Tag: Older posts
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Teaching and Learning Without Killing
So many of us are wondering how we will teach and learn through a pandemic that has sharpened the edges of capital, consumption, power, and privilege. I have gathered my thoughts into one simple mantra for these next weeks as we enter the fall season of education: teaching and learning without killing.
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She’s Jus Haj
BBL supports Haj! She’s a new vlogger with a megawatt smile and sunny disposition. She’s jus Haj.
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A Little Fires Everywhere Reflection
Like Damon Young, I have questions about Little Fires Everywhere. These are about the book and this reflection piece is about me and Mia.
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Mays and Junes
Maybe now I could kiss youLoud and powerful with specks of blueMaybe while you stare innocently downwardWe could share that sacred river spot where souls drinkAnd cool themselves in the depths of the deltaWhere fingers swing along sultry sun raysBathing in hot afternoons Humming lullaby tunesSoaking up a love spell cast by Mays and Junes
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Brown Baby Blues
Tiny handed reacher childIf you dieDespite this machine Preventing me from slipping you my index finger to squeezeI think I will go to StyxAnd ask CerberusWho probably keeps residence in SiberiaTo let me into the underworldI would strap you to my back and carry you outI would reach the final gate and look backOnly to be […]
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The Ave
Lazy days under a sunlit moonExit strategies fifty miles too soonHeart on the Black side of blueFast beating count 1 to cool 2Hands gripping brick Thick and quickTo make you lose your gripThis is South Orange Avenue
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As for Me and My House, We Will Celebrate Cinco De Mayo
We will serve the Lord, yes. Our Lord is a Lord of solidarity with oppressed people.
