Trayvon Martin, at the most, seems only to have been guilty of being himself..

Valentines Day itself, like most holidays in the modern era, has been heavily influenced by commercialism that focuses on the appeal of romantic fant….

First steps are always the hardest but until they are taken the notion of progress remains only a notion and not an achievement..

Literary genres and techniques tend to take form in one's mind somewhat the way computer templates provide form for different computer tasks..

Dreams dress us carefully in the colors of power and faith..

You are the hybrids of golden worlds and ages splendidly conceived..

Love is our most unifying and empowering common spiritual denominator. The more we ignore its potential to bring greater balance and deeper meaning t….

Beauty from another world gave birth to your voice-- sent to rescue scorned hearts from traumatized nights..

A bridge of silver wings stretches from the dead ashes of an unforgiving nightmare to the jeweled vision of a life started anew..

Ours is an age in which thousands are driven daily from their homelands by the unforgiving brutalities of war, terrorism, political oppression, starv….

With intent to neither idolize nor demonize the man [Barack Obama], it seems fair and evident enough to say that the current president of America is ….

To create art with all the passion in one's soul is to live art with all the beauty in one's heart..

The same hot lightning that burns your blood with passion–– cools your fears with peace..

When reading about what may be described as the lesser celebrated heroic figures of the Harlem Renaissance, we rarely get a definitive look at just h….

The issue, perhaps, boils down to one of how perceptions or misperceptions of racial difference impact various 'individuals', or groups of 'individua….

Love, Mercy, and Grace, sisters all, attend your wounds of silence and hope..

Most people are slow to champion love because they fear the transformation it brings into their lives. And make no mistake about it: love does take o….

True lovers earn their genius in schools of blood, prophecy and dust..

Life possesses an amazing array of profoundly sad faces..

Your pain is a school unto itself–– and your joy a lovely temple..

I place my fingers upon these keys typing 2,000 dreams per minute and naked of spirit dance forth my cosmic vortex upon this crucifix called language..