Tag: Women
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The secret women’s club Part V
Now it’s month eight The biggest problem is the weight But she goes in to the doctor And it’s like she’s looking at a proctor Your blood pressure is high We have to check why She’s sitting waiting for 2 hours Her husband is outside wondering what’s going on She finally told him come on…
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Discussion of Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Americanah is the first book I’ve read about a immigrant coming to America and returning home. Ifemelu becomes Americanized and even dates interracially. The story is unfamiliar…
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Five years old
I have been programmed since five years old I cannot remember what I was told For two years no one talked to me For for four years I couldn’t talk you see Now I’ve found my voice I’m not giving anyone a choice You can listen or move away I’m not playing today Or any…
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1000 years
1000 of years old As good as gold We’ve been told Love last for a 1000 years Not so many tears Love will always be there Sometimes we can’t help but stare We wonder if it’s in the eyes But maybe it’s more wise We are trying to find it Some of us trying to…
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Year of Oshun
In the Year of Oshun They are in the womb Waiting to be born With love they’ll be adorned You may not know from where But they will make it here They will come to take what is theirs They will lay some things bare Some things will be covered in water Just because they…
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So Emotional
So Emotional I can see it on your face I can hear it in the words you say So emotional Come this way I will put your mind at ease because emotions brought me to my knees I will keep you safe I will hide you away I never knew what I needed was you…
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Discussion of Wild Seed By Octavia Butler
Doro searches for Anyanwu. He needs someone immortal. He gives her to his son Isaac, but she loves him. Anyanwu marries Isaac, but she hates Doro for it. Later Doro takes Anyanwu as his wife. She wants to die because Doro is a killer. Love is out there looking for us while we look for…
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Discussion of Jonah’s Gourd Vine by Zora Neale Hurston
Jonah has a gift to preach, with that gift comes idolizing. Women are falling at his feet and Jonah picks them up even though his wife Lucy is at home. Lucy dies from heartbreak at 47. Before she dies she tells her daughter “Don’t you love nobody better ‘n you do yo’self. Do you’ll be…
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Discussion of Lost Daughters by Mary Monroe
Lost Daughters is about Maureen and her daughter Loretta. Maureen is trying to escape the tight grip of Mama Ruby and she loses the grip on her daughter. Loretta runs off with Maureen’s husband, Mel but she allows her to come home after Mel leaves her. How many times do we forgive women? Do we…
Diamonds or Light? 