Soothe me Groove me Making my nature rise Even in four-part harmony, As the music rocks me to sleep,

a social commentary Among the vast of the sea and land Where a nation is born, Where a nation arises from the ash… Upon other large shoulders.

Beautiful faces From every shade of color From every span of the globe From every walk of life From every generation

to Tice, Sherry, Pat, Simone, Ma… Girls to the end No matter what No matter how, We are sisters to the very end

I open my mouth— And the words are there But all of a sudden nothing comes… And those few words that’s shared Still flows on no doubt.

Canvas Paint Words. Canvas Paint

To Nikki Giovanni Poetry and rhyme And reason At any season You’re the mother of words

We need to press the issue Of what’s wrong in our country Or is the puppets of democracy bli… How they’ll bent backwards to kiss… We need to press the problems

dark skin tall girl beauty like a black queen no matter where u come from no matter where or who u are

and they took up wings to fly. Please, don’t cry for me, You don’t need to shed a tear, Just put those tears in a bottle t… And let it sail to the nearest oce…

Life goes on The mistakes are gone Times of remembrance are past The clock ticks on and on. I was born, I lived, I die,

Monday’s child raised up in the mo… Away to school for another day. Tuesday child makes ready for anot… Making the best of what that may c… Wednesday’s child in the middle of