Painted Nails
zaji Painted nails stare back at me. Candy apple red tells the story of my life.…
Read MoreBlack Women in Tech
An article I wrote, published in the Amsterdam News. http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2020/nov/05/charlene-brown-promoting-black-women-tech
Read Morethe deaths
Death has taken more than the bodies of those we knew and loved, it has…
Read Moreblack history month melancholy
Black (Brown) History Month is a sad time for me. I watch as people post…
Read Morewhen i expire
When I expire, lungs emptied of air, heart still and unmoved, do not say I…
Read Morejoining the flock
In the summer of 1986 I joined the United States Army Reserve. I was 19…
Read Morein the small places
I’ve always felt that I, human, am frighteningly small and whatever this is that we…
Read Morerecycled soul
Come, let me recycle your soul. I will rinse it clean, sanitize it, then send…
Read Morememories in a can
she was dying not from disease it was much more invasive than that there is…
Read Moreunder the baobab tree
she waited for herself at twilight under the baobab tree black skirt raised above knees…
Read Moreyesterday’s words
there is a forgotten life inside this aging skin fragmented memories of an ancient epoch…
Read Moreunrehearsed
i will write for you i will live and die for you i will tell…
Read Moremy snow covered soul
The snow covered my soul just as much as it covered the porch. They both…
Read Morethe unseen spectrum
i am more than the words i speak or write. more than what you see.…
Read Morethe witch of the aegean sea
I want to tell you a story about a short stout woman who lived on…
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