Tag: Black women
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#HunnidStraightDays
Someone told me to post more. So I’ll be posting more to uplift and liberate the peeps. I’ve decided to challenge myself to do a #HunnidStraightDays of posting on all my social media platforms. Insta: @SincerelyTyra Twitter: @TyTaughtYou
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Mirror | Confidence
To the girl with the almond, tear-shaped eyes staring back at me, I know why you cry and moan. Alone in your thoughts, wondering why you stalled and stifled your own creativity for those insecure, chiseled arms. Swarms of ideas, swirlin. How unlucky of you to be here, staring at me unluxuriously- looking as I…
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Formation Station 2:19 (excerpt)
He say, I gotta a little thicker since my younger days. Say, I still slay, still sexy. Wanted to get with me then too. Asked about my baby and my Mr. Boo. Said he liked my vibes then, always knew I was cool. Talked a bit about his bid, his mama, siblings, and his kid.…
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Text Drafts (excerpt)
3. We have history and you flow thru me like the mighty Niger… Founded in Baobab root can we possibly last as long? 5. Brown speckled bears segment the yearnings of grown women who skipped adolescence. Now, too mature to mention all that was missed, she clenches to stuffed animals dreaming of childhood bliss even…
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Dear Baby Daddy:
You know it’s probably easy for you to lay her head on your chest these days. She’s immune to bullshit and lies while she’s this size. But when she gets old enough to comprehend, I hope you’ll have left these games of boys for some other little girl’s demise. Don’t ever stand her up on nights…
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Dear Baby Mama
Babies out of wedlock are what happens when we have a poor screening process for access to the punaan. –Sincerely, Tyra ©2016 Tyra C. Owens @sincerelytyra
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Dear Baby Mama
If he can’t get his shit right enough to make you his family (i.e. wife), then he’s just not that into you. -Goodnight.
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Caption This
So National Poetry Day came and went this year so quickly that I was totally unprepared to post or write in celebration… Ah, but God! As I was swiping thru my phone gallery I came across the footage I captured of my daughter on our walk from the park. And although I promised my commentary…