In general, I am happy when any of my poems find publication. But some bring me more joy than others.

This is one of those times.

My poem “an open letter to my mixed little “Sisters Who Kept Their Naturals”” was just published in Solstice, and my heart is full.

While the connection and indebtedness to Gwendolyn Brook’s “To Those of My Sisters Who Keep Their Naturals” should be apparent, as with many of the poems in my “open letter” cycle, this piece has a intended audience and specific muses.

They know who they are, what their strength means to me, and how proud I am to be their big brother (multiple puns intended).