Fatherhood: Off to High School
Yep, my 14 year old is heading off to high school and I am terrified. Now, I know for a …
Year of Da King: Positive Images of Black Men
I think the movement is important to Chicago because currently men are being demonized and all thrown into a bag there is no balance in the narrative that is being put out. I personally don’t think there is an attack on masculinity.
Obedience: Sacrificing Ego
I’ve been tested for two months. Three test to be exact. In devotion the Spirit of the Lord gave clear …
Drops of Ink: My First Book of Poetry
It is my hope you will be refreshed, connected, emotions, spirituality, and belonging as you grip through the pages.
When They See Us…
I wonder if they sleep at night Jurors, who convicted the pure Little African and Latin boys Detectives who are …
Morning
I am awake, again Unable to sleep, restless No words to pray, seeking No thoughts developing, silence Fatigued with energy, …
Drops of Ink: My Poetry
One of the forthcoming works in this book is entitled Welcome Home. It’s a series of stanza I call heart letters. They are written to a father after three decades of absence in the life of his son…
When There is No Hope
Trust Build Create Live Breathe Capitalize Rest
A Winkle in my Foot: Chicago’s 2019 Mayoral Election
Well, folks, it’s almost time for us to vote again in Chicago. Before I get started I’d like to say …
Call White Extremism Terrorism
As a minister of the Gospel I am saddened by all lost of life. Be it babies in the womb, …
Male Body Image: Fractured Egos
I’m not a health nut though at age 47 I’ve worked on being and doing better. My wife ensures I …
Abortion Issues Aren’t the Only…
When I read the comments that people make on LifeNews in their replies to a post, I am saddened. I am saddened that these same Christians make comments that are just as vile as the act of abortion. “I wish their mothers had aborted them” is what I read when they are talking about the Democratic Party. “They are going to the pits of hell”. “They should be killed”. Yes, so many wonderful Christian comments and I know that God is truly pleased with them.
The Church in Crisis
We don’t have churches being bombed but we have white supremacist walking in and murdering black worshippers. We don’t have crosses burning on front lawns but we have white evangelicals praising a president that has lifted the ugly cinderblock of racism to Hitler-like levels.
16 Shots and No Justice
And the future of the white race rests in a recent MSN post displays Nazi’s in training as they taunt and mock a veteran of the United States Military.
A Fight for our Women
There is no doubt that most people in the world have experienced domestic abuse. I was hit with extension cords, …
Justice is not Equal
How is it that a Black or Brown citizen can be punished for growing up in an impoverished environment, but white people can use privilege as a defense to escape murder charges and walk free? Is this how we make American great again?
Silent Husbands ~ Invisible Wives
Every click arouses sounds, enticing, alluring, hypnotic
Engaging, interactive, my virtual world is heaven making my natural world hell
A sensation, the grabbing, mind pierced, darkness shining as my light
The Thoughts of Louis Kishkunas…”My Vote”
GOP victory will be taken as affirmation and everything I’ve written is not the America I know and we won’t get back to us if that happens.
Spoken Word Legend Blaq Ice
Despite attempts to boycott my shows, by some in the poetry community, they continued to be sold out. I have one philosophy, counter hate with love.
Domestic Violence Awareness Month
By the time I was seven and my brother was nine, we had been exposed to so much trauma with sex, drugs, violence, and murder, our life was destined for the gutter of repeating the cycle of violence in our adult lives.