~Jennifer A. I want that roller-coaster-on-the-down-slope, caught-in-a-sudden-down-pour-on-a-summer-day, look-up-in-the-sky-just-in-time-to-catch-a-shooting-star, win-the-whole-jackpot, kind of love. I want that sun-coming-out-just-in-time-to-paint-brilliant-sunset, first-dripping-bite-into-ripest-nectarine, intoxicating-inhale-of-fragrant-spring-rose, cool-breath-of-night-air-washing-over-sleeping-face, kind of story. I want that magical-enchanted-firefly-evening, rhythms-bumpin’-so-loud-it-competes-with-my-heart-to-make-pulse, first-warm-ray-of-sun-after-winter’s-chill, wave-crashing-on-your-back-unaware, kind of kiss. I want that playful-wind-dancing-’round-my-face, thunder-rattling-my-bones, full-moon-illuminating-snowscape-sparkling-like-diamonds, long-drink-of-cool-water-on-a-scorching-day, kind of man. Yeah, I said it I want it all– somehow between a little girl’s [...]

~Jennifer A. what if I said it out loud what if I put it on my status what if I spoke it into a mic what if I said how much I hurt what if I said how tired I am what if I said how little hope I have what if I said how [...]

~jennifer a. In every community there spans a chasm wide between the haves, and the have nots: those who have Hope.  and those who have not while some would argue that we are defined by those who have money and those who have not I tell you this: I have been stripped of all I [...]

–jennifer a. To we who are searching… for our words for our song for our poetry for our selves There are seasons of passing through deserts dry of crawling– parched and peaked– through wastelands barren And I have realized something: that while in this place of desolation no oasis did I find or rather for [...]

–Matriz Rain, my heart is bursting Tears, for my son, my helper So many deaths this week Passing us by, leaving us behind Grandfather, Grandmother, Mother They remind us that all will pass Nothing stays the same, we too Must change to meet the seasons So my heart is full of crying Also of worries, [...]