In the Wake of Transformation
...Affirmed & Perfect
I looked at my reflect,
Green T-shirt paired with black pants,
Hopes of bright future surged ahead.
I waited long, till a van came,
Reached late when class had already c...
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Categories:
nurturers, 2nd grade, career, cry,
Form: Free verse
The power of Black women walking together
...the power of Black women walking together as a community
to know that there's nothing we can't accomplish when we move in unity
turnt, turnt, turnt up
now ready to reach new heights
animated,...
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Categories:
nurturers, black african american, christian,
Form: Rhyme
Love can be such a tricky thing, isn't it?
...This thing called love in all its multiple forms:
a mother’s, a partner’s, a spouse’s, a child’s,
a friend's, a pet’s, a stranger’s, a sibling’s love.
And the very incomprehensibly incredible one...
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Categories:
nurturers, god, inspirational love, love,
Form: Free verse
Circle of Fertility
...circle of fertility hidden deep in the valley
Come, women who want to conceive
feel the nurturers, Gaia and sun break
bring your waiting wombs...
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Categories:
nurturers, earth,
Form: Imagism
Phenellophia
...The women nominate Phenellophia as Goddess of the nurturers.
She was the only choice that did not inspire violent arguments.
Probably because she had a kind spirit and had never annoyed others.
I...
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Categories:
nurturers, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Brass Windchimes
...Brass windchimes
ring melodic time
backed up
and down,
back
and forth
by boisterous breeze voices
blowing somewhat more silent choices
below
Before benighted rejoice
reprise to rise
and ...
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Categories:
nurturers, culture, earth, health, music,
Form: Parallelismus Membrorum
Where's Mother's Childrens-
...Mama where are the children
Where are your children now
Ooh and Mama how have you raised them
Nurturer and saving them how?
God has called you
His daughter whose
A vessel for Humanity
Ma...
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Categories:
nurturers, analogy, appreciation, beautiful, caregiving,
Form: Lyric
Wales To Me Is
...Wales to me is people who smile and hug
Demonstrating clear uninhibited affection
Feelings dancing from their eye souls.
Wales to me is verdant meadows of produce
Cows with giant forgiving ambe...
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Categories:
nurturers, travel,
Form: Lyric
Social Nursing
...Nursing is to restoring peace,
restorative win/win justice,
as surgical judging is to punishing injustice,
retributive win/lose justice.
Nursing ecosystems
and nurturing egocenters
can often ...
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Categories:
nurturers, caregiving, happiness, health, nature,
Form: Political Verse
Reason To Celebrate
...I overheard you say
you are planning a big celebration
for later this year,
when Trump is defeated
for re-election.
I am ready to be invited,
if you would be so kind
to reverse your motives
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Categories:
nurturers, celebration, earth, environment, health,
Form: Political Verse
Healing Ecosystems
...When directors of social justice,
whether parents
or teachers
or community leaders
or religious leaders
and eco-political livers,
lovers address EarthJustice
by recommending immersion experien...
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Categories:
nurturers, earth, engagement, environment, health,
Form: Political Verse
Earthtribe Gamesystems
...An important difference
between climate health (win/lose toward win/win thrivalist)
and climate pathology (win/lose toward lose/lose non-survivalist)
is a discerning capacity
to invite slow-rewea...
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Categories:
nurturers, culture, deep, earth, games,
Form: Political Verse
Witches In My Midst
...There are witches in my midst
They are family
We are familiar, we are friends.
They are gardeners.
They are lovers.
They are nurturers.
They are Wiccans.
They are unduly cursed and given bad a...
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Categories:
nurturers, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Mother Spider Webbing Days
...Co-empathic passions
like hearts with flowers,
mothers with soft sunny spring shower days,
Develop interdependent webs
of both/and intimacy,
like bodies with loving minds
wrapped around lovin...
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Categories:
nurturers, earth day, health, integrity,
Form: Political Verse
Who Better Than Women
...On International Woman’s Day
who better than women to care for our planet?
a planet that’s beginning to sob.
Who better than women to take care of our Earth…
since men have all but bungled the jo...
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Categories:
nurturers, women,
Form: Verse
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