Fried Chicken

Poetry, to me, is like fried chicken. It is deliciously crisp on the outside and moist and juicy on the inside. All that hot protein wrapped up in an incredible blend of spices, each cook adding their own blend to the mix. Bite in, enjoy and comment.

Morning Coffee

Stealing Home

“I’m not concerned with your liking or disliking me… All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.” – Jackie Robinson

Playbook

“There is no playbook on how to be a Black in America and, if there were, they would change the rules as soon as we started winning” – C.Z. Vasser

Between First and Second

“In the end, it’s extra effort that separates a winner from second place.. . . It takes desire, determination, discipline, and self-sacrifice. And finally, it takes a great deal of love, fairness and respect for your fellow man.”
– Jessie Owens

The President & Mrs Obama

If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists – to protect them and to promote their common welfare – all else is lost. – Barack Obama