In Search of a Sisterhood Home: For Sister, Daughter, Friend Erica Garner upon her Homecoming

                                                          Photo from source 360 My home -a salt shaker crystalized tiny beads stuck in baby holes. Refusing to savor fully my spirit belly yearning to hunger no more. I've…

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Ode to the Cold

Ode to the Cold...By: Salaam Green When your fingers can't type kept snug, covered by knitted thread When your body wants to curl inside a cotton cozy blanket stopping air from…

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Brown Faces

Brown Faces I am a brown face born to a brown face man and woman. I’ve loved a brown face man. I’ve touched brown faces that drop wet dewy tears…

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response/esquire

Response I’m not signing your damn petition, Where was, your I care, I give a shit pieces of paper when black lives lay slain sprayed with blue guns a blazing?…

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Keep your Teeth in your Mouth!

Badass Biz Women: First Published in Badass Biz Women: By Salaam Green @beautifulblackpoetry  Keep your Teeth in your Mouth!   Reframe your Dreams Have you ever had a dream so…

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3 Times I was Such a “Nasty Woman”

© 2016 Instagram @beautifulblackpoetry "A voice for voices around the world that go unheard" I have to admit I spent two hours screaming at the television during the last presidential debate.…

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Born to Be a Rock Star

"Ready to Rock....Ready to Roll" Backstage to Onstage This summer's coolest camp took place at WorkPlay in Birmingham, Alabama where budding musicians, songwriters, and future rock and roll hall of famers gathered for…

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