Within Shades of Mahogani

By Kay Jacobs

Poet Kay Jacobs began writing in middle school to deal with the frustrations and challenges of being a teenage girl. And Jacobs continued to write. In Within Shades of Mahogani, she offers a collection of her work that she has penned throughout the years.
Featuring her life in poetry, this autobiographical anthology features talks with God, teenage angst, sexual innuendos, tributes to those lost, and bards to long-ago loves. Many of the selections are ripe with imagery, as found in the following entry:

When the Wind Blows
When the wind blows, I hear music
Sweet and soft as a babys skin.
When the wind blows, I feel warmth
As if sitting by a slightly lit fire.
When the wind blows, I get scared;
Thinking something bad will happen next.
When the wind blows, it soothes my soul
And a feeling of comfort comes over me.
When the wind blows, I feel sudden changes;
Feelings so deep, I just cant explain.
1993

Looking at everything from yearning for freedom to living, laughing, learning, and loving, Within Shades of Mahogani offers a peek into one ordinary womans existence over time.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Jan 13, 2018
• ISBN: 9781546219453

Kay Jacobs

Kay Jacobs is a public school educator and student at Xavier University, of Louisiana. She began writing in middle school to vent her frustrations about her difficult adolescence. She continued to write throughout her high school years for academic purposes while serving as the assistant editor of the school newspaper. She scripted her dysfunctional love stories and hard life lessons within volumes of multiple journals during her studies as an English major at the University of New Orleans.

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Published by AuthorHouse 01/03/2018

ISBN: 978-1-5462-1946-0 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-5462-1944-6 (hc)

ISBN: 978-1-5462-1945-3 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2017918510

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I dedicate

this book to

the many muses

that made me feel like

I had no voice;

because of you,

I screamed my thoughts

onto these pages…

Thank You.

Acknowledgements:

To my English Language Arts/Reading & Writing teachers:

Mrs. Helen Cannon, Ms. T-Rose (pre-school), Ms. Deborah Cato & Ms. Boyd (Head Start), Mrs. Sue Triche, Ms. Barbara Smith (lower elementary), Mrs. Patricia Gomez, Ms. Stephanie Washington-Williams (upper elementary), Mrs. Ann Buisson, Mrs. Carmen Johnson, Mrs. Barbara Forshag, Mrs. Billie Bumgarner (middle school), Mrs. Judith Field, Mr. Joseph Binet, Ms. Rebecca Bordelon, Mrs. Jeri Landry (high school), Dr. Kris Lackey, and Dr. Kay Murphy (undergraduate): these individuals tirelessly gave of themselves in preparing me for this moment of my existence - many thanks.

To my family and friends: Twiggy & Jake, the class of 1997’s Get Fresh Crew, my family Flossy posse’, and the many members of my XULA family - thank you for your support.

To Kendra Fiffie-Williams, Elgin Pierre, ‘Dr’ Jermaine Zanders, and Rev. Rodney Johnson – special thanks to you for your unwavering motivation.

To my impenetrable, God-stained Rock and two precious Pebbles: I will always love you three forever.

Contents

iConnect:

Love Poem No. 2

Twinkle, twinkle, my greatest love

MY GETAWAY

before and after

Your face

Breathe Again

A Simple Day

When the Wind Blows

Lullaby of a Lonely Heart

delirium on Monday nights

never again

from Dusk until Dawn

Hot Bath After Work

Time Stopped As I Turned To See

I Look To You…

I’m Missing You

No Peace within the Sanctuary

f.y: I.D.

A Daughter’s Plea

Love Jones’ Stories #9: Remorse

nina moseley

Everything Happens for a Reason

Simple Liberation and the Possibility of Faith Nevermore

this spiritual thang

Miss U Not

What You See Through my God and me

At Last, She’s Free

I Still Yearn For Freedom

sexuality

DESIRE

Murderer

-The Now Generation –

pipe dreams

Stepping Out of Your Life with a Little Room to Breathe

P.S. 2158 (Political Science)

Prelude to the Millennium

MERCY, MERCY ME

Love Jones’ Stories: End Saga

ONLY YOU

I’m No Zane, But…

The Perfect Orgasmic Cosmos (sheer masculinity)

a portrait of love

Dear Darling, my Ebony king,

did I like it…

The Sweetest Hangover

through closed eyes

happy.Valentine’s.date

love poem no. 1

A lover’s confession

i am downright angry – IN LOVE!

based upon your decision,

To The Young Man Who cried ‘love’

Sweet Dreams and Beautiful Cake

A Thought To Kill

A Thought Revisited

caught on the flip side of funny

phuck love –

Saved by the Bell!

…just like you…

i know it’s in vain

I Live I Laughed I’ve Learned

Role Reversal

No Pity Party Here!

Love Jones’ Stories #3: Acceptance

Let’s Wait Awhile

special delivery

don’t make me over

i don’t even know how i got here…

Can I Talk?

Full-time Man

After-Math

Alcohols Synonymous: Ode to Liquor

My Self Found Serenity

Sacrificed

welcome your soulmate

freedom

The promised sacrifices of ifs

My Self Controls Itself

game is just

After Shocks

no doubt: abusive behaviors

I Am A Poet.

When is the end?

we hate Love

Prom Night Eve

The Nocturnal Id

love for you

The Women of Indigo Place

music head

Love Jones’ Stories #11: Stagnation

William M’Enerve (1998)

5 steps before being with you again

So I Twisted His Sonnet

Trapeze,