I recently found a great poet on Youtube. A firm and stern
no-nonsense looking feminist that celebrates it all; she is an award winning
writer, performer, educator and activist and on her website it states, “Her
work is greatly influenced by her family's legacy in the Civil Rights Movement
and by the idea that worlds make worlds. Her grandfather was a Hall of Famer in
the Negro Leagues, while her aunt was one of the Little Rock Nine. She has
always known she was a coloured girl. Her writing is a celebration of that. A
former 1996 Olympic Volleyball star, Dominique has over 10 years experience as
a licensed teacher, holding double Masters Degrees in Education and English
Literature. With extensive experience in the arts and education fields, she
held positions as the Program Director for Peace Jam and for the State
Department.”
Dominique Christina is amazing. She is the type of woman I want
to model myself after, the type of woman I want to be when I grow up; a sassy
loud mouthed female with valid opinion about women, men and everything in
between, an enthused mother – cautious of how she uses the responsibility given
to her through parenthood and a conscientious free willed spirit filled to
seemingly boundless proportions with a self-awareness so poignant.
Here are my Fave Five poems from this ferociously beautiful
poet, mind and woman.
5. Stargazer
4. Emerging
women
3. Crushes
suck and everybody knows it
2. The
business of womanhood is in your handwriting
1. Period
Poem
