It’s Sunday, so I’m thinking about the Deer District Farmers Market at the Forum. This summer, I’m a new vendor on alternating Sundays – catch me on the following dates: June 21 July 5 July 26 Aug 9 Sept 6 Sept 22 October 4 October 18 My tent will be loaded with my books, photoContinueContinue reading “Vendor: Deer District Farmers Market”
Category Archives: Poetry
Story
You died. I cried. And kept on getting up. A little slower. And a lot more deadly. ~ Assata Shakur, Assata: An AutobiographyStory
Affirmation
I believe in living. I believe in the spectrum of Beta days and Gamma people. I believe in sunshine. In windmills and waterfalls, tricycles and rocking chairs. And i believe that seeds grow into sprouts. And sprouts grow into trees. I believe in the magic of the hands. And in the wisdom of the eyes.ContinueContinue reading “Affirmation”
Poem: How long shall I grieve?
“How long shall I grieve,”
I asked the all-knowing wind.
“For as long as you feel me whisper along your skin.”
Poem: 65 Years Ago Today
Hmm, sixty-five years ago today,You entered this world.Twenty-nine years agoyou left far too soon.Up ’til then, I knew you my entire lifeyet, I’m still learning you more each year.This last year, I dug up painful,crushing information.Confirmed details.Connected dots.Formed a picture of a childhood that wasn’t.Saw the end of a truncated adolescence.Now I’m speculating,wondering when thoseContinueContinue reading “Poem: 65 Years Ago Today”
Poem: We’re promised the harvest.
Are you planting purposefully?
Are you cultivating with vision?
Are you harvesting in joy?
Chicago Feedback
“Thank you, not just for myself, but for all the women in the world that have felt what your touching written words have said.”
Alone | All In One: A Solitary Journey
Alone | All In One: A Solitary Journey is now available for purchase and review!
Selected readings from ALONE |All In One
Listen to five selections from my new poetry collection, ALONE | All In One: A Solitary Journey
Unboxing ALONE | All In One
Finally! I got to the point of holding and flipping through a finished copy of ALONE|All In One: A Solitary Journey! Follow this link to view unboxing. https://lashawndajones.wordpress.com/2024/06/29/unboxing-alone-all-in-one/