Author: LeD-ashBlog
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Isaiah
My grandchica and me have been through a lot together. Tears, Fears, Dress Up, Dressing downs, Disappointment, Ups and downs….you know the old saying from my own Grandma Bernice….’Nuh Life Journey Ms P’ ( with the splayed fingers, side eye and sigh). So out of nowhere, grandkin asked me the other day for a Bible. She stopped…
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Grace Land
My cousin won’t let me live it down that I once fell off a camel in the desert sands of Dubai. Since my fall from grace, at every family gathering, my cuzkin finds fresh new twists to describe the debacle of my dis-graceful dismount from that there dromedaire. We’re blood though, so, it’s now just…
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You Be The Judge
Cut Eye Cut Eye Cyaan Cut Mi In Two Juneteenth My mom often tells me a few recurring stories these days (apparently one hallmark of the aging process is repetition). One of my favorite stories of hers, bears repeating here. It is the one about when she and her school mate were strolling along a…
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Your Life in the Dash: 10 Simple Principles
On this day, August 4, 2023, it’s as good a day as any to remember that your life matters and to be reminded about what really matters in your life. It’s no accident that you were given life in this particular corner of the universe, on this particular planet, at this particular time, in this…
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Passion and Purpose
Write or Die
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To Mr. T My Forever Friend
Ode to T.Never knew you FriendBut you were A Fellow CreativeSo, you’re Kin Kindred SpiritsBuilding BridgesBridging HumanityArchitectural Crossings. Symbolic. Symbiotic.Tho’ Something Sinister Sometimes Seeps In our way… Arcs and ArchesCreativity ChurningBurning WithinPromising. Prominient. Prolific. Profuse.Persistent ProtrusionsLike ArchangelsHigh Above Sin Yourlife, Like your BridgesAn Arc of JusticeHigh Above Adversity, Angst and ApathyTranscending HateHeralding Love But, your…
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Shine & Pretty Like Dollar Piece
The Conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much., Heart of Darkness – Joseph Conrad No Dulling of Shine in the Face of Depravity – A Poem…
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