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I didn't know I had this poems.  These poems are from two books on my shelves:  Flat Footed Truths: Telling Black Woman's Lives by Patricia Bell-Scott and Sisterfire: Black Womanist Fiction and Poetry  Edited by Charlotte Watson Sherman. "IF YOU LOSE YOUR PEN"  Ruth Forman and all you find is a broken pencil on the floor and the pencil has no sharpener and the sharpener is in the store and your pocket has no money and if you look again
 and all you find is a black Bic and the Bic you need is green and if it appears beneath the mattress of your couch but the couch is dirty and suddenly you want to clean beneath the pillows but you have no vacuum and the vacuum is in the store and your pocket has no money it is not your pen you are looking for it is your tongue and those who speak with it your grandmothers and doves and ebony spiders hovering in the corners of your throat it is your tongue and if you cannot find your tongue do not go looking for the cat you know you w...

The Sun's One Good Eye" By Ruth Forman the sun’s one good eye is on/you/rise up n shine like you sposed to ***************************************************************************** At first I thought this poem was about sunny days and how people are supposed to get up and appreciate the beauty of nature.  It irritated me because some days the shades around here are intentionally pulled down.   Then I said to myself "Wait a minute, I've got to try to question and examine this poem if I want to understand what it means." As usual if you have something to add to this blog post please do.  Help me. I looked at the title.  What is the sun's good eye?  In Egyptian mythology the sun god Ra represented life, energy, and creativity.  At different times and places Ra was also known as the deity Horus and it was (and still is) symbolized by a protective eye that watched over Egyptian Pharaohs.  Actua...

About a month ago my brother and his girlfriend took my husband and I to Busboys and Poets on 14th and V streets in D.C.  http://www.busboysandpoets.com/about.php    The store/restaurant is small, crowded, and intimate.  They had many of the Chris Abani and Ruth Forman books in stock I want to buy when I have some money. The day we went they were having Rita Dove the next week.  People I live out in the suburbs, and we don't have poets like Dove stopping by.  As you can see, on this day they had Ruth Forman.  Video provided by Hedgebrook on Youtube.  http://blog.hedgebrook.org/ Poetry Should Ride the Bus By Ruth Forman poetry should hopscotch in a polka dot dress wheel cartwheels n hold your hand when you walk past the yellow crack house poetry should wear bright red lipstick n practice kisses in the mirror for all the fine young men with fades shootin craps around the corner poetry should dress in fine plum linen suits n not be so educa...

Sun Lwas by Prospere Pierre Louis, Oil on canvas, 30″ × 40.″ http://www.galerielakaye.com/art_haiti_pierrelouis2.html  "The Sun's One Good Eye" By Ruth Forman the sun’s one good eye is on/ you/ rise up n shine like you sposed to

There has been no public news about the search for the murderer(s) of Phylicia Barnes.  Phylicia Barnes is the teenager who came to Baltimore to visit her sister last Christmas and went missing.  Her body was found naked in the Susquehanna river around Conowingo Dam in April 2011.  Somebody knows what happened to her.  Those of you who know something about this should think about what could happen as a result of your silence.  Someone else could be killed.  Why would you want to be a part of something so depraved and vile?   If you know something please contact the police.  Do it anonymously if you have to. Whoever did this evil deed needs to be locked up for the protection of the public.  You have to know this girl did not deserve this.  Neither does her family and friends.  Just imagine if she were your baby, sister, niece, friend. As you know, my way of dealing with the black-hearted horror of this beautiful y...

Today at the library I found the book The 100 Best African American Poems.   It is edited by Nikki Giovanni and published in 2010 by Sourcebooks Metafusion, an imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc.  Sourcebooks, Inc. is located in Naperville Illinois.  Here is a link to their website. http://www.sourcebooks.com/ Anyway, Ruth Forman is one of the poets featured in this absolutely wonderful anthology.  I found her on Youtube reading some of her work. Ruth Forman  is a poet, teacher, and filmaker.  She lives in Los Angelos.