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14. srsly, tho. gwendolyn brooks is a shero of mine. home town shero.

Wed May 6, 2020, 11:29 PM

May 2020

the nuns made me read poetry in high school and all that, the the first poem that ever knocked me on my ass was-

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these words woke me at dawn today. [View all] mopinko May 2020 OP

Thank you. cp May 2020 #1

thank you. mopinko May 2020 #4

THAT is one of the most POWERFUL things I have ever ever read. lostnfound May 2020 #2

it sure felt that way coming out. mopinko May 2020 #3

It made me think of Langston Hughes. Also, of my beautiful mother. lostnfound May 2020 #12

ya know, i'm not sure i can keep posting mopinko May 2020 #13

srsly, tho. gwendolyn brooks is a shero of mine. home town shero. mopinko May 2020 #14

Thanks for sharing that. lostnfound May 2020 #16

and i just had to listen to that again, twice. has there ever been mopinko May 2020 #15

This connected me to the movie, "Awakenings." 3Hotdogs May 2020 #5

def a brick in this here wall. mopinko May 2020 #8

Wow. blm May 2020 #6

This is amazing. Your stream of consciousness is beautiful. AJT May 2020 #7

ya know, another stray thought this morning- mopinko May 2020 #9

My stream of consciousness involves things like... AJT May 2020 #10

trust me, that's in there somewhere too. mopinko May 2020 #11

ftr, tho mopinko May 2020 #17