#lettersandlagniappe

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Reposted from @leslehonore This is for the women With 9 to 5s And 7 to 3s First shifts And graveyard With full times And part times Who have more month left Than money But still make rent With passports With no stamps With vision boards Of destinations They are saving to see With dreams they tuck away And pull out late at night Or early in the morning While the babies are still sleep Turn it over in their hands And then shelve it again for safe keeping This is for the women Without titles without pensions With some college And a lot of loans With late night classrooms Online studies Who won’t give up Who run the world On grit and perseverance This is for the women Who are anything but Ordinary But the world sees as regular This is for the magicians Who weave spells of hope For their children While putting their hopes on pause This is for the over the counter Beauty Queens With Wet and Wild Lips And Walgreens legs And Suave smelling hair For the women who look in the mirror To see some one familiar Because they rarely see reflections Any where else For the hustlers Who with tired feet And tired backs And spirits whispering Keep moving We are almost there For the women who know Liberation isn’t found in the clothes they wear The shoes on their feet But the dignity in their souls This is a song for you Resourceful And resilient Moving mountains for your family I see you Stunning and Strong I see you Brilliant and beautiful I see you Making a life Out of thin air Today is for you An ordinary day Unmarked on the calendar No decorations at target No songs to commemorate Just an ordinary day Full of promise Full of possibilities Full of hope Full of magic Just like you You who pushes on You who doesn’t give up You who bends but doesn’t break You This is for you You with the stars in your hair Sun on your lips Moonlit cheeks This is for you You are anything but regular You are the UNIVERSE #FistAndFire #LettersAndLagniappe #WorldPoetryDay2021 #extraordinary #magicians #blackgirlmagic #browngirlstrong #womenshistorymonth2021 #WomensHistoryMonth #bestieshine *art by @davidanthonyart * #buymybookplease (at Syracuse, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMrno98D4v9/?igshid=bkqs8kojnig

[michelebrockent]

#Repost with @fastsave_photo_video credit: @leslehonore Brown girl brown girl What do you see I see a Vice President That looks like me Brown girl brown girl What do you do I fought I hoped I spoke what was true Brown girl brown girl What do you know That there are strong women Who want me to grow Brown girl brown girl What do you feel That #blackgirlmagic Will help us all heal Brown girl brown girl What do you see A world that sees my skin before it sees me Brown girl brown girl Whatcha gonna do March, fight and create Till I make this world new Brown girl brown girl How are you so strong 'Cause I got Queens in my blood To help push me along #FistAndFire #lettersandlagniappe #MadamVicePresident #VicePresidentKamalaHarris #KamalaHarris #VPAuntie #BrownGirl #IWasThatLittleGirl #Hope #representationmatters #HBCUMade #HBCUPRIDE #HowardBison #WeNotGonnaBeAbleToTellAHowardGradNuffin #TheSkeeWeeHeardAroundTheNation #AKA #EveryVoteMatters #BidenHarris2020 #100yearsofwomenvoting #19thAmendment #buymybookplease *book link in bio* https://www.instagram.com/p/CHh1aBHp1xg/?igshid=1werqv6uvafat

[hobohobgoblim]

America come get your children

The ones you are so proud of

The ones wearing Stars and Stripes

Buying guns like candy

The ones dripping with

White privilege

That you created with

Red blood from brown skin

America come get your children

Come get your kids

The ones flying flags of defeat

Of history long dead

Of a life they wish they had

Of superiority they believe they have

The lies you whispered in their ears

As you rocked them to sleep

“Look away look away look away Dixie land”

America come get your children

The ones terrorizing this country

The ones terrorizing the world

The ones never called a terrorist

Come get

Your rapist

Your misogynistic

Your appropriating

Hating

Bigoted

Offspring

You know...

the apples that didn’t fall far from the tree

America come get your children

The ones running the country

The ones too cowardly to speak up

The ones that shoot into protests

Churches

Light torches

Run cars into peace

Come get your diseased infants

Entitled children in men’s bodies

Jealous girls screaming in women’s voices

Come get this disgusting basket of

Deplorables

That you nurtured on

Manifest destiny

The pale pink faces

In utter disbelief

That even though you put your knee

On every Brown and Black neck you saw

We have fought back and risen

Casting shadows on your children

And they rage when they learn

That being a white mediocre man

Is no longer enough

America come get your children

Before they burn this stolen land down

And you with it

-Leslé Honoré.

#FistAndFire #lettersandlagniappe #justiceforjacobblake #Kyle #blacklivesmatter #WhiteTerrorist #JacobBlake

#buymybookplease

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[yobaba30]

America come get your children

America come get your children

The ones you are so proud of

The ones wearing Stars and Stripes

Buying guns like candy

The ones dripping with White privilege

That you created with

Red blood from brown skin

America come get your children

Come get your kids

The ones flying flags of defeat

Of history long dead

Of a life they wish they had

Of superiority they believe they have

The lies you whispered in their ears

As you rocked them to sleep

“Look away look away look away Dixie land”

America come get your children

The ones terrorizing this country

The ones terrorizing the world

The ones never called a ‘terrorist’

Come get

Your rapist

Your misogynistic

Your appropriating

Hating

Bigoted

Offspring

You know... the apples that didn’t fall far from the tree

America come get your children

The ones running the country

The ones too cowardly to speak up

The ones that shoot into protests

Churches

Light torches

Run cars into peace

Come get your diseased infants

Entitled children in men’s bodies

Jealous girls screaming in women’s voices

Come get this disgusting basket of

Deplorables

That you nurtured on Manifest destiny

The pale pink faces

In utter disbelief

That even though you put your knee

On every Brown and Black neck you saw

We have fought back and risen

Casting shadows on your children

And they rage when they learn

That being a white, mediocre man

Is no longer enough

America come get your children

Before they burn this stolen land down

And you with it

#FistAndFire #lettersandlagniappe #justiceforjacobblake #Kyle #blacklivesmatter #WhiteTerrorist #JacobBlake #buymybookplease http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/invited/7246301/60961c6d7586a0cd67babc86e7a0da3e8d38d7b7