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May 28th, 2023

5/28/2023

Dear Friends, Family, and Fans,
Memorial Day
This is the day that the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it. This weekend is dedicated… not to the changing of the Season’s but to the lives lost for this country. The ideals of this country are so much larger, more encompassing, and embracing than many of the people who live in it. We are thankful to those who fought and died for this country while it grows into all it purports to be. God is not finished with us yet!!

Love and realness,
#lindamichellebaron
www.mylindamichellebaron.com

May 14th, 2023

5/14/2023

Dear Friends, Family, and Fans,
Happy Mother's Day!!! I am reminded of my mother everyday, by everything and by everybody who knew her. I feel so blessed to have had her in my life. Mothers are treasures that stay with us forever... even in their physical absence. Let's treasure the memories of love.
Love and realness,
#lindamichellebaron
www.mylindamichellebaron.com

May 10th, 2023

5/10/2023

Dear Friends, Family and Fans,
May being Mental Health Month is designed for us to remember we are mind, body and spirit. We need to take care of all three aspects of our being. So please, commit to taking care of yourselves. This poem was written to remind us how important it is for our total health to destress!
Love and realness,
#lindamichellebaron
www.mylindamichellebaron.com

Stress? I Don't Think So! Think So!
By Dr. Lindamichellebaron
When I turn this way, life turns that. I have no idea where my money's at. My hair's undid, my clothes don't fit, So, I take a moment to laugh at it. Overcome my stress with wit. I smile.
I'm knocked down every time I stand. Not one thing goes the way I planned. I can't even hold on to my man.
But when stress caught up to me, I ran. I choose to love life all I can.
I smile.
Stress tries to overtake me, Overpower and undertake me, I know the devil is a lie. I refuse to curse my God and die.
I smile.
The devil and I are in a dual. I rest, reflect and then refuel.
I know there is a power greater than I.
I prefer to instead of cry. I smile.

April 29th, 2023

4/29/2023

Dear Friends, Family, and Fans,
Thank you for allowing me to share my favorite poems with you during April "poetry month." It has been a pleasure sharing my favorites with you. Poetry month surprise. Last Sunday morning one of my favorite couples texted me a screen shot of the front page of Newsday’s LI Style. Surprise! Who’s on the front page…recognizing my recent honor, being named the inaugural poet laureate of the Town of Hempstead. I was highlighted along with three other Long Island poet laureates. I’m now a member of an awesome team of wordsmiths. In fact, one of the team, the Nassau County poet laureate featured me on her radio program.
Then Monday morning the Town of Hempstead sponsored me, as poet laureate, to present in a symposium with school district superintendents. The Town Supervisor, Deputy Supervisor and I presented each superintendent a “Poetic License”
I was also invited to present a poem dedicated to my own York College at their fabulous Gala, held this past Thursday. This Saturday I’m performing several poems in Nyack, and am the keynote speaker at a major Queens event. Oh, did I mention that I was asked to stop by Centennial school in Roosevelt to meet the young poets who wrote poems, motivated by my poetry. The Sun Is On. This post is written to punctuate a celebratory month in which myself and my social media guru, Lady Charmaine Day posted a poem each day.
I’ve outlined one week of this awesome month. I am feeling the love. I’m so thankful. I’d like to use this platform to encourage each of us to express our creative selves. To honor our own unique talents. I’m using mine to spread love, insights, joy, introspection. Please unwrap your gifts and honor the gifts of others!
Love and realness,
#Lindamichellebaron www.mylindamichellebaron.com
https://www.newsday.com/long-island/li-life/poet-laureate-hempstead-teen-lindamichellebaron-jhv6p7s6

April 28th, 2023

4/28/2023

Dear Friends, Family, and Fans,
I wrote Just Push in the 1980's and yet still, in 2023 there are those who hold children down with their low expectations. We must ensure that our children capitalize on their strengths, resilience and cultural capital. Let's do as Gholdy Muhammad's book exhorts us to do and cultivate their genius.
Day 28: Just Push
By Dr. Lindamichellebaron
One day the teacher walked us to the room.
The door was closed, the keys inside
The teacher tried the door,
but it didn't open. We waited until he got another key. That's when he realized it was open all along. All he had to do was push.
Sometimes,
I think he does us the same way.
Has us waiting, while he looks for the key of knowledge, to let us in, when really, all he has to do is give us a little push by just thinking...
we can.
Just Push is one of my favorite poems from my book "The Sun is On." For more of my poems, please get your own copy of my book "The Sun is On" on my website at:
https://www.mylindamichellebaron.com/store/p8/THE_SUN_IS_ON_Poetry_%26_Idea_Book.html
Hope you enjoyed Day 28. Would you like me to light a spark at your school, college, house-of-worship, conference or organization? If your answer is yes, please click on this link to book me:
https://www.mylindamichellebaron.com/book-dr-lindamichelle.html
Love and realness,
#Lindamichellebaron
www.mylindamichellebaron.com

April 27th, 2023

4/27/2023

Dear Friends, Family, and Fans,
Day 27: They Are Our Children
Copyright Lindamichellebaron 2018
Prelude to They are Our Children...
please, when we look at children... not looking as we want them to look... love, regard and respect them anyway. There is more to them then what you see and if times more than they even know. If not by blood, then by our collective responsibility... they are our children.

Day 27: They Are Our Children
By Dr. Lindamichellebaron
Pants below their rear
Their eyes wear a blank stare
They don’t seem to care
So why should we?
It’s our job…not just a job…they are our children.
The language they use is crude
Their behavior is beyond rude
The girls come to school half nude
They do not seem to care
So why should we?
It’s our job…not just a job…they are our children.
They refuse to pay attention.
They don’t seem to fear suspension
They don’t even care about retention
They just don’t seem to care,
So why should we?
It’s our job…not just a job…they are our children.
They are perpetually mad
They are always ready to “jump bad”
Where is their mom or dad?
They’re not here; if they don’t care
Then why should we?
It’s our job… not just a job…they are our children.
Together, the collective we, you and me…
Lift up our children
Lift them beyond their hard façade
Beyond the mask they wear to hide their fear
Lift them up with our collective care.
It’s our job…not just a job…they are our children
It’s our job… not just a job…they are our children.
They Are Our Children is one of my favorite poems from my treasure trove of poems. Hope you enjoyed Day 27. Would you like me to light a spark at your school, college, house-of-worship, conference or organization? If your answer is yes, please click on this link to book me:
https://www.mylindamichellebaron.com/book-dr-lindamichelle.html
Love and realness,
#Lindamichellebaron
www.mylindamichellebaron.com

April 26th, 2023

4/26/2023

Dear Friends, Family, and Fans,

This is a more recent poem I wrote trying to help my pre-service educators understand the concept of having and cultivating a "Growth Mindset.

Day 26: The Power of Yet
Copyright: Lindamichellebaron, 2021

I’m not as good as I can get
I’m not perfect
At least, not yet.

I’m not born smart, but you can bet
I can be a scholar,
I’m just not yet

I can’t see my gifts, but I don’t fret
I got this
I just don’t “got it” yet.

What I can be has not been set
Its up to me
And I’ll get it yet!

It may take time and a little sweat
But it soon come.
I believe in “yet.”

Hope you enjoyed Day 26. Would you like me to light a spark at your school, college, house-of-worship, conference or organization? If your answer is yes, please click on this link to book me: https://www.mylindamichellebaron.com/book-dr-lindamichelle.html

Love and realness,
#Lindamichellebaron
www.mylindamichellebaron.com

April 24th, 2023

4/24/2023

Dear Friends, Family, and Fans,
Today's poem Is a favorite poem of mine.
Day 24:
YES I'M TALKING TO YOU
Yes, I'm talking to you. I hear your brags, and I see your name-brand rags. You're obviously money obsessed, but I'm not impressed. Yes, I'm talking to you.
It's clear to me, you're a serious dude. I can hear your attitude. I have absolutely no doubt that you can take me out. But yes, I'm talking to you.
I know you never raise your voice. Weapons are your words of choice... a gun, machete, your fist, a knife, or one of your "dawgs" could take my life. But-yes, I'm talking to you.
I'm taking the risk because it's possible that I am partially responsible. might have missed the beat
that could have kept you off the street. Maybe you needed a different interaction, and I was present but missing in action. I don't know what has occurred.
I know I spoke, but who knows what So, yes, I'm talking to you. you heard?
Yes, I'm talking to you.
But I don't know what to say.
Can we talk?
YES, I'M TALKING TO YOU is one of my favorite poems from my book,"For The Love of Life" available on my website at:
https://www.mylindamichellebaron.com/store/p9/FOR_THE_LOVE_OF_LIFE_Life_Lyrics_from_an_Oral_Tradition_Third_Edition__NEW_EXPANDED_EDITION.html
Hope you enjoyed Day 24. Would you like me to light a spark at your school, college, house-of-worship, conference or organization? If your answer is yes, please click on this link to book me: https://www.mylindamichellebaron.com/book-dr-lindamichelle.html
Love and realness,
#Lindamichellebaron
www.mylindamichellebaron.com

April 22nd, 2023

4/22/2023

Dear Friends, Family, and Fans,
Happy Earth Day!!!!
I have no idea how long ago I wrote this poem. I remember one night the rain woke me up and this poem literally popped into my head. I think I shared it once. It was so different from anything I had written, I had no idea where it would fit. Well, now that I’ve found it again, I don’t care if it fits anywhere. I just want to enjoy the fun of it. I think this is the best day to revive it. Earth Day. When we honor nature, “Mother Earth”, “Mother Nature”…we have to take care of her or we are all lost…unlike this poem…never to be found again.

Happy Earth Day and
Day 22:Tattle Tale By Dr.Lindamichellebaron

Sometimes rain falls when the sky unzips
Millions of drops and millions of drips
You know exactly when each one fell
Because they land so loud they tattle tell.
Even before you get out of bed,
You can hear exactly what each one said,
Each drip tells on the other drop
Each drop tells on the other fella
And if someone is listening they all yell,
“Don’t forget your boots and umbrella”
Sometimes a few squeeze from a piece of sky
Like a few little tears, but not quite a cry.
Maybe only a couple of droplets drip,
But you can still hear each one puddle skip.
You know exactly when each one fell
Because they still land loud and they tattle tell
But if you’re not looking, no one will ever know
Exactly when it starts to snow.
They can keep a secret. What a surprise
When you walk out into vanilla skies.
Tattle Tale is one of my favorite poems from my personal treasure trove of poems.
Hope you enjoyed Day 22 and my Earth Day post. Would you like me to light a spark at your school, college, house-of-worship, conference or organization? If your answer is yes, please click on this link to book me:
https://www.mylindamichellebaron.com/book-dr-lindamichelle.html
Love and realness,
#Lindamichellebaron
www.mylindamichellebaron.com

April 21st, 2023

4/21/2023

Dear Friends, Family and Fans,
Tomorrow is another day that many of us wear masks and make-up to become someone else for the day. I am thinking of Paul Laurence Dunbar’s poem, “We Wear the Mask” that reads:
We wear the mask that grins and lies,
It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,
This debt we pay to human guile;
With torn and bleeding hearts we smile…
The poem speaks of a time when people of African descent pretended to be less capable, less smart…wore the mask of a stereotype. But they knew they were wearing a mask for the purpose of survival…and the mask was not who they were. Many of our children wear a mask that is based on a belief system that gives credibility to the stereotype, because some of them believe the stereotype defines them. This is not new. I wrote a poem in the 70’s that spoke to the issue of us mindlessly believing we had to be someone else’s definition of us. It was called, “I Wish I Knew How it Would Feel to be Black.“ Provocative title. We need to think about it. We may be complicit in what our children believe it means to be black. Today we wear a physical mask because of the pandemic. This inspired a favorite poem of mine that I wrote recently called Just One Favor

Day 21:Just One Favor
Copyright 2020 Lindamichelle Baron

There is just one favor I’d like to ask,
Could you please wear a smile under your mask?

Yes, there is a virus we have to fight,
But we still need our eyes to reflect the light.
We are acting as if we have been defeated
Like the toilet paper aisle, we’ve been depleted.
Do some of the things you needed to get done.
Rediscover ways to make life fun.
You need to remember what you already know
There is a spirit inside. Recapture that glow.
We are made in the likeness of God
So giving each other love shouldn’t be hard. There is just one favor I’d like to ask. Could you please wear a smile under your mask

Hope you enjoyed Day 21. Would you like me to light a spark at your school, college, house-of-worship, conference or organization? If your answer is yes, please click on this link to book me: https://www.mylindamichellebaron.com/book-dr-lindamichelle.html

Love and realness,
#Lindamichellebaron
www.mylindamichellebaron.co