Underneath it All

Just because a poet said something didn’t mean it was true, only that it sounded good. Janet Fitch This quote is for One Liner Wednesday.

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https://www.thisisgroundjournal.com/a-black-girl-takes-her-braids-out I found this poem in the Ground Journal and it was special enough for me to share. Hope you enjoy it.

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Badge by Laura @ riddlefromthemiddle.com A room without books is like a body without a soul.” Marcus Tullius Cicero This quote is for One Liner Wednesday.

What topics do you like to discuss? To answer today’s prompt, a few topics I enjoy discussing are: Books Travel Religion (or lack of in my case) Music Politics (occasionally)

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Badge by Laura @ riddlefromthemiddle.com We can never let words be silenced. Nikki Giovanni (June 7th, 1943 – December 9th, 2024) This post is for One Liner Wednesday. I actually had the wonderful opportunity to meet Nikki Giovanni at Virginia Tech during an author reading by another wonder writer. She was the host that night and I found her to radiate with positive energy from just her…

This is my response to the first poetry prompt of 2025 from dVerse. Choose an image, all taken by Michael Sammut, and create a poem using the image you chose as inspiration.

Meadow Argus / Photographed in Solomon Islands / Michael Sammut Again, a New Year has arrived, bringing a feeling,childlike wonder as the heavy snow creates a whiteblanket outside, covering trees, grass, roads, withcomforting warmth that's felt this time of winter.Butterflies are shocked at their own form after being a caterpillar so long, breaking free from allrestraints, elegantly it spreads…

Photo by Hector Portillo on Pexels.com Daily writing promptDescribe an item you were incredibly attached to as a youth. What became of it?View all responses One item that I was extremely attached to as a child was my Kerby teddy bear. My grandfather ordered it for me when I was in 2nd grade for Christmas. Kerby is wearing a Santa outfit and I was in awe because my name is unique, at least in my…

Your life without a computer: what does it look like? Walking around my hometown, floating in the New River that runs through my hometown, and reading novels. I haven’t had much use for a computer since smart phones became available but I have been using a Chromebook lately.  It takes getting used to but it does have benefits. Growing up in the 90’s, I had basic computer skills learned in high…

Here are the prompts for this week’s Writer’s Workshop: Write a post based on the word attention. Write a post in exactly 10 sentences. Write about a time you stole something. Tell us about someone who helped you. Write about your first day of school, whether it’s your first day of school ever, first day at a new school, first day of high school, college, grad school… whatever. Tell us…

Mark 4:14 This was short and to the point so I had to share.

Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read; one does not love breathing. Harper Lee – To Kill a Mockingbird This is for One Liner Wednesday with Linda Hill.

Black Cats and Crows by Ward Davis

This is my book review for the 2024 Nonfiction Reading Challenge hosted by bookdout. This is my book review on ‘The Autobiography of Malcolm X’ written by Alex Haley using his extensive interviews with Malcom X. *Spoiler alerts ahead* Malcolm X had received many death threats over breaking ties with Elijah Muhammad and the Nation of Islam.  He sat down with reporter, Alex Haley, to tell his…