"I am here and you will know that I am the best and will hear me. The color of my skin or the kink of my hair or the spread of my mouth has nothing to do with what you are listening to."
-Leontyne Price

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"kiss" - Rashida Samira Simmons (c)
the first kiss
was like the last kiss
was like the the first kiss-
and as poetic as every kiss in between.
there was not a single kiss i did not
crave, adore, drown in, and long for.
there is not a single kiss i would not
repeat, dwell in, dream about,
create epic works about.
the first kiss
was like the last kiss
was like the first kiss-
and every blessed kiss in between.
but like no kiss from another,
and no kiss like no other;
no kiss and no love would
ever bring the mesmerizing heat
that ever lasts.
even though i often weep we are
in the past
i can never once mourn that
the first kiss
was like the last kiss
was like the first kiss-
and every lavish kiss that
we shared.
and every moment that
we bared
our selves and our souls
to only us.
our serenity found in just a kiss-
in just the first, last,
and every kiss.


African American woman, Caribbean woman, African woman, South American woman, Middle Eastern woman, Native American woman, Worldwide woman....come, Sister, and Speak. Tell your stories, share your poems. This group is for Sisters of Color to share colorful words, connect in brilliant ways, reach out with strong hands to give applause and hold each other up high.


But, I don't want you all to feel as if this site is just for posting poems and stories, I want this to be an open forum for women to share any useful information that you think your Sister needs to know. Let us know about your musical, poetic, and artistic performances! What ladies will be blessing the mic with their spoken word and where? Dropping your self-published book of poetry, let us know! Any slick websites that you frequent, or books that you think a Sister should read? It can be so hard to find out about these things so let's make it a little easier on each other.


So, come now....


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SOME OUTSPOKEN SISTERS

"A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song."

Maya Angelou

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"It's so clear that you have to cherish everyone. I think that's what I get from these older black women, that every soul is to be cherished, that every flower is to bloom."

Alice Walker

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"The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but to unlearn."

Gloria Steinem

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"I would rather regret the things that I have done than the things that I have not."

Lucille Ball

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"I've never had a humble opinion. If you've got an opinion, why be humble about it?"

Joan Baez

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"As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold the person down, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might."

Marian Anderson

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"Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced."

Lucille Ball

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"There is nothing so pitiful as a young cynic because he has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing."

Maya Angelou

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"There are two kinds of women: those who want power in the world, and those who want power in bed."

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

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"We should not have a tin cup out for something as important as the arts in this country, the richest in the world. Creative artists are always begging, but always being used when it's time to show us at our best."

Leontyne Price

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"Eleanor Roosevelt understood that every one of us every day has choices to make about the kind of person we are and what we wish to become. You can decide to be someone who brings people together, or you can fall prey to those who wish to divide us. You can be someone who educates yourself, or you can believe that being negative is clever and being cynical is fashionable. You have a choice."

Hillary Rodham Clinton
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**NEW LINKS ADDED OFTEN**

CREATIVE MIX - Writers, Artists, Musicians & a Mix of Other Sites to Keep You Inspired
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Pandora.com

OneWordMag.com

Associated Content

The NeoSoul Cafe

Honey Soul.com

Official Kwanzaa Website

Change It All!

Cavalcade of Poetry

DeviantArt

Ask Dangerous Lee Column - TheUncommonSense.com

The Work and Ways of Hanifah Walidah

Vision2Words

Women Writers: A Zine

Oprah's Book Club

PunanyLove.com

The Official Maya Angelou Website

Anniina's Alice Walker Page

Anniina's Toni Morrison Page

Yolanda Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni

Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Amma - Embracing the World

The Works, Life and Philosophy of
Mamoni Roysom Goswami

A Selection of Published Work


EVENTS - Where You Can Find Out What's Shakin' & Where
Poetology

Out & About - Arts & Literature

Out & About - Books

Fusicology

MYSPACE GROUPS - Other MySpace Groups for Writers, Artists, and Women

Sucka for Life

Black Fiction Writers Community

Dope Pushers

THE CULTURE FACTORY

Black Feminist Thinkers

"FREE 2 SPIT"

poetry

Creative Outreach

M.I.A. (from SRI LANKA)

URART (baltimore and beyond)

Da Poetry Lounge

Each One Teach One


WRITERS RESOURCES - Tips, Tools & Resources for Writers At Different Levels
Lulu.com - Self Publishing - Free

Poetry.com

Poets & Writers, Inc. - From Inspiration to Publication

Black Classic Press

The Academy of American Poets

Poetry Slam Inc.

African American Literature Book Club

How to Write a Novel in 100 Days or Less