Archive for category: Entertainment

/ May 14, 2013 11:59 pm

The Reality of Respect

Why I Shouldn’t Have Watched “Married to Medicine” By Tamara Prosper 05/15/2013 Last night I stumbled upon a new television program called “Married to Medicine.” It’s about the lives of four women who are married to doctors, and two women who are doctors themselves. Like most of its “reality show” predecessors, it is a complete mess!  A good friend of [...]

/ May 14, 2013 11:59 pm

Chains

Freedom Is a Requirement to Walk in Purpose By Silk Jazmyne Hindus 05/15/2013   My brain was enslaved Not by society, family, nor faith When I discovered my captor, who had my thoughts and actions mastered, I was shocked and amazed at the face It belonged to me   Thoughts, like actions, eventually become habits I was like the earth [...]

/ April 30, 2013 11:59 pm

May 2013 Haiku

Nowhere, Step Out, Birth By Jessica S. Tolbert 05/01/2013   Life without purpose Is like constantly moving Yet going nowhere — You’ve got dream killers? Then step out on your purpose And let God lead you — Give birth to new life Like a mom to her children Nurture your vision     Copyright 2013     With Grace, Jessica [...]

/ April 14, 2013 11:59 pm

Another Day

Poem Shannon Taylor 04/15/2013   Another day, another chance to do better, be better Another chance to get it right Another day that the Lord has gone ahead of us to prepare Greatness is born, confidence soars! Bold and Courageous! Limitless possibilities! To start over To begin again Chances to love, pray, give A chance to fight, push through and [...]

/ April 14, 2013 11:59 pm

Poem: “Interrupted”

Interrupted By Silk Hindus 04/15/2013   Good intention and innocent arrogance Ingredients of the recipe for plans created Dreams of a life that could, no would, be If only If only the barrier of legality was demolished If only the next level of education was acquired If only   These and many other goals were accomplished But fulfillment was easily [...]

/ March 31, 2013 11:59 pm

April 2013 Haiku

Faith Storm, Hula Breeze, Green Sea  By Jessica S. Tolbert 04/01/2013   Many storms will come To test your faith, but just know That “This too shall pass.” — A warm breeze sweeps through Causing the branches to sway Like hula dancers — Dewdrops collide with Blades of grass to produce a Glistening green sea   Copyright 2013     [...]

/ March 31, 2013 11:59 pm

Poem: A Flower Nonetheless

Poem By Kairis Joy Colter Burt 04/01/2013   “April Showers Bring May Flowers” I was but a Maybe flower Who lost her petals long ago…   All my soil had been washed away My foundation, my nurture, My experiences good and bad, My roots were exposed, cold, naked, tangled… All I had left was my nature, Hanging on by a [...]

/ March 15, 2013 12:44 am

Shining the Light

Neta Jackson: Torchbearer for Christ By Ilesha “coco” Graham 03/15/2013   Who is Neta Jackson? Neta (pronounced Nee-tah) Jackson was born in Winchester, Kentucky in 1944. Her father was a Christian school principal and her mother a school librarian.  During her childhood, her family moved from Kentucky, to Massachusetts, to Texas, and finally to Washington. Neta dealt with all the [...]

/ March 14, 2013 11:59 pm

She Know Her Writes

Poem: She Know Her Writes By Kischa Pena 03/15/2013   A Poet’s Pain taking you into the depths of transcribed scars and a broken soul chopped and screwed over Weathered and tethered dreams tangled and mangled together by the hands of another words from others that believed they knew her story They placed their lines upon the poet’s back crossed [...]

/ March 14, 2013 11:59 pm

It Doesn’t Take All of That!

Unnecessary Sex Scenes in Novels By Tahnee Jones 03/15/2013   One woman that I can honestly say that I look up to in the writing world as an inspiration is Kimberla Lawson Roby. As I read her book, “Be Careful What You Pray For,” for the first time on a twelve and a half hour road trip across the county, [...]