Do you remember your favorite childhood story? Was it a family story from one of your grandparents, a special holiday memory, or a fairy tale?
One of my favorites was Cinderella. I still remember watching the Rogers & Hammerstein original…
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Visiting Valencia College
Kudos to Prof. Deyon Williams and the amazing creative writing students of Valencia College in sunny Orlando, Florida!
Students from Prof. Williams' creative writing course joined me in a writing workshop on creativity and revision. We had a BLAST!
The…
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Loving the Let Go!
Have you noticed the chill in the air, the leaves slightly turning, some just starting to let go of their branches? Whether we are ready for it or not, the season is turning and coming on strong.
I was driving…
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War Goddess
TamTalk!!! Vol. 1, Issue 14
Hmmmm,
This one is for our daughters and baby sisters who are watching our every move while making their own decisions and charting their own paths!
I wrote the first draft of this poem when…
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Breaking Your Holding Pattern
Do you ever feel like you’re a rat running in a wheel with the same old routine every day that you just never seem to get out of?
Several years ago while in grad school, one of my instructors sent…
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In Our Own Time
Okay, I'm jumping right in here and letting you know that this is a very raw, uncut version of TamTalk!!! with me writing to you in tears. Yes, I said, in tears with this lump in my throat and sniffles…
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Flava In Ya Ear
You know how a song just pops into your head out of nowhere?
Yeah, well, I have been rockin’ an oldie but goodie for the past couple of weeks: Craig Mack’s, “Flava In Ya Ear!”
Hip hop artist, Craig Mack…
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Your Calling is Waiting
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.” –
A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of "A Course in Miracles"
by Marianne Williamson
Happy Hump Day, folks…
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What have you done for YOU lately?
Somewhere over the course of this week a song just popped in my head out of nowhere! I admit it was Janet Jackson’s 80’s hit, “What Have You Done for Me Lately?” (Bare with me! I know it sounds corny…
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Ssshhh! This is a quiet one...
Happy Hump Day, folks! I will make this TamTalk!!! very brief! (I’ll explain why shortly.)
Cell phones, laptops, desktops, tablets, pads, TV, cable, internet, email, blog, reports, log-ins, log-outs, satellite, billboards, magazine ads, commercials, radio, music, talkshows, earplugs, headphones, conversations…
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Poetry Saves Lives!!!
Poetry Saves Lives???
“quiet your voices sometimes
so you can better hear theirs
do this
and I guarantee
our young people
they will
ROCK YOU!!” Excerpt from “Simon Says” by Poet Theresa Davis
One by one, the youth, ages 14…
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Open letter to the black youth who cocked the gun in my son's face
Open letter to the black youth who cocked the gun in my son's face yet allowed him to live... (I am following my heart here. Bare with me...)
Son,
It has taken me forever to draft this letter to you…
Reminders Amid Chaos
Happy Hump Day, folks!
Due to the recent events of the weekend, I have had to stray away from my editorial calendar and answer the calling of my heart. Within the past three days, I bore witness to the amazing…
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Family First
Several weeks ago, I took myself out on a date. I decided that it was time to whisk myself away from my daily family and work commitments to do something more creative and adventurous.
I ended up attending the birthday…
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Early bird? Worm first?
…my heart rings
hallelujah arias…
(Hint: If you already received the newsletter and are looking for the creative feature, scroll to the bottom!)
The other morning, I awoke to a symphony of birds chirping outside my window. It sounded as…
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POETRY POSTS!!!
Post poems here! Be sure to credit the author whether it is you or someone else! Click the button that says "# Comments" to add a poem or start a discussion on a poem! Treat it like a "written open…
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