Rosey Lavender

Hey, y'all! So, it's Christmas Eve and I haven't posted in a bit. I decided to post a couple of Christmas poems here for you. One is the original version of A Visit from St. Nicholas . The other is a darker, goth version of the same poem. I love both and can't choose which one I love more. I think they're about even. Anyway, enjoy the poems, and have a very Merry Christmas! See ya next year!!! For those of us who don't mind a bit of tradition on Christmas Eve: “ ​ The Night Before Christmas ” ‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, in hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there. The children were nestled all snug in their beds, while visions of sugarplums danced in their heads. And mamma in her kerchief, and I in my cap, had just settled our brains for a long winter nap. When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter, I sprang from my b...

Howdy, y'all! So, I was mindin' my own business, scrolling through Facebook and livin' my life. Then, there was a post in this group I'm a part of. It's comprised of Black Female Writers and artists called 'Black Girls Write, too'. A lady named Nicki Johnson posted, "If this book can get published, then so can OURS!" With three laughing emojis. The picture she posted left most (if not all) of us stunned. I was in shock after reading this summary!  Somebody actually thought of a premise for this book. Then, they probably outlined it. As they outlined it, nothing told them that this was probably too weird for public consumption. They took the time to write this book. I'm not sure how long it took, but they did it. This book has been read by numbers in the thousands. It was rated over 2000 times. It has 487 reviews. The summary alone made me not want to read it. What is LIFE right now? I wrote two eBooks not even HALF as weird as this and can'...