Writing Center

My Mother’s Child by Professor Beverley Locke I am my mother’s child: Head erect through the difficult times; so much so no one knows the season Nor toil. I am my mother’s child: Hands outstretched […]

I… Can’t… Breathe… by Kelvin Walker I… Can’t… Breathe… It’s a simple phrase It’s just three words Yet, the power of them Said over and over again Should have been enough To alert those Who […]

Is This You? by Tamar Emanuel Is This You? Part I: Your disguise is in tear-filled eyes Covered in ashes and bruises As walls crash inward as a sign of ruins My shouts are muted […]

Why Not Me? by Ruth H Baisden Crutch “Why you?”, she asked “Why not me?” I replied. Why not me to carry a cross that no one should have to and too many bear? Why […]

A New Song for a New Season by Emmanuel Jean-Pierre I don’t even know what day it is I only know what they say it is As I sit here watching the whole world stop […]

A key element of spoken word is delivery or performance of the piece, unlike the poetry for the printed page. See Pattie Jean-Francois’s performance of her spoken word here. Emancipation Proclamation by Pattie Jean-Francois I […]

Amanda Gorman. Hers is a name that will not soon be forgotten. A young African-American, the first-ever National Youth Poet Laureate, she caused quite a stir at the Inauguration Day ceremony for 46th U.S. President […]