@peggyvanslp.bsky.social
Thank you for including my haiku. I enjoyed reading so many thought-provoking poems.
November 19, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Thank you for including my haiku. I enjoyed reading so many thought-provoking poems.
Harriet Tubman memorial in Savannah, GA. #juneteenth #bravery
June 19, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Harriet Tubman memorial in Savannah, GA. #juneteenth #bravery
“Untitled” by James Baldwin
photo/text poets.org
Also this:
“It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.”
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
#poetry #geteducated
photo/text poets.org
Also this:
“It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.”
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
#poetry #geteducated
February 28, 2025 at 3:11 PM
“Untitled” by James Baldwin
photo/text poets.org
Also this:
“It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.”
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
#poetry #geteducated
photo/text poets.org
Also this:
“It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.”
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
#poetry #geteducated
“The World We Want Is Us”
by Alice Walker
“Yes, we are the 99%
all of us
refusing to forget
each other”
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
#poetry #united
text and photo poets.org
by Alice Walker
“Yes, we are the 99%
all of us
refusing to forget
each other”
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
#poetry #united
text and photo poets.org
February 27, 2025 at 4:34 PM
“The World We Want Is Us”
by Alice Walker
“Yes, we are the 99%
all of us
refusing to forget
each other”
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
#poetry #united
text and photo poets.org
by Alice Walker
“Yes, we are the 99%
all of us
refusing to forget
each other”
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
#poetry #united
text and photo poets.org
"People" by Jean Toomer
"O people, if you but used
Your other eyes
You would see beings."
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM #poetry #respect
text - poemhunter.com
photo - poets.org
"O people, if you but used
Your other eyes
You would see beings."
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM #poetry #respect
text - poemhunter.com
photo - poets.org
February 26, 2025 at 6:04 PM
"People" by Jean Toomer
"O people, if you but used
Your other eyes
You would see beings."
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM #poetry #respect
text - poemhunter.com
photo - poets.org
"O people, if you but used
Your other eyes
You would see beings."
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM #poetry #respect
text - poemhunter.com
photo - poets.org
“Dear diaspora child,”
by Cicely Belle Blain
“it's ok if you spent your whole life shunning it all, only to now want it back
you no less worthy
it is no less home”
poets.ca/dear-diaspor...
photo writerstrust.com
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
#poetry
by Cicely Belle Blain
“it's ok if you spent your whole life shunning it all, only to now want it back
you no less worthy
it is no less home”
poets.ca/dear-diaspor...
photo writerstrust.com
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
#poetry
February 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
“Dear diaspora child,”
by Cicely Belle Blain
“it's ok if you spent your whole life shunning it all, only to now want it back
you no less worthy
it is no less home”
poets.ca/dear-diaspor...
photo writerstrust.com
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
#poetry
by Cicely Belle Blain
“it's ok if you spent your whole life shunning it all, only to now want it back
you no less worthy
it is no less home”
poets.ca/dear-diaspor...
photo writerstrust.com
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
#poetry
“How She Read”
by Chantal Gibson
“every word she speak be a teeth-sucking act of resistance
every word she write be a battle cry
every tap of her pen be the beat of an ancestor's drum”
poets.ca/gibson2020/
photo from CBC.ca
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
#poetry
by Chantal Gibson
“every word she speak be a teeth-sucking act of resistance
every word she write be a battle cry
every tap of her pen be the beat of an ancestor's drum”
poets.ca/gibson2020/
photo from CBC.ca
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
#poetry
February 24, 2025 at 8:41 PM
“How She Read”
by Chantal Gibson
“every word she speak be a teeth-sucking act of resistance
every word she write be a battle cry
every tap of her pen be the beat of an ancestor's drum”
poets.ca/gibson2020/
photo from CBC.ca
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
#poetry
by Chantal Gibson
“every word she speak be a teeth-sucking act of resistance
every word she write be a battle cry
every tap of her pen be the beat of an ancestor's drum”
poets.ca/gibson2020/
photo from CBC.ca
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
#poetry
“Appalachian Elegy” (Section 8)
by bell hooks
“there in the midst of
such harsh barrenness
a cardinal framed in the glass
red light
calling away despair
eternal promise
everything changes and ends”
poets.org/poem/8
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
#poetry #hope
by bell hooks
“there in the midst of
such harsh barrenness
a cardinal framed in the glass
red light
calling away despair
eternal promise
everything changes and ends”
poets.org/poem/8
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
#poetry #hope
February 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
“Appalachian Elegy” (Section 8)
by bell hooks
“there in the midst of
such harsh barrenness
a cardinal framed in the glass
red light
calling away despair
eternal promise
everything changes and ends”
poets.org/poem/8
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
#poetry #hope
by bell hooks
“there in the midst of
such harsh barrenness
a cardinal framed in the glass
red light
calling away despair
eternal promise
everything changes and ends”
poets.org/poem/8
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
#poetry #hope
“Meteor Shower” by Clint Smith
from www.diverseartsproject.com/reportage/20...
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
#poetry
from www.diverseartsproject.com/reportage/20...
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
#poetry
February 20, 2025 at 3:04 PM
“Meteor Shower” by Clint Smith
from www.diverseartsproject.com/reportage/20...
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
#poetry
from www.diverseartsproject.com/reportage/20...
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
#poetry
“Black History Month” by Nikki Giovanni
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
#poetry
www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/nikki-...
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
#poetry
www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/nikki-...
February 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM
“Black History Month” by Nikki Giovanni
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
#poetry
www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/nikki-...
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
#poetry
www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/nikki-...
“Sympathy” by Paul Laurence Dunbar
This poem provided the title for Maya Angelou’s book “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”.
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
#poetry #hope
This poem provided the title for Maya Angelou’s book “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”.
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
#poetry #hope
February 18, 2025 at 1:36 PM
“Sympathy” by Paul Laurence Dunbar
This poem provided the title for Maya Angelou’s book “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”.
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
#poetry #hope
This poem provided the title for Maya Angelou’s book “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”.
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
#poetry #hope
OK-after the cat photos and re-energizing ⬇️
💪✍️📱
💪✍️📱
February 18, 2025 at 2:32 AM
OK-after the cat photos and re-energizing ⬇️
💪✍️📱
💪✍️📱
rinsing grime
from the timeline
mellow cat photos
#mentalhealth #poetry
#haiku (sorta)
photo from Wikipedia
from the timeline
mellow cat photos
#mentalhealth #poetry
#haiku (sorta)
photo from Wikipedia
February 18, 2025 at 1:57 AM
rinsing grime
from the timeline
mellow cat photos
#mentalhealth #poetry
#haiku (sorta)
photo from Wikipedia
from the timeline
mellow cat photos
#mentalhealth #poetry
#haiku (sorta)
photo from Wikipedia
“Bury Me in a Free Land”
by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
“I ask no monument, proud and high,
To arrest the gaze of the passers-by;
All that my yearning spirit craves,
Is bury me not in a land of slaves.”
poets.org/poem/bury-me...
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
#poetry
by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
“I ask no monument, proud and high,
To arrest the gaze of the passers-by;
All that my yearning spirit craves,
Is bury me not in a land of slaves.”
poets.org/poem/bury-me...
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
#poetry
February 17, 2025 at 1:52 PM
“Bury Me in a Free Land”
by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
“I ask no monument, proud and high,
To arrest the gaze of the passers-by;
All that my yearning spirit craves,
Is bury me not in a land of slaves.”
poets.org/poem/bury-me...
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
#poetry
by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
“I ask no monument, proud and high,
To arrest the gaze of the passers-by;
All that my yearning spirit craves,
Is bury me not in a land of slaves.”
poets.org/poem/bury-me...
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
#poetry
“This Is Not a Small Voice” by Sonia Sanchez
poets.org/poem/not-sma...
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
#poetry #hope
poets.org/poem/not-sma...
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
#poetry #hope
February 16, 2025 at 2:16 PM
“This Is Not a Small Voice” by Sonia Sanchez
poets.org/poem/not-sma...
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
#poetry #hope
poets.org/poem/not-sma...
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
#poetry #hope
“Nothing,
his body states,
Is safe from the dance of ideas!”
“Poet Dances with Inanimate Object”
by Cornelius Eady
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
#poetry #hope
from the Poetry Foundation
his body states,
Is safe from the dance of ideas!”
“Poet Dances with Inanimate Object”
by Cornelius Eady
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
#poetry #hope
from the Poetry Foundation
February 15, 2025 at 1:15 PM
“Nothing,
his body states,
Is safe from the dance of ideas!”
“Poet Dances with Inanimate Object”
by Cornelius Eady
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
#poetry #hope
from the Poetry Foundation
his body states,
Is safe from the dance of ideas!”
“Poet Dances with Inanimate Object”
by Cornelius Eady
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
#poetry #hope
from the Poetry Foundation
“Desire Path: Sequoia” by Donika Kelly
www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
#poetry #hope
www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
#poetry #hope
February 14, 2025 at 2:09 PM
“Desire Path: Sequoia” by Donika Kelly
www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
#poetry #hope
www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
#poetry #hope
February 14, 2025 at 2:54 AM
“We Real Cool” by Gwendolyn Brooks
Listen at www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
#poetry
Listen at www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
#poetry
February 13, 2025 at 3:01 PM
“We Real Cool” by Gwendolyn Brooks
Listen at www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
#poetry
Listen at www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
#poetry
“Alone” by Maya Angelou
Alone, all alone
Nobody, but nobody
Can make it out here alone
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
#poetry #hope
Alone, all alone
Nobody, but nobody
Can make it out here alone
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
#poetry #hope
February 11, 2025 at 1:19 PM
“Alone” by Maya Angelou
Alone, all alone
Nobody, but nobody
Can make it out here alone
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
#poetry #hope
Alone, all alone
Nobody, but nobody
Can make it out here alone
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
#poetry #hope
“The United States Welcomes You” by Tracy K. Smith
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
#poetry
From lawprofessor.typepad.com
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
#poetry
From lawprofessor.typepad.com
February 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
“The United States Welcomes You” by Tracy K. Smith
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
#poetry
From lawprofessor.typepad.com
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
#poetry
From lawprofessor.typepad.com
“A Litany for Survival” by Audre Lorde
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
#poetry #hope
Photo and text Poetry Foundation
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
#poetry #hope
Photo and text Poetry Foundation
February 9, 2025 at 1:51 PM
“A Litany for Survival” by Audre Lorde
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
#poetry #hope
Photo and text Poetry Foundation
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
#poetry #hope
Photo and text Poetry Foundation
muddy road
deer tracks lead
to a hidden spring
#poetry #hope #dailyprompt
@thesolitarydaisy.bsky.social
Photo Attingham Park, National Trust on x
deer tracks lead
to a hidden spring
#poetry #hope #dailyprompt
@thesolitarydaisy.bsky.social
Photo Attingham Park, National Trust on x
February 8, 2025 at 3:26 PM
muddy road
deer tracks lead
to a hidden spring
#poetry #hope #dailyprompt
@thesolitarydaisy.bsky.social
Photo Attingham Park, National Trust on x
deer tracks lead
to a hidden spring
#poetry #hope #dailyprompt
@thesolitarydaisy.bsky.social
Photo Attingham Park, National Trust on x
Experience the moving word art of aja monet. Watch until the end… a new meaning to erasure poetry. ❤️
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM #poetry
ajamonet.com/i-am/
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM #poetry
ajamonet.com/i-am/
February 8, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Experience the moving word art of aja monet. Watch until the end… a new meaning to erasure poetry. ❤️
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM #poetry
ajamonet.com/i-am/
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM #poetry
ajamonet.com/i-am/
February 7, 2025 at 9:19 PM