"Spoken word is the auto-tone of poetry"....this is what one of my teachers told me. I am currently in a poetry class here at my last sem at HU. It's called Creative Writing Poetry. My teacher, Tony Medina is completely OD, but he's still cool and I like his teaching style ((sometimes lol)). He pushes us to write with imaginary and to make the words come alive. He also encourages us to read more books about poetry and the flow of it and the techniques behind it.
I used to write and perform spoken word my freshmen and sophomore years here at Howard, but because of my work schedule and heavy class schedule, I had to stop because I no longer had the time. But I do still appreciate good poetry when I come across it. I recently went to a public library here in DC, to get a book for another class, and I ended up picking up a book of love poems by Nikki Giovanni. And there are several poems in there that once I read, I immediately knew that was the way I felt about Jonathan....soooo....for a couple of blogs I will be posting poems by Nikki Giovanni and probably other poets throughout the sem as I continue on throughout the course...so just hang in there with me....here it goes!!!!!
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Love Is
Some people forget that love is
tucking you in and kissing you "Good night"
no matter how young or old you are
Some people don't remember that love is
listening and laughing and asking questions
no matter what your age
Few recognize that love is
commitment responsibility no fun at all
unless
Love is
You and me
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And I Have You
Rain has drops Sun as shine
Moon has beams That make you mine
Rivers have banks Sands for shores
Hearts have heartbeats That make me yours
Needles have eyes Though pins may prick
Elmer has glue To make things stick
Winter has Spring Stockings feet
Pepper has mint To make it sweet
Teachers have lessons Soup du jour
Lawyers sue bad folks Doctors cure
All and all this much is true
You have me And I have you
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Thursday, February 4, 2010
V Day!!!!
Valentine's Day is in a week and a half. A lot of people, esp females that I know, dislike the holiday. Is is because they don't have someone special to share it with? Bad V-Days in the past? I have been blessed to have not been presented with experiences that will cause me to have a bad lingering after math taste of me for V Day like some people I know. Even in the past, I've always had someone, even if I was single, do something for me on Valentine's Day. I have been blessed I know. I have never really had a bad V Day. But that's the past....no time to dwell on that.
This Valentine's Day, I believe, will mark the beginning of very special Valentine's Days here on out and years to come. Not because I know I'm getting something special, I don't even know if I will get anything at all this year lol, times are tight and I know this....but all of my Valentine's from here on out will be spent with Jonathan. I treasure all the time that I have with him. And to share a special holiday just for lovers with him, it special to me. So in all honesty, even if he just gives me a kiss and a hand made card, I will love it and appreciate it. The fact that I am sharing my time with him on that day, is special enough for me. That's how I know I truly love him...I don't care if I get a gift, he is my gift lol
Yeah I'm a sap and a sucker for love...all that good ish. But Jonathan made me this way, and I wouldn't have it any other way to tell you the truth.
I hope you guys and gals, find someone special to spend the holiday with. Even if it is not a significant other, spend it with a friend or even family members. What makes holidays in general so memorable, is the people you spend it with and the memories you acquire because of that time spend together.
Be safe and enjoy the holiday.
Happy Valentine's Day.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Adoption vs Abortion
"See everybody at the door ain't got a key. You on the outside looking in, now tell me what you see"
A friend of mine and I were watching the TV series Teen Mom. Teen Mom is basically a show that shows these young girls who have children at 16. They follow the girls and their lives from the time the girls are in their third trimester, give birth, and up until the child turns 1 year old. This season was a good one, in my opinion. There were four girls on there. Maci and her son, Bentley. Amber and her daughter Leah, Farrah and her daughter Sophia, and Catelynn and her daughter Carly. Although I could write on these four girls all day lol...this blog will be discussing Catelynn and Tyler (her boyfriend/baby's father) situation. Tyler and Catelynn gave their daughter Carly up for adoption. My friend and I were having a debate on adoption and abortion shorty after the show went off.
She felt as though Catelynn and Tyler should have kept their child, struggled with her, and raised her alone. I felt that the young couple made the correct decision. Both her and I felt that although abortion is your choice, we are both pro-life, so Catelynn not getting an abortion was a good thing in our opinion. Catelynn and Tyler were dirt poor, living in a tailor home, and lived with their parents. Tyler's Dad was married to Catelynn's Mom ((I don't even know why Tyler and Catelynn were dating and having sex than! Maybe they got bored and decided to do it, Idk lol...but anyways....)) It wasn't exactly the best environment to be raising a child. It could have been done....
But Catelynn and Tyler decided to find a perfect family for Carly, a couple that could give her everything that they could not give her....mentally, physically, spiritually, emotionally and financially. Nor did they have a support system themselves. The only family they had were individual parents who were now married to each other, who did not support Catelynn and Tyler upon the disclosure of Catelynn's pregnancy. In fact, the parents moved out and Catelynn and Tyler were forced to try to find a way to make it on their own.
Adoption, in my opinion, when done right, is the most selfless act a mother could do for her child, esp when the act is done for the best for the children. Simply giving your child to a foster home or orphanage in my opinion is different from adoption. Adoption, to me, is when the biological parents set out to find a fit couple for their child. And a lot of adoptions are sometimes closed, but Catelynn and Tyler decided to keep theirs open. So they get pictures and updates about Carly ever three months or so.
I can't say what I will or wont do when faced with a situation like pregnancy when in a situation such as Catelynn and Carly's. Esp when I look at movies such as Pursuit of Happyness when Will Smith was living in a shelter with his son and sleeping on the floor in a public restroom in a train station. I can not even begin to image what to do, how to think, what to feel. But in a situation so bad, I would not want my child to be exposed to that struggle of me having nothing and living in a shelter.
Everyone isn't strong enough for adoption, abortion, or raising a child. Different people have different degrees of strength, and what they can and cannot take and/or sacrifice in their life. Watching that show taught me a humbling experience and here I was thinking I was just watching it to be entertained. It taught me to be thankful for my parents, grandparents, and their struggles to raise me and get me to where I am today and for their continuing support. Lord knows I could have been Carly, or one of the Carlys of the world, but I wasn't and I'm not.
I try harder now to not judge a person so quickly, esp if I don't have all of the facts and background behind their story, which you usually don't, because people disclose to you what they want you to know about them.
Adoption or abortion, what would you do?
A friend of mine and I were watching the TV series Teen Mom. Teen Mom is basically a show that shows these young girls who have children at 16. They follow the girls and their lives from the time the girls are in their third trimester, give birth, and up until the child turns 1 year old. This season was a good one, in my opinion. There were four girls on there. Maci and her son, Bentley. Amber and her daughter Leah, Farrah and her daughter Sophia, and Catelynn and her daughter Carly. Although I could write on these four girls all day lol...this blog will be discussing Catelynn and Tyler (her boyfriend/baby's father) situation. Tyler and Catelynn gave their daughter Carly up for adoption. My friend and I were having a debate on adoption and abortion shorty after the show went off.
She felt as though Catelynn and Tyler should have kept their child, struggled with her, and raised her alone. I felt that the young couple made the correct decision. Both her and I felt that although abortion is your choice, we are both pro-life, so Catelynn not getting an abortion was a good thing in our opinion. Catelynn and Tyler were dirt poor, living in a tailor home, and lived with their parents. Tyler's Dad was married to Catelynn's Mom ((I don't even know why Tyler and Catelynn were dating and having sex than! Maybe they got bored and decided to do it, Idk lol...but anyways....)) It wasn't exactly the best environment to be raising a child. It could have been done....
But Catelynn and Tyler decided to find a perfect family for Carly, a couple that could give her everything that they could not give her....mentally, physically, spiritually, emotionally and financially. Nor did they have a support system themselves. The only family they had were individual parents who were now married to each other, who did not support Catelynn and Tyler upon the disclosure of Catelynn's pregnancy. In fact, the parents moved out and Catelynn and Tyler were forced to try to find a way to make it on their own.
Adoption, in my opinion, when done right, is the most selfless act a mother could do for her child, esp when the act is done for the best for the children. Simply giving your child to a foster home or orphanage in my opinion is different from adoption. Adoption, to me, is when the biological parents set out to find a fit couple for their child. And a lot of adoptions are sometimes closed, but Catelynn and Tyler decided to keep theirs open. So they get pictures and updates about Carly ever three months or so.
I can't say what I will or wont do when faced with a situation like pregnancy when in a situation such as Catelynn and Carly's. Esp when I look at movies such as Pursuit of Happyness when Will Smith was living in a shelter with his son and sleeping on the floor in a public restroom in a train station. I can not even begin to image what to do, how to think, what to feel. But in a situation so bad, I would not want my child to be exposed to that struggle of me having nothing and living in a shelter.
Everyone isn't strong enough for adoption, abortion, or raising a child. Different people have different degrees of strength, and what they can and cannot take and/or sacrifice in their life. Watching that show taught me a humbling experience and here I was thinking I was just watching it to be entertained. It taught me to be thankful for my parents, grandparents, and their struggles to raise me and get me to where I am today and for their continuing support. Lord knows I could have been Carly, or one of the Carlys of the world, but I wasn't and I'm not.
I try harder now to not judge a person so quickly, esp if I don't have all of the facts and background behind their story, which you usually don't, because people disclose to you what they want you to know about them.
Adoption or abortion, what would you do?Saturday, January 23, 2010
How Come....
"How come we don't even talk no more And you don't even call no more We don't barely keep in touch at all And I don't even feel the same love when we hug no more And I heard it through the grape vine we even beefin now After all the years we been down Aint no way no how, this bullshit can't be true We family and aint a damn thing changed, unless it's you"
This is currently how I am feeling. I'm in the last semester of my senior year, and it troubles me that the friends that I had my freshmen year, close friends of mine, are either not my friends anymore or we aren't as close.And people tell me all the time that friends grow apart, and that as you grow older, you don't lose friends you just learn who the real ones are....and even though I know this to be true...some
times it just hurts my heart. I have a hard outer interior, but once I let you in, I let you in. And I don't let alot of people in, esp females, so if I do, it saddens me when I grow apart from someone, or we stop being friends for whatever reason. See I have this habit of being my all into these "friendships"...and though I've already found it to be a fact, I could never really get with giving my loyalty and friendship and my being whole heartdly and not getting that shit back.It just saddens me. I learn not to live with regrets and that everything happens for a reason.....but sometimes, times like this, when I'm alone in my room, in the wee hours of the morning, I wonder how come? Was it me? Was [EYE] not a good friend? Did I change with the seasons? And I have come to realize, that no, it's not me. I don't hold grudges, I retain memories.Good memories, and I want it back....but a friendship, just like any other relationship, is a two way street.
"I changed huh? You got a phone, pick it up, call me ..."
So does this mean that we werent real friends to begin with?
This is currently how I am feeling. I'm in the last semester of my senior year, and it troubles me that the friends that I had my freshmen year, close friends of mine, are either not my friends anymore or we aren't as close.And people tell me all the time that friends grow apart, and that as you grow older, you don't lose friends you just learn who the real ones are....and even though I know this to be true...some
times it just hurts my heart. I have a hard outer interior, but once I let you in, I let you in. And I don't let alot of people in, esp females, so if I do, it saddens me when I grow apart from someone, or we stop being friends for whatever reason. See I have this habit of being my all into these "friendships"...and though I've already found it to be a fact, I could never really get with giving my loyalty and friendship and my being whole heartdly and not getting that shit back.It just saddens me. I learn not to live with regrets and that everything happens for a reason.....but sometimes, times like this, when I'm alone in my room, in the wee hours of the morning, I wonder how come? Was it me? Was [EYE] not a good friend? Did I change with the seasons? And I have come to realize, that no, it's not me. I don't hold grudges, I retain memories.Good memories, and I want it back....but a friendship, just like any other relationship, is a two way street.
"I changed huh? You got a phone, pick it up, call me ..."
So does this mean that we werent real friends to begin with?
Friday, January 22, 2010
Haiti....
I really don't know what to say about the earthquake in Haiti. When I first heard the news, on the radio, I was like, OK, it's not that bad. But than there was details given, so much destroyed, so many missing, and the images are heartbreaking and devastating. I can not even BEGIN to IMAGINE how they are feeling over there. My heart hurts every time I see an image or hear in great numbers so many people missing.
This is def a time when people need to come together and do all that they can. This is an unbelievable disaster. And sometimes it makes you wonder why would God allow such a thing to happen. However, now isn't the time to question God, now is the time to look to and for Him.
Somehow my problems that I thought I was having, with Howard, with my family, with Jonathan, with law school, with anything, appears to be so insignificant compared to what they are experiencing in Haiti, broken bodies, losing family members, no food, no running water, nowhere to live....and to tell the truth, it really is.
I am watching Hope for Haiti benefit concert and tears keep springing to my eyes. This is def a sad and trying time. Even if people don't donate, prayer is free, and I pray for them every night. Haiti won't be fine overnight, but the process of healing has to start now, one prayer at a time.
This is def a time when people need to come together and do all that they can. This is an unbelievable disaster. And sometimes it makes you wonder why would God allow such a thing to happen. However, now isn't the time to question God, now is the time to look to and for Him.
Somehow my problems that I thought I was having, with Howard, with my family, with Jonathan, with law school, with anything, appears to be so insignificant compared to what they are experiencing in Haiti, broken bodies, losing family members, no food, no running water, nowhere to live....and to tell the truth, it really is.
I am watching Hope for Haiti benefit concert and tears keep springing to my eyes. This is def a sad and trying time. Even if people don't donate, prayer is free, and I pray for them every night. Haiti won't be fine overnight, but the process of healing has to start now, one prayer at a time.
Weep for Haiti, help Haiti, pray for Haiti.
Sunday, January 17, 2010
"My Business"
"Yeah I may like you for a minute, but that dont mean I like your friends all up in my business!"
Ugh! So true!
I hate when people, esp people I dont like nor know, try to be all up in my business and what not! That irks the hell out of me!
I just had to remove and block about 25 people on facebook because they were all suspect of being in my business. These nosey ass people were taking simple ish that I put on facebook and going back and telling Jonathan. I mean, one time I wrote on HIS wall that he snores in his sleep and three people texted him about it! Like wtf? Seriously.
So I had to drop them!
If you arent part of the solution, than you are part of the problem. They were not helping toward the greater good of our relationship, as a result, they were part of the problem. As a result, I had to remove them from my life.
That is all.
Back to my reguarly scheduled life.
Look forward to a post soon.
And for those who read this, please....
esp with my relationship,
esp the parts that I dont indulge to you myself personally.
Thanks :)
Ugh! So true!
I hate when people, esp people I dont like nor know, try to be all up in my business and what not! That irks the hell out of me!
I just had to remove and block about 25 people on facebook because they were all suspect of being in my business. These nosey ass people were taking simple ish that I put on facebook and going back and telling Jonathan. I mean, one time I wrote on HIS wall that he snores in his sleep and three people texted him about it! Like wtf? Seriously.
So I had to drop them!
If you arent part of the solution, than you are part of the problem. They were not helping toward the greater good of our relationship, as a result, they were part of the problem. As a result, I had to remove them from my life.
That is all.
Back to my reguarly scheduled life.
Look forward to a post soon.
And for those who read this, please....
esp with my relationship,
esp the parts that I dont indulge to you myself personally.
Thanks :)
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Ask Me!
Sooooo the new thing right now, is this sorta honesyt box...but its not like facebook, twitter, or myspace. Thank God because I only have a facebook! LBS....Anywhooo...it lets you ask totally anonymous questions and it give the person the option to answer it or not. I am currently answering all questions that come thru my box. I feel like I don't have anything to hide, I'm pretty up front. So far Ive been getting general, random questions, but I know the more people find out about it, the crazier the questions might get. And I'm ready! LBS....
So go ahead and ask away! I know there is something that you want to know about me...go ahead and ask away my darling!!!!
Here's the link...copy and paste it to go to the website. And remember it doesn't tell me who you are!
http://www.formspring.me/mzpippi
Indulge yourself in my life!
:)
So go ahead and ask away! I know there is something that you want to know about me...go ahead and ask away my darling!!!!
Here's the link...copy and paste it to go to the website. And remember it doesn't tell me who you are!
http://www.formspring.me/mzpippi
Indulge yourself in my life!
:)
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