put them
close to your heart
make them
a sound in your collage
know them
better than u know
yr self
is an illusion
you came up with
to start living
wake town
tell people
Colombia elects first Black woman VP Francia Marquez, who vows to stand for ‘nobodies’ | Reuters
Francia Marquez, a single mother and former housekeeper, will be Colombia’s first Black woman vice president after a historic vote on Sunday saw the Andean country pick its first leftist president, Gustavo Petro.
— Read on www.reuters.com/world/americas/colombia-elects-first-black-woman-vp-francia-marquez-who-vows-stand-nobodies-2022-06-20/
The Second Year
I’m not crying…you’re crying (too)
Why does the United States have a military base in Ghana? : Peoples Dispatch
An interview with Kwesi Pratt Jr., a journalist and leader of the Socialist Movement of Ghana
— Read on peoplesdispatch.org/2022/06/15/why-does-the-united-states-have-a-military-base-in-ghana/
new york tang poem
chameleon eritrea azalea gunshot subway psychedelia beeswax beesting paranoia peony basil anatolia
George Lamming, Who Chronicled the End of Colonialism, Dies at 94
“Born in Barbados, he was among the last of a generation of writers who traced the Caribbean’s transition to independence.” Clay Risen renders …
George Lamming, Who Chronicled the End of Colonialism, Dies at 94
epistolary poets
poets when writing
letters always seem to
forget to leave space
for their signature
the sign of a mind
obsessed with line
enjambment so
that they forget
their own name
sincerely,
If You Are Not a Myth
[new track] SEX ON THE HORMONES
it is
is this luv is this luv is this luv is this luv that i'm feeling? say marley and it is it always is i know myself i know this luv know this luv know this luv know this luv that i'm feeling
Aida Rends 