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Tag: love
Midweek Boost: You’ve Got Everything ©Dawn Minott
You likely already have everything!
Shabbat Shalom: A Resting Place Amidst Turmoil ©Dawn Minott |with audio
Have you turned on the news lately and felt your heart sink? So many nations are caught in conflict. So much suffering. Wars. Armed conflicts. Border shifts. Political power plays that dominate the global stage while diplomacy falters. From Gaza to Ukraine, Israel to Iran, Haiti to Myanmar—the world trembles under the weight of violence, …
Continue reading Shabbat Shalom: A Resting Place Amidst Turmoil ©Dawn Minott |with audio
God Blesses the Child Who Hurts ©Dawn Minott |with audio
The pain of fatherlessness, the longing for love, and the eventual healing found in God—a Father who never leaves, who restores the broken, and blesses the child who hurts.
Whole Meets Whole (The Nutrients of Love) ©Dawn Minott
When whole meets whole, you bring your 100, and I raise you mine.
Stay Single Till Then ©Dawn Minott
Stay single until you find a love that is real, intentional, healing, and worthy.
Honoring the Life of George Floyd, 5 Years Later: I Can’t Breathe ©Dawn Minott |with audio
George Floyd your life mattered. Your death sparked a movement. We will not forget.
darkness ©Dawn Minott for Mental Health Awareness Month| with audio
Darkness can be from issues that you dare not let anyone see or know about, the issues you struggle with alone and silently … it’s time to open the door, let in the light!
Daughter ©Dawn Minott
A bold, desperate, and unshakeable faith earned her the bestowal of “daughter”—used only ONCE by Jesus!
Power In Quiet Strength ©Dawn Minott — Tribute To My Mom |Quatrain with audio
Honoring the strength and power of a mother. The power and strength of mothers, grandmothers, other-mothers and motherhood have been historically overlooked. I honor and celebrate my mother and mothers everywhere.
Easter: More Than Bunnies & Chocolate ©Dawn Minott
Easter is about conquering sin, defeating death, and offering new life!
40 Years of “We Are the World”: A Song, A Movement, A Message We Still Need ©Dawn Minott
We ARE the world, let’s live like it!!!
Zero Sum Game in Love or Life ©️Dawn Minott | for Women’s History Month
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 …
Continue reading Zero Sum Game in Love or Life ©️Dawn Minott | for Women’s History Month
I Can Only Imagine ©Dawn Minott
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 …
It’s In The Way We Know ©Dawn Minott
The quiet strength of love.
Bound By You ©Dawn Minott
Love does not come with pain. It does not demand silence, sacrifice, or suffering.
Sabbath is a Blessing |a Poem ©️Dawn Minott
Sabbath—a sacred rhythm calling all to restoration, justice, and peace.
Smoothest Heist ©️Dawn Minott
Stealing back freedom, redemption, and eternal life through love and sacrifice.
Eclipsed By Love ©Dawn Minott
When heart overrules head, love eclipses logic.
Be Encouraged ©Dawn Minott | Mental Health Awareness
Life gets hard sometimes. In those moments stay encouraged.
October: Mental Health Awareness Month ©Dawn Minott |a Haibun
Mental health, the compass guiding our way. In its embrace, we find strength to face each day.
Love Can’t Live In The Dark ©Dawn Minott
Love can’t live hidden, behind closed doors.
Perfect in this Moment ©Dawn Minott
The simplicity of love.
My Love Looks Better on You ©Dawn Minott | with audio
My love looks better on you.
Jesus Wept ©Dawn Minott
His heart overflowed with human sorrow, Jesus wept.
Do It Now
“Now” is always the right time to let someone know you love them.
Living ©Dawn Minott
Living like you’re on borrowed time!!
When Will We Ever Learn ©Dawn Minott | a Folk Song Collab
We go to war to make peace. When will we ever learn all that remains in the end is, loss?!
Heart Hijacked ©Dawn Minott |Etheree
If must be a hijack, let it be by love.
Edge of Paradise ©Dawn Minott |an Etheree
Love is paradise.
Love on Horizon ©Dawn Minott | a Etheree
On the horizon is where love’s journey is spread.
Two As One In Love ©Dawn Minott
Two lives entwined together as one. Two as one in love.
Perfect Love ©Dawn Minott |a Cento
The greatest of all is love.
Love Thrives ©Dawn Minott |a Quatrain
Love will grow anywhere it finds a place to thrive.
Everlasting-remember Love ©Dawn Minott
In that other life will your love search for me, find me, love no other but me?
Body to Heart Align ©Dawn Minott
Profound body-to-heart alignment upon return to the land of my fore parents, Africa.
Self Love—Masterpiece ©Dawn Minott
Self love—embracing experiences that shape you.
Affirming Love, Embrace Self ©Dawn Minott
Self love—nurturing your mind, body and soul.
Self Love—Becoming ©Dawn Minott
To the woman I was, I am, I’m becoming—I am committed to you, I honor you.
Self-Love, Imperfect Perfection ©Dawn Minott
Self love—loving yourself in your imperfect perfection.
Self Love ©Dawn Minott
Self love—looking in the mirror and knowing that you are worthy, you are capable, you are beautiful.
Philautia (Self-Love) ©Dawn Minott
Self love—being in love with every part of yourself - body and personality.
God’s SO Love, Unconditionally ©Dawn Minott |with audio
God thought you were to die for, so He did.
God Is, Love Unconditionally ©Dawn Minott
Jesus Messiah, the Son of God yet as human as brother and friend
Love ©Dawn Minott |a Cento
This cento blends lines and concepts from the works of bell hooks and Maya Angelou, celebrating love as an enduring, powerful force.
I love You, Unconditionally ©Dawn Minott |an Epistolary poem
God’s don’t-want-anything-in-return kind of love—unconditionally yours!!!
Loved—Just As I Am—Unconditionally ©Dawn Minott |an Epistolary poem
Heart journey of vulnerability to unconditional love and acceptance.
Agape—Love Unconditionally ©Dawn Minott
God has a SO love for us, He gave all!
End of “Journey of Love in June” Series—Hold Heart With Both Hands ©Dawn Minott
Love has a rhythm—explore it!!
Affirming Love ©Dawn Minott
Love transcends language, a dance of souls in a universe of whispers.
The Sanctuary of Us ©Dawn Minott
Love—in this sanctuary of us we create new experiences.
Love Full Circle ©Dawn Minott
Love like poetry in motion, love full circle.
Love to Love, Stays ©Dawn Minott | with audio
Love won’t leave when love asks more of it Love to love, stays
Love Rules ©️Dawn Minott
Love rules our hearts with gentle grace.
Because of You ©Dawn Minott
Love breaths new life into weary soul, awakening dreams, making one whole.
Love Affirmation ©Dawn Minott| a R&B-poetry Collaboration
If ever you believe that love is done That’s when you’ll start back at one
Love Don’t Die Easy ©Dawn Minott
In the end, love finds a way through the night, for love don’t die easy, it’s an eternal light!
Someone Else’s Someone ©Dawn Minott
Navigating the heartbreak of breaking up.
Love Lost ©Dawn Minott | a Sexain
You are the love that didn’t last A fleeting flame, a fading ember’s glow
Echoes of Surrender ©Dawn Minott
Surrender expectations.
Breaking Up ©Dawn Minott
When a heart breaks, no it don’t break even!
Prodigal Daughter ©Dawn Minott |with audio
God’s unconditional love, unwavering, pursuing, lavished with no conditions.
Love’s Folly ©Dawn Minott
… another heart learning to beat alone in the aftermath of love’s folly!
Love’s Duality ©Dawn Minott |with audio
The gentle and stormy sides of love in a dance of fury and peace.
Love’s Choice ©Dawn Minott
The true strength of love lies in the conscious choice to uplift when the fragility of another is laid bare.
Heart Entangled In Waiting ©Dawn Minott
The complexities of love, and the enduring ache experienced in the waiting.
Alone & Missing You ©Dawn Minott
The hardest part of being in love is feeling alone.
Loneliest Days ©Dawn Minott
The loneliest days are when I’m alone and missing you!
You Are Missing From Me ©Dawn Minott |with audio
When I say I miss you, I mean I miss the part of me that you are!
Steady Love ©Dawn Minott |with audio
For a love that’s steady, not fleeting.
What Is Love? ©Dawn Minott
Love—profound, complex mix of emotions expressed in tenderness, passion, unwavering connection between hearts.
i wanna love like THAT LOVE ©Dawn Minott |with audio
A love that transcends words!
The Poetry of Us ©Dawn Minott |with audio
The unfolding of love. The coming together of us as one.
Destiny ©Dawn Minott |with audio
The birth of love between souls destined to be together.
That Kiss ©Dawn Minott
The power of THAT kiss!!
When I Think of Love ©Dawn Minott |with audio
When I think of love, I think of companionship, togetherness, partnership—I think of you.
Unclose Me ©Dawn Minott |with audio
Embracing vulnerability and finding beauty in a shared love journey.
Journey of Love in June ©Dawn Minott
LOVE! It’s been described as “A Many Splendored Thing” in poems (William Waterway). It’s the themes of movies and the hook of songs. It’s described as euphoric. It’s said we fall into it and even fall out of it. For all it’s ups and downs (oxytocin and all), one thing is for certain—I’m totally in …
Journey of Love in June ©Dawn Minott |a Pantoum
June named after goddess Juno, fairGoddess of love’s tender flareRomance will be dancing in the airThe high and lows we will share Goddess of love’s tender flareJoin me on this journey, if you dareThe highs and lows we will shareOf Eros love, a poetic affair Join me on this journey, if you dareLove’s complexities we …
Continue reading Journey of Love in June ©Dawn Minott |a Pantoum
Show Up 100! ©️Dawn Minott
I show up for myself 100% committed. Period!
Impenetrably-held Secret ©Dawn Minott |a Hay(na)ku series
Secret love, a celestial dance.
Not Old, Evolving My Dear—Ode to my Birthday ©Dawn Minott
I once said to my sister: “I’m getting old”. She said “you’re evolving”.
I Am Her ©Dawn Minott
A journey of self-discovery to embrace individuality and self-worth.
Strangers’ Embrace ©Dawn Minott
In time two perfect strangers find a world of meaning in each other.
MAMA Africa© (for International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination)
A poetic remembrance of the transatlantic slavery trade and the ensuing racial discrimination that influences the lives of people of African descent up to today.
Midweek Boost: Celebrate LOVE Day Everyday
And above all, put on love. It binds everything together in perfect harmony.
black history IS ©Dawn Minott |a sexain for Black History Month, with audio
Honoring black history—the triumphs and struggles, the innovations and the artistic, cultural, social and political achievements. Black resistance.
Hold Love ©Dawn Minott |a Septolet
When love falls on you, hold on to it.
Love Triangle ©Dawn Minott | a Shadorma
Some days it’s me, my phone, my bed — the perfect love triangle.
Shabbat Shalom: Who Writes Your Story? ©️Dawn Minott
As long as we are alive, God’s still writing our stories.
Right One, Wrong Time ©Dawn Minott | Senryu Series
To love is something. To be loved by who you love is everything.
Midweek Boost: Askew ©Dawn Minott
Life’s quirky pleasures!!!
Midweek Boost: Relationship Choices ©Dawn Minott
You are the choices you make.
Blend In? For What?! ©Dawn Minott
You were born standout, embrace your uniqueness.
Seasons Greetings ©Dawn Minott
Seasons greetings!
The Eternal Gift of Christmas ©Dawn Minott
A gift eternal, in a manger’s quiet shrine.
Midweek Boost: Love©Dawn Minott
Love endures through every situation.
Shabbat Shalom: The Concept of God ©Dawn Minott |with audio
A journey of reflection on the profound nature of God.
Midweek Boost: How Do You Listen? ©Dawn Minott
True understanding lies in the art of listening.
The Genesis of Love ©Dawn Minott
Love’s silent unfolding.
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