by vivrant thang on national poetry month As National Poetry Month comes to a close, I wanted to celebrate one of my favorite poets, Philly native Ursula Rucker. I was up in Philly a couple of weeks ago and just happened upon the Germantown Poetry Festival. I read about it before I got to town but didn’t think [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Sisters Doing It For Themselves’
January 15, 2008
Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves : [Soror] Dr. Calandra Tate, Ph.D.
by vivrant thang on sisters doing it for themselves and young gifted & black The “inferior sex” got a new exterior We got doctors, lawyers, politicians too. Everybody – take a look around. Can you see – can you see – can you see There’s a woman right next to you! Sisters are doing it [...]
November 7, 2007
Young, Gifted, and Black!
To be young, gifted and black We must begin to tell our young Don’t you know there’s a whole world waiting for you? Don’t you know the quest has just begun for you? On my “Who’s That Girl?” page, I list a few of my negative traits. I know it’s hard to believe, but yes, [...]
