American poet, lyricist, scriptwriter, activist and entrepreneur Kiana Lyles is the author of My Name Ain't Baby poems. She is a Maryland native that began writing poetry at the age of 8 years old after the sudden death of her father she found a peace of mind through poetry. Feeling liberated through her discovery of word play and rhyme, poetry became her diary. "Poetry gave me a voice when I believed my voice was too little to be heard," she says. Whenever I wrote a poem, short story or lyric I got an opportunity to express myself, and escape reality. I would close my eyes and picture myself somewhere outside the lower- class neighborhood where I was raised, poetry saved me she says, without it I don't know who or where I would be". Today her poems celebrate the beauty of black women and their constant struggle of acceptance for accomplishments rather than their bodies. Yet, playful, bold and unapologetic her poems get at the heart of what plagues many women today. Kiana Lyles is a womanist that creates content that celebrates women empowerment. She encourages all women to love themselves unapologetically and to be confident within their own skin. Her goal is to empower generations of women to continue to be multidimensional and defy today’s stereotypes of women in entertainment, workplace, politics and education.
Well I was born 08-26-1999. My mom and dad met because of my brother.so far I've been through a lot but that doesn't mean I'll let that put me down. One time when I was 6 me and my sis caught this beautiful jet black Raven with red paint all over it, turned out the paint was blood and the Raven was dead so that sucks. I started writing poems this year because I was depressed and well since I have a hard time telling my feelings I would tell them in a poem. I hope y'all would like them because Im new at this so.......
Hi A little abou me; I'm a mom a friend and a lover a respectful woman. I believe in keeping it real.Be real to yourself so you can be real with others. If you think I'm perfect your wrong: there is no such thing as a perfect person: I was born to live to learn and learn to live. Anything else you want to know about just ask:)
My name is Afton Matthews, and I first realized I had a love of rhyme when I read some poems by Jack Pruletsky (sp?) After I read Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein, I knew that writing was something I wanted to do. I have been writing poems since I was in the first grade. I write about love sometimes, and tragedies, but my favorite poems are satirical. Some of them may be offensive, but I create what I create. I have been busy being a mother of three for quite some time now, and now that my kids are all in school and I have some time, I am going to start writing again.
I'm only sixteen, but have been writing since I was either eight or nine. It used to be songs, but since high school takes up a lot of my life, my writing has turned into poetry. And I love it. I love reading it and writing it. I have a whole notebook full of my stories and I hope to continue throughout the incoming new year.
I'm a lonely girl who loves nature, magick, and the unseen. My mind latches on to the things between the lines, the things that you can't find the right words for. I try my best to write them down and find myself almost always disappointed with the results. But I'm still trying. I relate to music a lot and sometimes its an inspiration. I don't have too many friends but I'm most comfortable when alone. I feel things too much, too deeply and I find myself often sad about things I can't comprehend. After too many negative experiences, I decided to disentangle myself and become consumed by the roller coaster of a journey I call my life. -The simple things- My name is Lis I live in NYC I am 23 years old Speech Pathology major Favorite writers are: Anais Nin, Hemingway, Anne Sexton, Sylvia Plath, J.K Rowling, Walt Whitman, JD Salinger, and many others.
Kitty was born and raised in northern Michigan, USA. Her mother, a teacher and reciter/writer of poetry, and grandmother, the first county librarian, instilled a love of words and imagery, and her father, an electrical contractor and water well driller, developed her interest in clean form and in nature. She was briefly a licensed practical nurse and worked for years in an office, where she was told her meeting minutes were "more interesting than being there" while still reporting what actually happened. She has lived in Detroit, Michigan; Las Vegas, Nevada; Los Angeles, California and Charlotte, North Carolina, and has returned once again to the northern woods and cold Michigan winters of her childhood. She lives in a little cottage in the woods with her husband, one small dog and two cats. She has one wonderful grown son. In addition to writing and reading, she quilts, crochets, watches tv, facebooks and laughs a lot. She is working on a collection of nature-based poems and on memorizing "In Flanders fields the poppies blow..." by Lt. Col. John McCrae. She also has a small perennial flower garden that flourishes with benevolent neglect. She loves words.
I am a girl from Kliptown ..I live in a shark with my single mom ..my surrounding inspires me to write ,ever since I was a kid my reality due to poverty and some experiences pushed me into writing poems ,my writing grew and grew until now ....am still writing about the reality,facts,honesty and factors that people are afraid to face.
I'm young and childish but I've begun to realize I can express myself through words in a different way than I can by just speaking. Even if people don't like my poems, I like them and that's all that matters. I don't plan on pursuing a career in poetry, but I do plan on trying to write a poem at least once a week to keep my "creative juices" flowing.
Everything I want to share is in the words. Thank you for being here. Also, I sometimes write using my own form of English. I have two styles: One - - using seemingly random "accents, alterations, etc." Here's an example of it: "The trée is ünder the skai. Skai is ünder the Heavèns. Water flows down. Trickles. And, marks us with gravity." The point is to inspire the image of other worldly ideas. It makes you read differently, with carefulness, and clarity. Ignore the difference in pronunciation, which there is. Two - - Like you saw in the example above, sometimes I will change the spelling of words. Sai them as you wuld. It'll make you think about it more.
“The poet, therefore, is truly the thief of fire. He is responsible for humanity, for animals even; he will have to make sure his visions can be smelled, fondled, listened to; if what he brings back from beyond has form, he gives it form; if it has none, he gives it none. A language must be found…of the soul, for the soul and will include everything: perfumes, sounds colors, thought grappling with thought”