"did you understand your sons? How often / did you task yourself with your betterment?"
From "Pops" by @RamirezPoet, part of the Poetry of the Northern Triangle Diaspora series.
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Today is going to be a raucous political sh**storm, I can feel it. But meanwhile, I'm preparing to teach the work of @MoBrowneSquared, @JasonReynolds83 and Elizabeth Acevedo, and can we all stop to give thanks that there is such brilliance among us?
Wallace Stevens, who availed himself of every derogatory name for Blacks that he could find, should be grateful to have his name associated with such a luminous talent. In my book, he would never qualify for a Nikky Finney Award. #BlackPoemsMatterlithub.com/nikky-finney-has-…
depression isn’t always looking and feeling sad. sometimes it’s lack of motivation, excessive sleeping, poor eating habits, unexplainable anger/easily irritated, low self-esteem, no strive to do things you normally do.