Passion 11/1/20 Passion 11/1/20

Colour Me Black

Black child's mother says her ears gave it away

The hint of shame on an otherwise perfect face

Rhonda Williams aka Indira Wills 10/31/20 Rhonda Williams aka Indira Wills 10/31/20

Good Hair

Good Hair speaks to the upliftment and love for all women of colour. The influence of colourism and hair type bias has been an ugly remnant of a social conditioning adopted from slavery that is still very much alive and well today.

Sherine Powerful, Dr. Jallicia Jolly, & Kat J. Stephens 10/30/20 Sherine Powerful, Dr. Jallicia Jolly, & Kat J. Stephens 10/30/20

Thriving Despite: Worlds-Shifting through Corona

Radical love in the time of Corona is making space for arms akimbo and mouth agape, for knee(s) bent and heartache, as we vacillate between dread, prayer, and protest, as we let go of how things were and how they should be.

Lafleur Cockburn 10/30/20 Lafleur Cockburn 10/30/20

Memory Games

Yuh wake up screaming, parched lips bitter from the tail-end of another nightmare…

Aaliyah De Mendonca 10/30/20 Aaliyah De Mendonca 10/30/20

Body Count

Because to me, it means nothing; it’s just a number

It gives me no validation nor brings me shame

Willum 10/30/20 Willum 10/30/20

In Chrysalis

There is a misconception that the love of a man is hard, reminiscent of a stone statue. They are harden, unmoving, craggy and as such brittle.

Manni Festa 10/30/20 Manni Festa 10/30/20

I Am Sitting

I’m tired of sitting. Now, I am standing up.

moon 10/30/20 moon 10/30/20

gaze

don’t you dare break her gaze

don’t your dare break the chain

the stories must live on

moon 10/30/20 moon 10/30/20

we don’t exist

it has come to my attention that we don't exist

Ide Thompson 10/30/20 Ide Thompson 10/30/20

A Triptych on My Queerness

Even after all these years

I still scared to say these words in public,

still caustous

to let Gay spilt my teeth open

moon 10/30/20 moon 10/30/20

being straight

my body was trying to speak a language

my mind hadn't learnt yet

Nneka Nicholas 10/30/20 Nneka Nicholas 10/30/20

Forgiveness

As Shea sat in the pew listening to Father Lewis preach about forgiveness, her mind wandered back to the trial. Fr. Lewis was getting into the throes of the sermon and showed no signs of letting up any time soon. She allowed her thoughts to drift.

Per 10/30/20 Per 10/30/20

Fam Constellation - Me Kali

Everyone has to thrive in order for the system itself to thrive, every display of hate is only an unexpressed need to feel valid.

David Simon 10/30/20 David Simon 10/30/20

Open Secrets

Since I last saw you I’ve been thinking. Thinking about you. Thinking about us, about home, about those kids whose journey mirrors yours and mine, A journey walking with fear.

Aaliyah De Mendonca 10/30/20 Aaliyah De Mendonca 10/30/20

The Weight of my Feminity

Heavy is the weight of my femininity,

But a weight I will bare until a change has come

Ade' Arthur 10/30/20 Ade' Arthur 10/30/20

Praying for her Nádleehi

She wanted the baby to be okay. Slowly the vision started and she knew, she knew the way that mothers’ know. She knew that this was her child, even though the person in her vision was not a baby, not even a small child, she knew that this was her baby and yes her child was beautiful.