My Blog Lyric Fire: What Does Love Mean To You? (The Question Poem)
Is it loud and bold or soft as a whisper? Do you know it when you have it or only when you lose it? Is it born of life or…
My Blog Lyric Fire: Choosing a Title for My New Poetry Book. Can You Help?
Here is a quick question for my Lyric Fire readers: Which of these titles (both are copyrighted) do you like the best? Cinnamon and Sage: 30 Sweet & Savory Poems…
My Blog Lyric Fire: Random Thoughts/Questions From A Writer…
The following is a rambling flow of some of my literary thoughts and questions. If you think you know the answers to some of these please chime in. Also, if…
My Blog Lyric Fire: Fire for February
As I wrote last month, in lieu of New Year’s resolutions I have decided to give monthly tips & tools to help my readers think about how they can have…
My Blog Lyric Fire: Book Binge: “Harlem is Nowhere: A Journey to the Mecca of Black America ” – By Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts
In my continuous search for new books to read I’ve unearthed a title from a debut author for this week’s Book Binge. Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts’s “Harlem is Nowhere: A Journey to…
My Blog Lyric Fire: The Changing Brain & Fading Friends
Sometimes I wonder where I’ve been Who I am Do I fit in. Make believin’ is hard alone, Out here on my own  When I was younger the only…
My Blog Lyric Fire: “O” What A Day of Creativity!
On Friday, January 7th I left my apartment and drifted out into the elements armed with my Android camera phone and a dream. It was snowing lightly as I walked…
My Blog Lyric Fire: What’s Your Narrative?
Writers are always searching for new ideas and inspiration and most times they find things to spark their creativity in publications about writing. I’ve been looking for a new literary…
My Blog Lyric Fire: ‘The Game’ Redux: Can BET Lead the “Team” to a Championship?
Anticipation has been at an all-time high for new episodes of “The Game,” a show created in 2006 on the CW network which quietly built a cult following showcasing the…
My Blog Lyric Fire: Book Binge: “Color Oxford English Dictionary” Edited by Sara Hawker
Some might say a dictionary is a boring choice for a Book Binge selection, but I disagree. For writers and word nerds, dictionaries can provide hours of joyous reading. I’m…
My Blog Lyric Fire: Taking Away The Technology Teat
Cell phones can now drive cars, vacuum floors and take dogs for walks. Okay, maybe they can’t, but they do keep us occupied with music, movies and games. We can…
My Blog Lyric Fire: Book Binge: “The Making of a Writer, Volume 2”: by Gail Godwin
I chose “The Making of a Writer, Volume 2: Journals, 1963-1969” by Gail Godwin for the first Book Binge selection of 2011 because I love writers that explore human dynamics….
My Blog Lyric Fire: “Shift” Happens
the moon tilts twirls and rotates friends love you, hate you, leave you money grows and recedes into oily waters flowers burst into vibrant colors and emit gorgeous fragrances then…
My Blog Lyric Fire: Jewels for January
The New Year is coming! The New Year is coming! Quick, write down all of your resolutions, clean your house and cook some black-eyed peas! I’m sure all sorts of…
My Blog Lyric Fire: Christmas Greetings From Lyric Fire!
Wherever you are, whatever you’re doing, I wish you all a Magical, Merry Christmas! I have appreciated your readership in 2010 and hope you’ll visit me as much in 2011…
My Blog Lyric Fire: Silent Strength
In the past whenever I faced a difficult situation, tough task or serious challenge I would go into overdrive mentally and physically. My brain would be about to burst because…
My Blog Lyric Fire: I Know Why You’re Crying On The Train!
There is an unremovable stain on your brain A longing in your heart Uncontained It consumes you Envelops you Taunts you Everybody sees Senses and tastes your pain I know…
My Blog Lyric Fire: Uptown Artists Getting Gritty in the City
I went to the Harlem Art Crawl last month and shot some of the pieces. I’ve been so busy lately that I forgot to post them, so here are some…
My Blog Lyric Fire – Sunday Solace
I usually present a Book Binge selection on Sunday, but I needed to do something different today. This holiday season is feeling very different for me for a lot of…
My Blog Lyric Fire-Books to Binge on: “Honey, Hush!: An Anthology of African American Women’s Humor” and…
I chose two selections to feature in the Book Binge today because I needed a double shot of literary pain relief. It’s been a rough weekend. I’m suffering from a…