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Dr. Maya Angelou said that there is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside of yourself.
As a reading and writing teacher, I believe in teaching stories.
I believe in teaching students to share them.
I believe in teaching them to speak.
I believe it is valuable for them to have the chance to see my authentic voice as a writer in the real world presented in these posts. That is, after all, the purpose of writing—to share it with an audience. To speak. To tell a story like only you can.
This is what it looks like when MnikesaSpeaks.
(Photo by: Rachel Liu-Ballard)
dying girl,
you are not a match.
you get more than one strike
before you are out--
extinguished
discarded
you get a future.
for some reason,
today,
dearly beloved,
it is the color of lilac
or lavender
or wine
today take flight, my love.
among the angels, the doves,
who only do their crying
if a person they mourn
did some living before dying.
