A Note from the Author |
My first poems were written during the time I spent teaching the Black Studies courses at The University of Southern Colorado in Pueblo, Colorado. That would have been back in 1978, when I taught Blacks in American Today during the fall semester and Afro-American Heritage during the spring term. I did not start teaching these courses when I was first employed. There were three other black faculty members who shared those duties. However, when all of them left and I saw that there was nobody surfacing on campus to teach them, I notified the appropriate administrators that I would begin teaching them at night on campus beginning in the fall of 1978. So sometime between classes and my primary duties as Director of the International Student Services, I found time to write some original poetry. In order of origin, these poems were: Blackman, balaaak vlshionnn, and Ode to the Jock. Click here to read an excerpt from |
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where you will be introduced to two of the most phenomenal "post-racial" icons ever to grace the covers of a comic book. PRESENTING: HOOOOOSTEEEN AND SAAANTANNNAAAA !!! You've no doubt heard of Red Sonja? Then allow me to introduce her mulatto equivalent -Santana!' She, has all of the looks, cunning and bravado you saw in Ladyhawk, Nefertiti Jones and Onyx. The prowess and tenacity of Empress, Jakita Wagner and Natasha Irons. On top of all this, she is as proficient as she is beautiful. Her brother, Hosteen could easily stand toe to toe with Luke Cage, Bushmaster or Falcon. He is as colorful and daring as Black Panther, Black Goliath and The Warlord. Equally impressive, is his uncanny resemblance to Shang-Chi and Iron Fist. Hosteen and Santana are not limited to the confines of America; being as much at home fighting for human rights in Somalia or Yemen as they are in Chicago or Miami. Together,they easily rival the exploits of The Avengers, The Fantastic Four and even The Black Musketeers. Trust me. You are going to love this brother/sister team! The true post-racial Superheroes!
WHITE/BLACK GIRL THEIR FIRST BATTLE ACT I THEIR FIRST BATTLE ACT II |