcry of my heart as I muse over lives being self-cancelled, seemingly without warning. Why?!
Jesus is the reason for the season. What if instead of Santa Claus it was Jesus who visited this Christmas? This piece is a spin-off from “Twas The Night Before Christmas” and a poetic eschatological rendition of Revelation’s description of the end of time and the coming of Jesus Christ.
A numerological countdown to 2023 …
I love the way the sun kisses this orchid each morning.
The week is long. The weekend is short. Midweek is a good point to recharge to get over the hump with/in hope. Happy hump day!
Using traditional mediums like film and music to raise awareness or push for change…
Let everything that has breath, breathe in gratitude, exhale praise
You are worthy!!!
Beautiful foxglove!!
Born with a purpose-tag on me. Living every day t’ward my destiny. Knowing tomorrow may not be. Living out loud every day I see.
I am more than capable of conquering every tomorrow!
The people who know God, know life!
The week is long. The weekend is short. Midweek is a good point to recharge. Let’s get over the hump with honey words!
Shelves of Guidance
Practical advice for a happier, fuller, and more meaningful life
I write it all spontaneously!
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Following the Path to the Past
Recipes showing step by step directions with pictures and a printable recipe card.
In and out of contexts
The Art of Prose and Poetry