Tender Headed: Poems for Nappy Thoughts I Left Uncombed
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-Tina Kohl
Author of My Poetic Voices
Poetry released in such an emotional and powerful way is a direct link to reach the market. African-Americans have always been at the forefront of the spoken word explosion. But Tender Headed makes it known that poetry is a real force to be dealt with. With words that seem to explode off the page about everything from sex to marriage to racial prejudice, this book seems to conquer it all.
Tender Headed is the kind of poetry one reads when there is a need to be uplifted, entertained and educated.
Takesha Powell
Takesha Powell, author of The Goode Sisters has been published in Black Elegance and Belle magazines. Her second novel, Baby Fathers is due in stores Fall 2003.
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Tender Headed - Takesha Powell
Contents
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
Slave Not Yet Free
Cornrows & Afros
Mississippi
Tina
Ode To Frederick Douglas
Colored
Down South
Alabama Projects
Mother’s Child
Allusions
A Kiss
Growth
Myself
Black Boys Are In Bensenhurst
Another Ghetto Song
Why I Am A Threat To Society
High on park avenue
When the lights are on
Player’s Theme
Sometimes
1997
Role-Playing
Aphrodisiomania
WomanGirl
Motionless Love
Stupid
Today
Emancipation
Pride
Determined To Be Determined
Looking Down From NoWhere
In My Image
Kiss My Ass
Tight Like That
Odor of My Sex
WAIT
WHATCHAGONNADONOW
In Search of
Brooklyn; 2 A.M Friday
For Rivers That Have Stopped Flowing
Who Are They, Anyway?
Without Reason
Mysticism
Brother Loves Him Some
Man Afraid of His Reflections
Soulmate of 30 seconds
Untitled
December
Untitled 2
Mercy For The Man Who Loves In The City At
Twenty-Five Miles An Hour
Single On Sunday Night
HARLEM
Whence You Came
Water on My Back
The Shape I’m in
Sugar Cane
Booty Calls
The Meeting
To My Grandmother,
The Brightest Angel
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
First and foremost, I’d like to thank God for allowing me the opportu-
nity to deliver words that cause others to read.
As there are too many names to mention, I chose to collectively
thank my family, friends, and associates near and far.
I also have to give much love and respect to The Queen City Poets
of Plainfield, New Jersey. Without them, I wouldn’t have had the
courage or determination to express my poetry. You are all an amazing
group of talent. Special thanks to Marie at Majoco for all the support.
You give breath to poetry and art when it is most needed. God bless
you.
And I send my heartfelt thanks to all the readers and fellow writers.
I appreciate all the encouragement you give me.
INTRODUCTION
After the success of my first novel, The Goode Sisters, I was encour-
aged to self-publish this book as well. But more than just poetry, this
book was a labor of love. Oftentimes life for a black woman is very dif-
ficult. When I graduated from college I expected a different world than
the one that awaited me. Subsequently, I fell into debt and despair,
among other trials and tribulations folks experience. That was when I
turned to poetry as an outlet for my frustrations.
Shortly thereafter, I began traveling and reciting my poetry at local
venues. The spoken word circuit has exploded beyond small
bookstores and soul food restaurants into movies, television and