{"id":5897,"date":"2020-02-01T18:50:09","date_gmt":"2020-02-01T23:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prose.com\/?p=5897"},"modified":"2022-02-07T12:17:28","modified_gmt":"2022-02-07T17:17:28","slug":"black-history-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prose.com\/blog\/black-history-month","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate Black History Month with Prose"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cursive in her curls,
\nShe looks in the mirror, & poetry writes itself.<\/p>\n

Her comb is a choir,
\nsinging through a symphony of strands:
\nNo two sections alike,
\nfor she is one-of-a-kind.<\/p>\n

Her braids, shaped like her DNA,
\nintwine her reflection with her ancestors
\nto-and-fro, they twist & loc the connection
\nShe is both the future & past bound together.<\/p>\n

Her hair journey,
\nis untangled time travel
\nwritten in prose
\n& echoed in coils
\nLook how she glows;
\nher hairstory is royal.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Ars Poetica\u2019s Director of Talent + Training, Anthony McPherson battles bigotry with poems, viral videos, mixed media performances, & his biracial-black identity. The former NYC-subway-breakdancer\u2019s poetry appears in the Lionsgate film \u201cLove Beats Rhymes,\u201d produced by RZA of Wu-Tang, as well as the Emmy-winning documentary \u201cFrameworks.\u201d McPherson is the Rustbelt Slam champion, the Inkslam champion twice over, the Individual World Poetry Slam 1st runner up, and has reached over ten million views since his first viral poem, \u201cAll Lives Matter: 1800\u2019s Edition.\u201d<\/p>\n

To learn more about Anthony, visit arspoetica.us\/mcphersonpoetry<\/a><\/span> or find him on Instagram @mcphersonpoetry<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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