Tag Archive | CeLillianne Green

Hands-On Experience

CeLillianne Green Copyright © 2006   If I put my hands on you in a threatening way Get up. Get out. Don’t stay.   While there is a reason for my behavior The reason is not in your favor   Indeed, the reason I threaten you really doesn’t matter Someone who batters is someone who […]

“A Graceful Bow”

Posted June 7, 2014 ~ Excerpt poem, “A Graceful Bow”   “From childhood silence, self-imposed To the power of her poetry and her prose Maya had a way of saying what needed to be said Through her voice, our spirits were fed”   CeLillianne Green copyright © 2014

“My My My”

Posted June 7, 2014 ~ Excerpt poem, “My My My”   The blessing known as Dr. Maya Angelou  has “ascended to a higher place, the place where you see God, face to face.”   CeLillianne Green copyright © 2014

N-formed About the N-word

N-formed About the N-word

Posted March 18, 2014 I commend the Fritz Pollard Alliance Foundation (‘FPAF”) for its call to past, present, and future National Football League (“NFL”) players to “respect the dignity of your teammates, fellow players, officials, coaches, fans, and yourselves,” by not using the ‘n-word’.  I hope the NFL appreciates the wisdom of the FPAF and joins […]

Because I Love You

Excerpt poem, “Because I Love You” ~ Posted March 17, 2014   “Because I love you I thank God for the day of your birth Because I love you I help you grow and know your self worth”   CeLillianne Green copyright © 2003