what i’m not gon’ do in 2012 this year, i am choosing not to make any resolutions. instead, i am going to talk about what i’m not gon’ do in the new year. 1. apologize for who i am and for the choices i make: i tend to be a people pleaser. choosing to apologize [...]
What Cancer Cannot Do *nods* Author: Unknown Cancer is so limited…It cannot cripple love.It cannot shatter hope.It cannot corrode faith.It cannot eat away peace.It cannot destroy confidence.It cannot kill friendship.It cannot shut out memories.It cannot silence courage.It cannot reduce eternal life.It cannot quench the Spirit. Posted by Brandelyn on October 20, 2011 06:52 PM | [...]
Freewrite: Seasons If i were to imagine love, i would see calm blue shadows dancing smoothly to the songs of hummingbirds singing wild and free. Laughter mixing with marvels, silly moments gliding smoothly into debates because today, neither of us is able to stay in one mental space for too long, so we float, together [...]
Brandelyn N. Castine is the author of 2 novels, Everybody Plays the Fool and U.G.L.Y. She is also the author of Spoken Silence, a volume of poetry and dreams are not concerned, the forthcoming volume of poetry and prose due out June 2011. Please visit the website Website: www.beencee.com… or follow her on Twitter: @BeeNCeedotcom. ["Usually there's a deeper truth submerged [...]
*Excerpt from the upcoming Poetry Project: dreams are not concerned (Spring 2011) Always Be True “I know who I am and I am always me, although I can be really intense at times …Sometimes I’m a sullen girl, disillusioned with the world’s backwardness, angry at the wrongs, can’t get pen and paper in my [...]
Last night, my best friend, who is in town for work, came to my house to spend the night and subsequently help me get my life in order. We sat down for our usual pow-wow and I began filling her in on how I have been spending my days. I gave her a [...]
I’m not sure if I told you all about the mini revolution I’ve started, but I am actually really excited about it. A few months ago, my dear, dear friends Jill and Alex took me to the African American Museum in Exposition park. PAUSE: Let me just take a moment to say something about Exposition [...]
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