[tabby title="Poem"] Spring pulsed in with marigold petalsslipping off a rain-glazed rockagainst my nakedness which beyond mud wrappings and marrow   ripened into gentle plops, like prayers—each one a seed buriedin your sanctuary — Godabove a country of moaning men that has...

[tabby title="Poem"] The more the mystery is seen on the outside,Stand up on the inside,When monsters stare out the window,Saturate your mind with soul-lifting songs. When pursued by the tendrils of the night,Search the sacred books for light,Look beyond the...

[tabby title="Poem"] The boy I love says, we can't be out in the open together, Those words lash me with a pain akin to a whip’s sting. The very whip at the beck of those in my father’s land, flailing...

[tabby title="Poem"] Every black boy everywhere,The strength of resilience,Hard work is not a scare. Every black boy everywhere,The dignity of purpose,Persistence is ingrained. Every black boy in a foreign land,There’s a call to duty,Strengthen those weary hands. Every black boy...

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] Coming and going are recalcitrant thoughts,The mind is fighting to keep its focus,It is its onus to stay at its optimum,It must aid its vessel without dereliction. The strangest places are sometimes hidden,Deep in chambers of secret,Seen...