Poetry – Black Book Lady

Bird Ode

A tribute to some fascinating neighbors.

Tahirah Walker

May 30, 2022

First Drafts, Poetry

Psaltery Body

Working on redefining what it means to be well.

Tahirah Walker

April 14, 2022

First Drafts, Poetry, Tahirah Wrote This

Black women writers, Poetry

Rites

“My mother performed rites over me. Wrapped me in her wishes for pure and wholesome sweet. ”

Tahirah Walker

April 8, 2022

Commentary Corner, First Drafts, Poetry, Tahirah Wrote This

BBL Essentials

First Wave Tears

Grief o’clock. I am writing through the worst season of the year for me. Bravery is the only way.

Tahirah Walker

March 4, 2022

Poetry, Tahirah Wrote This

A Fifth

A poem about a couple surviving addiction.

Tahirah Walker

February 19, 2022

First Drafts, Poetry, Tahirah Wrote This

alcoholism, Black women writers, Poetry, relationships, survival

Man of Pine and Cedar

January 14th would have been my dad’s 74th birthday. I hope he has an afterlife of all his favorite music. This is a poem about the things he left behind.

Tahirah Walker

January 16, 2022

First Drafts, Poetry

Black women writers, Poetry

Flowers and Butterflies, A Rainbow Lives Beside It

A first draft poem on the fates of promises.

Tahirah Walker

January 6, 2022

Commentary Corner, First Drafts, Poetry

Black women writers, first drafts, Poetry

Sometimes I Wonder Where I’ve Been

What is there to sayWhen all you wanted was half a chanceTo be a quarter as heardAnd a tenth as seen You test the bones under your waistYou ask them to lift you another dayYou unfold your spineAnd feel it settle A string of pearls down your backSwinging but steadying What is there to doWhen […]

Tahirah Walker

January 4, 2022

Poetry

Black women writers, Poetry