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    What This Black Woman Knows
    What This Black Woman Knows
    What This Black Woman Knows
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    What This Black Woman Knows

    By Shiella Bowler

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    A collection 33 poems inspired by her family, friends, and lovers from the past, present, and those she's yet to encounter in the future. Each line pours forth from her heart and soul, built from her unique life experiences.

    LanguageEnglish
    Publisheraois21 publishing, LLC
    Release dateJun 12, 2014
    ISBN9780985904494
    What This Black Woman Knows
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    Shiella Bowler

    Shiella has been writing her feelings throughout her life in a variety of mediums and holds copyrights for poems, short stories, and even a song. Her work has even inspired her friends to write. She is a life-long resident of Washington, DC and a career civil servant. She published her first short story in 1989, followed by many of her poems.

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      What This Black Woman Knows - Shiella Bowler

      What This Black Woman Knows

      What This Black Woman Knows

      By Shiella Bowler

      Washington, D.C.

      1989

      A paperback version of this book was published in 2005 by Lulu.com.

      Copyright © 1996, Shiella E. Bowler. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. For information address aois21 publishing, LLC, P.O. Box 129, Mount Vernon, VA 22121.

      ISBN: 978-0-9859044-9-4

      These Poems were written from my heart and soul

      Which were inspired from unique life experiences

      My inspirations were from family friends and lover

      From my past

      Present

      And those in the future

      Whom I've have yet to encounter

      Family

      Thank you all for inspiring me

      CONTENTS OF POEMS

      A SATISFIED BLACK WOMAN

      INSIDE MY MIND

      LITTLE GIRL

      MY TRUE SELF

      THE FEELINGS I GET

      THE BETTER THINGS IN LIFE

      MAMA SAID

      MY BROTHER

      BROTHER'S HOMECOMING

      THE LITTLE LIFE WITHIN

      CONCERNED MOTHER

      MAMA’S CHILD

      WHAT I SEE

      SOCIETY SAYS

      CAN YOU SPARE?

      A MAN’S WORLD

      THE LEGACY OF BETSY SUE

      CHAINS

      JUDGEMENT

      THE CRUSH

      MY BLACK MAN

      FRIENDS

      BEING HAPPY WITH YOUR MAN

      NO SMILES

      US TWO TOGETHER

      MAKING LOVE TO YOUR MIND

      SEEING THE GREATNESS

      SILENCE

      OLD FASHIONED

      YOU REPRESENT

      AROUND THE OLD WAY

      FEELING SEXY

      THE POWER IN A WOMAN‘S HIP

      NO MORE

      A SATISFIED BLACK WOMAN

      A satisfied black woman

      Will I ever know?

      A lifetime of thinking and wondering

      Which way I really should go

      The road I left behind

      Both joys and sorrows it held

      The road that stands before me

      Holds mysteries

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