The songs and art in this book are about our collective emergence after the pandemic and trauma of the last few years - comprised of 5 collections: World as Refuge, Where We Live, In Our Hands, Rhythms of Change and What We See & Sow.
Her poetry tells stories that are colorful & compelling. It will make you laugh & cry; it's soulful,sinful & sensational.
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An ordained Baptist preacher and a doctoral candidate, San Francisco Theological Seminary, her other books include "My Little Mahji Paper Doll Series; The Quiet Brilliance of Onyx; Hair's What it's All About; and "She."
LaVerne's poetry is alive with inspiration and insight. It's about real-life experiences that will motivate you to recall, reflect, and reminissce familiar situations in your life.
Her poetry is used in her workshops for women and as verse on her original line of greeting cards, as well as in the sermons she preaches.
Birth Place
Austin, TX America
Accomplishments
1985 honored by Frito Lay and the National Council of Negro Women as "A Black Woman who Makes it Happen;" has an Insight Essay published in the 1999 King James Version of the Bible, published by Nia Publishing;
Many other community service awards from the City of Bellevue, Washington, and Seattle, Washington; President Emeritus of the Seattle Section, National Council of Negro Women.
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