She Speaks: An Anthology of Poetry

By Katina Walton

She Speaks is a collection of poetry from spirit filled women who gathered together to raise their voices to speak out against calamitous events that effect the human soul. Nevertheless, there is an undying strand of resilience here, a nuance of hope that points to the human ability to move on, to build a new life out of a shattered past. Each poem addresses difficult issues concerning hardships and miraculous moments in the lives of women. Some are spirited statements that demonstrate courage even in brutal circumstances; others rage at the perpetrators of warfare or simply mourn their losses. Together, these works reveal a deep consciousness of both the effects of violence, disappointment, love, kindness, motherly love, and the human ability to move forward. The women whose poems appear in this collection stand for peace and the unrelenting ability to continue to love. No matter whatthey continue to love.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Oct 7, 2011
• ISBN: 9781465361882

Katina Walton

Katina “One Queen” Walton is a lover of poetry and an educator who believes that words have healing power.

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Copyright © 2011 by Katina One Queen Walton.

Library of Congress Control Number:       2011915991

ISBN:         Hardcover                               978-1-4653-6187-5

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CONTENTS

A Song for Queen

Truth

Letter to My Sisters

Crepe Myrtle Matriarch

Locked in Love Not… Dread

She Speaks: Teaira Lanice

She Speaks from the view of a… Colored Girl

Look at Me

She Speaks… A Black Woman’s Perspective

She Speaks from… Save the World

When she speaks… She speaks from depression

Hallow Her

She Speaks from the point of… If You Knew How Much I Loved You

Solace Speak

My Mama’s Titties

She Speaks from 40 Something

R.I.P

She Speaks… For Those Who Can’t

Mother and Daughter Speaks CONNECTED

When She Speaks

She Speaks From the Point of What Love is…

A Single Mother’s Perspective.

Authors Bio

This book is dedicated to all the women who

poured their souls into me.

To my mother, Carolyn Walton, who poured every ounce of passion,

fight, and the will to endure into the fiber of my being. I love you.

Your daughter,

Katina L. Walton

In the name of Goodness…

I believe in magic. I believe in the sacred secret and wonder of women, and know that every one made—from the youngest of us to the oldest of us—has tucked deep within the Word of her Self… the Who/What/ and Why of her… the thing that must be expressed and shared and revered. That. That something that is so powerful, it is completely misunderstood, even by us! The real beauty of this Word, however, is that it never leaves. Even in our neglect of acknowledging it. It is there. Waiting in the holiest, and most divine way, for us to say, I am courageous. I am brave… and I am ready! Finally.

So, now… She speaks!

She speaks love, wisdom, joy, hurt, pain, suffering, struggle, hope, peace, and the list goes on. The point is that when She speaks, the Universe listens. Everything that bears her mark, everything that carries within it the She Word, hears her prayer and rejoices! Truth is, all of humanity awaits her Word, her light. Even the slightest of syllables uttered by the Divine One sheds more light on the path than a hundred lanterns. As I write, I am reminded of one of our fore mothers, mother/wife/writer/anarchist, Lucy Parsons, who was described by the Chicago Police Department as  . . . More dangerous than a thousand rioters… HA! But, that’s what happens when She speaks. Transformation. Hurricanes. Tornadoes. Flood. Movement. Her Word is Scripture. Mdu Ntr. Odu. She speaks in glyphs and symbols. She is hard and soft.

She is…