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Juneteenth Jubilee
BLACK BLACKITY BLACK Juneteenth Jubilee is a phrase that captures the essence of this glorious day. In 2023 after celebrating Juneteenth in the streets of Brooklyn amongst my BROTHAS and SISTAS, which was surreal, this was the first time that I seen Juneteenth being celebrated and broadcasted in such a massive way. Being that I…
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Lakou a
This is Lakou a — a piece I wrote in Haitian Kreyol, expressing how your Lakou, your yard, can serve as a metaphor for the journey that you take in life. “Lakou” is a space that embodies the idea of a shared space both physically and culturally, where community and identity are shaped, representing a…
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Rapping in the Mirror like Issa
Allow yourself to be silly because life can be too serious WHIMSICAL Uhh Happy New Year! 2024 was a hell of a year. I experienced so much mental hardship and my emotions were all of over the place to the point that my physical was not reflecting me. I lost myself, and when you’re in…
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“Silence”
There she was, in the midst of everything but nothing at all. She consumed everything, anything to keep it out. She refused to acknowledge it, she hated even thinking about it, but why? This girl claimed she was in search of something, but never did she realize that perhaps it is in the thing she…
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Poets Corner”?”
“To Be or Not To Be?” The song that was playing on repeat while writing: Só Hareton Salvanini “Depression is no joke” (feb 10th)“That was just a preface” (feb 22nd)The color is blue, as the winter hues, come in, it rearranges the surface of my skinA stinging sensation that’s a constant tapping,feeling like jolts of…