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YES I'M TALKING TO YOU Part 2 by Dr. Lindamichellebaron

4/24/2022

Dear Friends, Family, and Fans,
Today's poem Is part 2 of 2 favorite poems of mine.
Day 24:
YES I'M TALKING TO YOU Part 2
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

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YOU TALKING TO ME? Part 1 by Dr. Lindamichellebaron

4/23/2022

Dear Friends, Family, and Fans,

Today's poem is part 1 of 2 favorite poems of mine.
Day 23: YOU TALKING TO ME? Part 1

You talking to me?
You trying to buy me with lollipops? I can buy and sell you and still pay the cops. You're asking me how old am I? Ask your mama, unless you want to die.
You talking to me?
I'm "old enough." so don't ask my age. What I make in a week beats your whole year's wage. When I go out, it's not to play. Go ahead mess with me and make my day.
You talking to me?
Don't even think about my size. I carry something that will equalize. I'm not worried about being tall. My game ain't about no basketball.
You talking to me?
I don't talk loud
I don't have to shout If I don't like how you look I just take you out
Nah,
you're not talking to me!!!
YOU TALKING TO ME is one of my favorite poems from my book,"For The Love of Life" available on my website at:
https://www.mylindamichellebaron.com/.../FOR_THE_LOVE_OF...
Hope you enjoyed Day 23. Please come back tomorrow for part 2.
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Happy Earth Day&Day 22:Tattle Tale By Dr.Lindamichellebaron

4/22/2022

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.
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Just One Favor by Dr. Lindamichellebaron

4/21/2022

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

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50th Blog Post & Day 20,You Go,God! by Dr.Lindamichellebaron

4/20/2022

Dear Friends, Family and Fans,

This is the 50th Blog. I'm celebrating on this 20th day of Poetry Month, by resurrecting my spirit....changing the channel. Garbage in, garbage out. I even more selectively listen to or read the news. Not all news all the time. And not all is fit to read or listen to. It’s too much. It doesn’t stop. I have felt totally overwhelmed…until I remembered that where we are isn’t where we’ll be. I had to remind myself, not only that there is a Higher Authority, but that He doesn’t move on our time…but on His. We are not the boss of Him. But He is the boss of us. With that in mind, I decided this was a good time to repost this poem. Let's keep in mind the Good News we just celebrated.

50th Blog Post & Day 20, You Go, God!
by Lindamichellebaron
When I think of what I haven’t done, I get depressed,
In spite of what some others call “success.”
I revisit every move I’ve made. Then I second-guess
Suppose? What if? Perhaps?
I confess,
I wind up labeling myself a “hot mess.”
But like you, I am so wonderfully blessed
God takes me off my self-imposed shelf.
Looks at the label I’ve assigned to myself.
He checks all of the ingredients. He knows what He created.
And He approves each one of the ingredients I have berated…
He takes me, His creation, and handles me with such care,
He reminds me that everything I need is in-there.
Right inside of me, where He placed it.
None of my issues or self-doubts can erase it.
Remember He is the Head Chef. He is the Source.
Where do I get off thinking “I’m the boss!”
If I want to fulfill the work that He has assigned,
I need to get out of His way and get aligned.
I’m not in charge… Let go and let God!
It’s the devil trying to make the work seem too hard.
The devil tries to make a slam dunk.
You could almost see him smile,
When all my money shrunk,
And hear him ridicule every thought I had ever “thunk,”
Like he was sending my dreams out to drive drunk,
Just to make me feel as if all hope had sunk.
You ever been there?
Filled with despair?
Bemoaning the fact that life isn’t fair?
Thinking your situation is beyond repair?
Measuring your problems as too BIG for prayer?
Well, get thee behind me, Satan.
Remember this and Do Not Discard.
It may be too much for us, but nothing is too hard for God!

You Go God! is one of my favorite poems from my personal treasure trove of poems.Hope you enjoyed Day 20 and my 50th Blog 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:
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What About the Teacher, and What About Us? by Dr. Lindamichellebaron

4/19/2022

Dear Friends, Family and Fans,
The one thing I've always wanted to be was a teacher. I was blessed to teach in one of the best schools under the leadership of the awesome Principal Adelaide Sanford and Assistant Principals extraordinaire, Alice Uzoaga, and Renee Hanson (Young). It was their deep passion, powerful vision, amazing intellect, and tenacious belief in the unrecognized genius of our children...that informed me in my process of becoming an educator.
I am no longer a teacher in childhood education. But I teach preservice educators at York college. This poem is my ode to educators who believe in all that it means to be a teacher.
One of my favorite poems
Day 19: What About the Teacher, and What About Us?
Copyright © 2012 by Lindamichelle Baron.
What about the teacher who touched our lives?
What about the teacher who deserves high fives?
What about the teacher who’d never say, “I’m gonna get paid, anyway!” What about the teacher who won’t let us fail?
The one who refuses to lose us—to caskets or jail?
The gifted educator forced to teach from a script,
Emotionally whipped and labeled “less than equipped”… The one who knows from whence we started…
Given no respect even if the Red Sea had been parted?
What about the teacher who touched our lives?
What about the teacher who deserves high fives?
What about the teacher who’d never say, “I’m gonna get paid, anyway!” Our teachers and principals are being abused.
Treated like stuff on the bottom of shoes.
Excuses for shutting our schools abound,
Even when the school and our lives have turned around.
They open and close schools like musical chairs,
And the soundtrack they play is stuck on “nobody cares.” What about the teacher who touched our lives?
What about the teacher who deserves high fives?
What about the teacher who’d never say, “I’m gonna get paid, anyway
Some politicians remain clueless about teaching for lifelong success.
They only value the learning measured on standardized tests.
They believe that everything that counts can be counted.
If it’s not captured by “multiple choice,” it’s thrown out and discounted.
They don’t see us or know us, so they can’t see our soul, body or mind.
They claim to have all the answers, yet they keep leaving us behind.
What about the teacher who touched our lives?
What about the teacher who deserves high fives?
What about the teacher who’d never say, “I’m gonna get paid, anyway!” What about the teacher? What about us?
What About the Teacher, and What About Us? is one of my favorite poems from my personal treasure trove of poems
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Don’t Drink the Kool Aid by Dr. Lindamichellebaron

4/18/2022

Dear Friends, Family and Fans,
Each day is an opportunity to renew your spirit. I wrote this poem to renew our children's spirit and resurrect our own. They/we can get drawn into belief systems that deny our genius, our beauty, our strength and power. Let our lives defy the lie!
Day 18: Don’t Drink the Kool Aid
Copyright 2014, Lindamichelle Baron
Don’t drink the Kool Aid
Don’t buy the lie
Haters belittle everything you try
They want you to give up
They want you to quit
It’s just that their world is too small
For your dreams to fit.
Don’t drink the Kool Aid
Don’t buy the lie
They’re trying to sell you pie in the sky.
You won’t win if you give in.
Who are they, anyway?
Why believe what they have to say?
They are not even a minute in your life’s hours.
Don’t place your life in their make-believe powers.
They’re like the Wizard of Oz
Pretending to be large and in charge
Don’t drink the Kool Aid
Don’t buy their lie.
Revoke the “okey doke”
Reveal the self you never knew
Be the self inside that is true
Be the self to make your dreams renew
Step up to the power inside of you.
Make your own Kool Aid
Create your own sky
Put the real you in place of the lie.
Live your choice
Be your own unique voice
Make your plan, take your stand
Its up to you to do what you gotta do
The time is now. The place is here
The decision is yours. Make it…take it…
If you dare.

Don't Drink The Kool Aid is one of my favorite poems from my personal treasure trove of poems
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Happy Resurrection Sunday by Dr. Lindamichellebaron

4/17/2022

Dear Friends, Family, and Fans,
Happy Resurrection Sunday!!!
I remember Sundays, way back when I was about 12 years old, and an active PK (preacher’s kid). It was my opportunity to get dressed “to the nines.” I played handball, punch ball and touch football most of the week, and dressed accordingly…some say I was a “tomboy.” But Sundays was my dress-up day. And the best Sunday for dressing up was Easter Sunday. It was a supernova opportunity for me to blast into my most Dorothy-esque self. For those of you who don’t know…Dorothy was my mother, one of the early fashion models of known African descent.

Easter Sunday means so much more to the super-senior me. That’s of the benefits of aging, my growing insights, and evolving understanding of life’s purpose. I still want to be Dorothy-esque, but now its not the glamorous model I aspire to be, but her as a role model for straight up love for her children, her friends and family, and her God.

Easter, or rather, Resurrection Sunday is when I call on love the most.
What is Resurrection Sunday if not a recognition of God the Father’s love. Thank you Father for sacrificing your son for our salvation, and raising Him up so we could be assured of our place in Eternity.

Day 17 Another favorite:
FRAGILE HANDLE WITH CARE

I don't want to hide or change my color.

I believe there's a Creator above, who especially chose this tint and poured it all over me, with love.

He used his fullest paintbrush to add the details of my features. He highlighted my entire body to be prominent among His creatures.

He designed my broader nose and curved my fuller lips. He contoured my entire body. He even added accents to my hips.

He gave me a crown of lamb's wool and twirled each curl with care. He thought of His lamb sent to earth, while designing each strand of my hair.

Some pretend not to see a difference, as if there's some kind of shame, in being who and what I am, and they're trying not to cast blame.

Some try to prove they love me by comparing me to others in my race who they think are unusually wonderful, so they slot me into that space.

Don't excuse me for the group of me, and don't accuse me for it either. Ethnicity can't make right or wrong. It's time we teach ourselves-it's neither.

Who are we to pick and choose, elevate or diminish someone's worth, when the Creator designed and individually signed every person on this earth.

We are uniquely handcrafted to be more than the sum of each part. We are masterpieces, handle with care, irreplaceable works of His art.

FRAGILE HANDLE WITH CARE 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

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The Interloper by Dr. Lindamichellebaron

4/16/2022

Dear Friends, Family, and Fans,
Day 16: The Interloper
By Lindamichellebaron
Copyright 2000 Lindamichellebaron

I love rediscovering and writing about nature, but I'm reminded of the Garden of Eden. A perfect place, created by God for his newest creation, man and woman, Adam & Eve. In that case Satan took the form of a natural animal to block their blessings by disregarding their Father's demand. I am so thankful as we prepare to celebrate The Resurrection that gives each of us the opportunity to be forgiven for any and all transgressions. The devil is a lie.

The Interloper
Birds, squirrels, bugs, even the flowers play around,
and stay around for days and hours
in my backyard
They couldn't be ruder.
They make me the intruder
in my own backyard

The Interloper is one of my favorite poems from my personal treasure trove of poems.
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Hair Prayer by Dr. Lindamichellebaron

4/15/2022

Dear Friends, Family, and Fans,
Day 15: Hair Prayer
By Dr. Lindamichellebaron
I wrote this poem referencing having my hair "done" before Christmas. Actually, I could insert any major holiday! So please insert Easter... or actually every other weekend I endured the hot comb. The real message of this poem is whatever the day, it's important that we love ourselves. And of course, love the One who made us. And His Son who died for us.
HAIR PRAYER
Now I lay me down to sleep, I... Excuse me Lord, for not going on, but You know what tomorrow is... Christmas Eve.
That means my hair has to be washed, combed out and straightened early tomorrow morning.
I just thought I'd ask if You could make my hair, what they call "good" just until after Christmas. I don't think I can sit through my mother slowly burning me to death that with that
big
hot
iron
comb
after she has already tried to pull my head off by my tangles. If You can't do that, maybe You could just give my mother a few dollars, so she can send me to the hairdresser.
I won't mind wearing it the way it is, if You make Mommy promise she won't ship me off to Africa, or any place else. Just tell her You love me the way I am.

Hair Prayer 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

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Love and realness,
#Lindamichellebaron
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