Soul healing poetry “make no mistake: there will be dragons. what they don’t know is that you will always be ready with coal wedged between your lips & a match poised between your fingers. here is the vital difference between you: they burn to kill, but you burn to survive. -may they never underestimate you […]
Poetry Heals Your Soul
Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody, but unbowed… I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of the soul. ~William Ernest Henley
The Power of Your Voice
“If your voice held no power, they wouldn’t try to silence you” ~Unknown
Still I Rise by Maya Angelou
This is one of my all time favorite feminist poems. After I separated from my abuser I got the words “Still, I Rise” tattooed on my right forearm. The comma is there to remind me of how much stronger I am when I remember to be still, and how–in stillness, I rise. For me, that […]
How to Silence a Woman: Retrieving Her Voice
HOW TO SILENCE A WOMAN: RETREIVING HER VOICE… –When someone says, “We’re saying the same thing.” Say, “We are not saying the same thing.” –When someone says, “Don’t question, just have faith.” Say, “I am questioning, vato, and I have supreme faith in what I think.” –When someone says, “Don’t defy my authority.” Say, “There […]