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The Therapeutic Poet: It’s Time To “RAK It Up!” (Random Act of Kindness)

Posted on June 11, 2011 by | Leave a comment

It’s time to “RAK it up!”

No, I’m not talking about readying the billiard balls for a game of eight ball. Yes, I am talking about adding to the brownie points needed to enter the pearly gates.

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The Therapeutic Poet: Harlem Sends Her Love

Posted on May 4, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Congratulations.  We made it!

We made it through a mean-spirited, obnoxious, winter.  I have been shaking off the chill since March 20th – almost like a dog shakes off water.   If only it was that easy to fling off all the vestiges of this past winter – the once-a-week snow storms, the “wicked witch” wind; and the bone chilling cold that felt like a heavy hand on the top of one’s head. Continue reading →

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The Therapeutic Poet: Where Harlem Starts

Posted on March 21, 2011 by | 3 Comments

I was heading up from Times Square to Powell and 125th to check out the exhibit at the Studio Museum.  I was on Broadway, at 44th Street, ducking and dodging the meandering tourists. As the multitudes of tourists look up and around (any which way but straight ahead,) Continue reading →

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‘No Matter What’ By Lora René Tucker

Posted on February 25, 2011 by | Leave a comment

I don’t know where it came from but I have always had the tendency to be kind and respectful to others no matter what.  I think it is because I realized at an early age that the only thing I wanted was to be treated kindly; a smile goes further than a growl.  Continue reading →

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