The Soul of Me

By Tanesha Ward

Life, in and of itself, is a conundrum of decisions, experiences, and emotions that shape who we are. My life is a tumultuous story of what I have lived, learned, loved, and lost; the passion and the pain are pieces of me. Portions of the woman I am and cannot deny have been overwhelmed with so much emotion until it exploded onto paper to ease the weight of my soul...

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Dec 19, 2014
• ISBN: 9781503512870

Tanesha Ward

Tanesha is an outspoken poet, author, and educator with a love for both spoken and written word. Acting in plays and performing dramatic monologues has only cultivated that love. She has a collection of short stories and has been writing poetry since high school. Her poems can merely be described as the diary of her tears that allows access to parts of her that are otherwise hidden. Tanesha was born and raised in a small Mississippi town and is a proud graduate of Alcorn State University. She spends her free time enjoying family and friends.

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Copyright © 2014 by Tanesha Ward.

ISBN:          Softcover          978-1-5035-1288-7

                   eBook               978-1-5035-1287-0

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Rev. date: 12/17/2014

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Contents

The Soul of Me

My Passion, Pride, and Prejudice…

If I Had a Rope

After Sandy Hook…

9/11

September 2001

Where Is MY Son

I Just Want to LIVE

What Humbles a Man??

Tupac

School {Haiku}

My Pain…

Who Is This Man???

Phony…

Black Dress

Grandma…

This Too Shall Pass

Love Alone

Nothing?

Drowning

How Could You???

DAMN!

River of Tears

My Hope…

My Prayer

Dreams

Look– Don’t Touch

#1 Fan

Leave Me Alone Devil

My Lord

Why Lie?

Here I Go!

No Regrets

My Heartache…

Damn, I did it AGAIN!

More Heartache

In My Dreams

Pulling My Strings

Tainted Love

Not Meant to Be

It’s like standing in the rain…

Wonderland???

Same Dog, Different Bite

I Miss You

Dear Mr.

I Marvel Too!!

My Love…

Another Love

Love

When I’m With You

There’s a Feeling

POLO

When Was the Last Time?

Your LAST

My Convictions…

Gotta Have You

You SAY

You Want a Man

Play Hard or Go Home

My Confusion…

Continue to be Lonely

Love????

Backwards

If…

Just Like a Car

Cancer

Why??

Life

Too Young for This

What Do You Want?

Temptation

Letter to Self

My Jokes…

Tired.com

Feenin’ For a Taste

MY Book

To my favorite poet, my grandmother,

to my family who is both my strength and weakness,

to that handful that I consider my friends,

and to all those I have loved and lost—

I dedicate this book to you.

The Soul of Me

Are u sitting?

Attentive?

Do I have your ear?

Lean in closer,

Open your mind,

As the portrait of my words appear…

My Passion, Pride, and Prejudice…

If I Had a Rope

If I had a rope…

I’d fashion it with that special knot.

Turn the tables and give my country

The kind of justice my ancestors got.

Strange fruit,

With death as its leaves.

They have extended their power

Beyond southern trees.

Now we hang in courtrooms,

In the streets and in jails.

Our captors wrote the laws,

And keep us bound— in hell.

If I had a rope…

I’d tie a noose around our flag.

Hang it like they would a black like me

Let it fly…

But not proudly…

Because this nation can’t perceive,

The me