July 2023

Creating An Ancestors’ Collage

Creating An Ancestors’ Collage Recently during my visit to the International African American Museum in Charleston, South Carolina, I spent a good bit of time walking through an exhibition entitled, “How Black Men Changed the World,” a Smithsonian traveling exhibition that “powerfully dismantles corrosive myths with triumphant portraits and the stories of African American men.” […]

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Goodbye Darling Bella

Goodbye Darling Bella In calm silenceon this your final dayI feel your tiny headresting on my heartyour soft breath steadyas your quiet strengthholds both of uslike it always does. I pray your journey onwardwill be as beautifulas the way you walked through this worldwith dignity and gracegently lovinguntil your last heartbeat’s gulp of life. In loving

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