Just like I promised last week, here is my piece that was performed in the Original Women's Narratives Saturday night. Fair warning, there is explicit content in this and it's a bit longer/stronger than what I usually write. For good reason. Growing up, I feel like the conscious stares whenever my classed talked about MLK in…Read more A Black Woman’s Battle Cry
Spoken Word
A Lesson Learned
If you read my blog post on Friday, then you know what today is: Today is the day to share more writing with you. This month is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and I wanted to share poem I wrote in my AP Literature class during my senior year. This was in response of support to…Read more A Lesson Learned
To This Day
But our lives will only ever always Continue to be A balancing act That has less to do with pain And more to do with beauty Back in 2013, I was a sophomore in high school and somewhere along my needs for procrastination, I found something that changed how I looked at poetry and at…Read more To This Day
Black Excellence
In the spirit of Black History Month, I did some writing after the spoken word performance last Wednesday. Before I knew it, pen was running on paper and this is what I had left in my hands. It's funny how you find inspiration in all the places you never think to look. This year, I…Read more Black Excellence
Unapologetically Black
1/240 More than a student, a woman, and a freshman here at Cal Poly, this is the number that represents me. I am one out of 240 black students here. Welcome to Black History Month, one that I started off with something different here this week. On Wednesday night, I went to an open mic…Read more Unapologetically Black
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