SeaSheNYC

Who knew that something so small Could make an impact so big! Countries will cower at the weight Of it’s will. Endangering local habitat That wasn’t prepared. Climate to suit No predator to beware. A little dirt under your shoe, Bringing home nature in your pocket. Planted soon after, It takes off like a rocket. Out of control for years to come Millions of dollars now has to…

A Familiar, A Friend

I have this personable pup named Passion She manifested directly from the universe An angel crashed after a year in hell Black and sleek with accentuating curls White heart and gloves with brown highlights Sometimes I think she has a million names A million attributes to fit her million faces She gets low and sneaky Dashes back and forth Stares deep into your soul just to…

Today is an emotional one. I have been separated from my wife for 11 months with no intentions to rekindle our relationship. The path to here was a long and windy one of untruths, disguises and blissful emotion. We were in love. Swallowed whole there was no fresh air for either of us, we breathed in each other’s CO2 and it became toxic.

Love Ain’t THAT Serious

I wanna tell you I love you

Not in the I-can’t-live-without-you kinda way

I wanna be able to tell you I love you

That I appreciate your being here- stay.

I wanna say the words, “I love you”

Without you running away- hiding.

Not giving up life or dreams

To keep you

  I will affirm my love for you

And stay the same

Maybe things will change,

Play out the game.

I admit, I do love you

I also love my…

Bye-bye emojis

My friends will miss you

Doubt my love

Confuse replies

  Hello straight shooter

Is it sarcasm? Bang!

Hate? Disdain? Bang, bang!

Who’s really in pain?

To the point

No one to blame

  Overthinking

I mean what I say

That works both ways

Sending the receiver

A message encoded

Playing the perfect keys expertly

Understood similarly

  Message not sent

Error Error Error

Block Block Block

De…

Read, Recommended & Required: A Book List and Review

Avid readers unite!

This list consist of incredible leftist books with a focus on womyn of color. Most of these I’ve personally read and can attest to their greatness. While others are recommendations by trusted comrades that have read them. Either way this is a great list to grab from in pursuit of political education.

Left of Karl Marx- Carole Boyce Davies

From Black Lives Matter to Black…

Lines connected

Attending elder feet

Receiving guidance, reciting prayer

Passed on, transform, again

Never the same.

Relaying the scrolls adding our mark

Recycling the core

Hold it tightly.

Laughing at the past , hurting in the rain

I talk to my mother, she talks to her mother, and her mother’s mother

Lines connected.

I wear Miss Baby’s ring

The gold shining bright and lone

My hand shapeshifts

Da…

Resources for Organizing Communications

As a life long learner and teacher in the movement this list serves as a resource for those looking to sharpen their practice and do compelling work. This is the beginning of a collection of aids from my studies along my life journey as a publicist for the people. I hope you find these helpful.

21 types of content we all crave 

32 ways to create news

List of Content Formats

I’ve always wanted to write about the things I think about but something always stops me. Backlash

In every kind of relationship I needed to grow and I’ve hurt people.

When I was in primary school I met a boy who loved me unconditionally and his attempts to display his affection went ignored because I could not recognize his beauty. He had fierce eyes and a crooked smile and he was always smiling that crooked smile. I saw the depths of his brown tone as a disappointment and I wished he was…

Puppies puppies and more puppies pet store- the owner was an hour late for the interview and then asked me to prove that I met all the requirements on his craigslist ad

So many administrative assistant positions I’ve long lost count

In 2018 I will be better at being “good”

I give everything to be my best self and improve the lives of my community. (Talk about all I do) This isn’t easy to admit. It will challenge how everyone reading will re-evaluate our interactions. But I’m writing anyway so I can be honest because that’s my one true quality that I don’t compromise on. 

In everything that I do I am keeping mental note of the good and the bad so I make sure I…

How to help the unemployed

So you want to help people but you don’t think you have anything to offer. Some of you may not believe you can help without being financially well off yourself. Or maybe you really cant or wont lend financial support. I’ve been on both sides and I assure you we are better when we help each other. Here are a few ways you can make an impact without coughing up a load of cash.

Offer transportation…

Women’s March Movement Takeaways

As a womanist and organizer who studied the history of the women’s movement I love to participate in women centered events. I was closely involved in two national Women’s Marches in two very different countries; the mas loving somehow still conservative island of Trinidad, and liberal but segregated New York City in the United States. Here’s what I learned:

In January, NYC held it’s now annual…

A Stapler Short Story

This is the story of a parallel world so similar to our own, you could almost say it was.

In one of the most powerful cities in all of Dreamland lived a hardworking red stapler. It loved the electric energy of Central Dreamland and had aspirations of making it big. It wanted more than anything to escape the difficulties endured in cheap off brand variety stores. The dust caused asthma and the…

I was raised in Trinidad where language lives a wild, musical, contangarous life. “Back home” we use pronouns irregularly (she hand vs. her hand) and often shortened words/ phrases beyond recognition (inno vs. you know). Also the word “thing” can be suffixed to any simple adjective or noun to identify something we can’t be bothered with naming. Not to mention the ways we describe things in a very…