"Tantrums and Tempests" remains tragically relevant. It reminds us that progress is never guaranteed, that rights once won can be lost.

My poetry serves as both a mirror reflecting my personal experiences and truths and a window through which others can glimpse perspectives

As you head to the polls today, I want you to understand 3 things:

5 November 2022 Christmas has become 5 months of mourning Christmas-that-was followed by a 1 month Christmas in July resurrection that precedes 2 months of pinning for Christmas-to-Come which leads up to 3 months of Christmas advertising and an ever increasing amount of toxic Christmas "cheer". Playing Christmas music in public spaces is a nonconsensual and coercive act of forced participation in Christianity. The first Public Christmas song I encountered this year was the s