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    Changes

    By Sumayyah Talibah

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    Poetry about the changes in life, location, and emotion.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSumayyah Talibah
    Release dateDec 7, 2011
    ISBN9781466085442
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    Sumayyah Talibah

    Sumayyah Talibah always knew she wanted to be a writer. At an early age, she began to entertain her family and friends with fantastic tales and songs. As a teenager, while being educated in the Detroit Public School system, Sumayyah decided to take her writing seriously. Poems and critical essays were her main focus at that time, although she did attempt her first novel during that period.Recently, the learning and reading (and reading and learning) has started to pay off. With several short stories, poems appearing in Liberated Muse Volume 1: How I Freed My Soul, Liberated Muse Volume 2: Betrayal Wears a Pretty Face, the upcoming Dear Sister Anthology, 2 self-published zines, and a soon-to-be published novel under her belt, Sumayyah Talibah is finally making strides toward world domination.She currently lives in Michigan with her husband, the hip hop artist, producer, and renaissance man, Tasherre Risay, their children, 3 cats, a well-used library card and overflowing bookshelves.

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      Changes - Sumayyah Talibah

      Changes

      by Sumayyah Talibah

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2011 Sumayyah Talibah

      Cover Design by Sumayyah Talibah

      Smashword Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

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      Contents

      revolution

      when that freedom calls

      one day (when i am old)

      entangled

      hollow

      deep end of the ocean

      World News Tonight

      the mask and the mirror

      stop the world

      dirty little secret

      rage

      disconnected

      trouble sleeping

      hello again

      sorrow speaks

      wait for it

      hood life

      and then

      *****

      revolution

      for darknessand silence

      will come

      before the howl

      andafter the roar

      when the lines

      that tether

      to the outside

      have snapped

      and the seat

      where power

      used to sit

      is rusted

      and crumbling

      into dustwhen

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