I celebrate the first few months of the year with special connections. January…a day is dedicated in honor of the life of an American hero, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. February, special focus on Black History along with recognition of the birth of icons, Langston Hughes and Rosa Parks. I also use the whole month as an opportunity to give special thanks to God for my birth. March, another opportunity to celebrate phenomenality…Woman’s History Month. And now April, Poetry month. I invite all of us to celebrate the power and prescience of poetry. I welcome each of us and our children to read, memorize and recite poems that connect with our lives, bring us joy, and an opportunity to reflect. I have posted the “Poetic License” that is also included in the back of two collections of my poetry dedicated to young people, “The Sun Is On: Poetry and Ideas,” and “Rhythm & Dues: Poetry and Ideas.”
Poetize yourselves! Let’s fill this next month with words of wisdom, wit, passion, insight, emotion, creativity. I invite you to write, recite and ignite the universe through the world of poetry. I’ll do my part to support the process by sharing excerpts of my poetry from three of my poetry books (I’m including “For the Love of Life: Life Lyrics from and Oral Tradition”.…every day for the thirty days of April.
Love and realness,
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