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QUEEN - (... for NPM) When the world echoes sounds that would keep us down Poetry sends back refrains that say Let me lift you Let me give you insight to light your way Unravel mysteries Cope with life's inconsistencies Comprehend that uncertainty paves the road we all travel Let me share truths from ancestors With youth and elder alike-- Share with true seekers answers that empower Let not the fear of this hour rob the more...

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Books
From Pain To Empowerment - The Fabric of My Being
Lord I'm Dancin' As Fast As I Can

Articles     ( View all 13 articles )
An Overflow of Poetry at Annie's Art Gallery - (8/1/08)
Books by Sistah Joy - Order Form
Camp Springs woman transforms pain into poetry
Camp Springs-Temple Hills-Fort Washington Community Reading Party
Champions, Heroes & Icons - Ten Who Stood Tall
Creating Verse to Inspire Social Change
From Pain to Empowerment - The Fabric of My Being
Poetry Extravaganza - 10th Year Mark (An Historic Overview) (1/2006)
Poetry Extravaganza 2008, 12 Annual Tribute to Dr. King
Poetry Fundraiser Features Amiri Baraka & Etan Thomas - (6/2006)

Poetry     ( View all 13 poems )
A Poet’s Crystalline Moment
Ants to Ancestors
As They Pierced His Palm
Dawn At The River
Freedom's Echo
I Stand Tall
In Search Of
In The Quiet Time
Queen
Remembrances

Events
Open Mic Night at Annie's Art Gallery (2/19/09)
Cafe Groove (Teen Poetry Coffee House) (3/6/09)
Open Mic Night at Annie's Art Gallery - 3/19/09
Women Artists / Women Healing: Multicultural Artistic Narratives of Trauma
Open Mic Night at Annie's Art Gallery (4/16/09)
Camp Springs-Temple Hills-Fort Washington Community Reading Party
From Pain to Empowerment - The Fabric of My Being
Juneteenth DC 2009
Poesis - A Monthly Poetry Reading
Poetry Open Mic Night at Annie's Art Gallery


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