Another one of my favorite poems… hope you enjoy my reading of it.
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“The Mother” by Gwendolyn Brooks: A Different Sort of Poetry Reading
I created the following poetry reading on an impulse. This poem speaks to me- I’m not sure why, but it does. The rawness of the anonymous mother who grieves her aborted babies echoes my own heart’s desperation, as I long for my miscarried little one.
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A Book Trailer For My Favorite Picture Book…
I created this book trailer as a result of a Library Youth Services Conference I attended yesterday.
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Slave in Waiting… A Multimedia Poem by Toni L.A. Cross
She peers out of broken glass
Smeared with all that’s crude and crass
The glass is like her life
It cuts her with its knife
She is old and broken
Her pain pools unspoken
No way to escape
This endless rape
She peers out with shattered eyes
Heavy with tears she never cries
The tears are like the curtain of beads
Strung and hanging useless weeds
Tacky and in the way
Like the thought that she should pray
If God did care
She should see Him somewhere
Won’t He send someone
To undo what is done?
Does no one know
That she is here down below?
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YOU can fight injustice!
You may have noticed the new glowing orange button on the righthand side of this website.
I often blog about issues related to injustice and suffering. Well, today, a friend of mine inspired me to actually start researching what I can do to make a difference.
You see, I think about social justice issues often, but I don’t usually think about the fact that I can do something to help. And I think there are probably lots of other people out there- just like me.
You want to help, you just don’t know how.
Please, take a few minutes and watch this video. It is beautifully artistic and yet raw with emotion.
Find out what you can do!
The Wisdom of Gavroche 