My Poems
Many of my poems are reflections of my blackness, and how much I love my culture, its people, and its circumstances. "Who can be born black and not exult?" (Mari Evans)
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 A Poem for Yakini
My I Am Poem for Ray Dominguez
If They Had Their Way
Haiku: Pastor’s Wife
Mother of the church
sits on the very first pew
so she can be seen.
© February 9, 2003
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The Inspiration
“Haiku: Pastor’s Wife” was written for my friend Phyllis Greene, who is a pastor’s wife at an AME Church I use to attend while in college. I teased Mrs. Greene quite often about her position in the church, and decided to write a piece that satirically summarizes the pastor’s wife’s duties in regards to the members of the church.
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