Category Archives: Holidays

The Day I Left God – Performance Poetry with Sistahs Laying Down Hands, Mother’s Day 2018

Posted on May 23, 2018 by

Mother’s Day is always bittersweet for me. I know as a Mother that there is pressure to smile and gush at the numerous mother’s day wishes, cards and love from my kids, but even after seventeen years, I still awaken … Continue reading →

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Encouraging Young Writers in Philadelphia Today

Posted on June 19, 2016 by

My father loved to read and wrote a multitude of songs and essays yet published only one song in his lifetime. Today in his memory I am excited to be hosting a fundraiser for Philly Youth March and Voice4Justice. The … Continue reading →

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The Restoration: Toni Love’s London radio Interview with Wayne Boucaud

Posted on March 27, 2016 by

I am so excited to announce that my debut poetry EP titled “The Restoration” has gone international! Last week, I was interviewed on the Wayne Boucaud London radio show Black in 3D, and a few of the tracks as well as the fun and engaging interview can be heard by listening to the broadcast below. Continue reading →

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Save the Date for the Toni Love CD Release Party! August 22nd!

Posted on May 22, 2015 by

At this point in my life, I have awakened the passionate writer/poet that laid dormant for decades and she does not want to stop. But I am first a Mother and an entrepreneur so I take it a day at a time, I take suggestions from those whom I admire and respect and love, and if the door opens, I walk through it. And here I am, planning my CD Release party. Continue reading →

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New Shoes: My Mother’s Day Gift from Above

Posted on May 10, 2015 by

Even though I was a mother myself, all of the Mother’s Day commercials with scenes of children hugging and delivering gifts and flowers to their mothers trickled into my joy like Chinese water torture. Continue reading →

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Life (for Elizabeth) Original Poem 11/23/14

Posted on November 24, 2014 by

Your breath became my own

and you exhaled life’s elixir into my lungs

as I was yet being formed Continue reading →

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Memories of a War Veteran..I have not forgotten

Posted on May 26, 2014 by

My Uncle was a Vietnam War Veteran. He was fortunate to be one of the ones to come home alive, but the person who left never really came home. He was sad, he was depressed, he struggled with the choices he was forced to make at war and never really felt comfortable in his skin when he came home. He was a walking casualty of war. Continue reading →

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