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Tag Archives: Peace
La Luna, Original Poetry
Mother Moon
She beckons me with golden ray-drenched oceans lighting the path to my salvation Continue reading
Posted in Artists, Original Poetry, Passion, Peace, Poem, Poetry, Recreating yourself, Uncategorized, Writers
Tagged la luna, Love, Meet me on the moon, mother, Peace, philly poets, Poem, poems, poems about the moon, Toni Love, Toni's Room, writing
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Not One (New original poetry by Toni Love)
We gather together
Seen and unseen
When mothers pray
The heavens come forth to listen Continue reading
Posted in African American Children, African American Parenting, Artists, Black Families, Black Parents, Children, Grief, Health and wellness, Heroes, Hope, Life After 40, Loss, Oprah's Life Class, Original Poetry, Parenting, Peace, Poem, Poetry, Recreating yourself, Single Parenting, Uncategorized
Tagged Black lives matter, Children, current-events, march, million mom march, MOBS, mobs move philly, mothers, mothers of black sons, October events, original poetry, Peace, Philadelphia, philadelphia poet, Poem, poems, rally
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Toni Love in Baltimore Oct 7th at Peace & A Cup of Joe!
I LOVE my city but the only way I grow as an artist is to push myself outside of my comfort zone. The artists in Baltimore MD are so welcoming to Philly artists and I am looking forward to returning there with some new poetry as well as fan favorites! I will be reading and performing poetry Friday, October 7th in Baltimore, Maryland at Peace and a Cup of Joe. Continue reading
Posted in Artists, Gifted and Talented, Health and wellness, Keeping the Love Alive, Life After 40, Local Artists, love, Oprah's Life Class, Original Poetry, Passion, Peace, Poetry, Recreating yourself, Relationships, Single Parenting, Support Local Artists, Uncategorized, Writers
Tagged baltimore, Baltimore poetry scene, following your passion, Manayunk events, October 7 events, October events, open mic, original poetry, Peace, peace and a cup of joe, philadelphia poet, philly, phillypoetryscene, poet, poetry, Toni Love, Venice Island Performing arts center
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Toni Love in Baltimore Oct 7 and on Reverbnation!
First I want to sincerely thank my new followers! I hope you enjoy what you see and hear and please return often and feel free to share to your friends! I will be reading and performing poetry Friday, October 7th in … Continue reading
Posted in Artists, Gifted and Talented, Health and wellness, Life After 40, Local Artists, love, Original Poetry, Passion, Peace, Poetry, Recreating yourself, Single Parenting, Support Local Artists, Writers
Tagged baltimore, Baltimore poetry scene, following your passion, Manayunk events, October 5, October events, open mic, original poetry, Peace, peace and a cup of joe, philadelphia poet, philly, phillypoetryscene, poet, poetry, Toni Love, Venice Island Performing arts center
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Encouraging Young Writers in Philadelphia Today
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
Posted in African American Children, African American Parenting, Artists, Black Families, Children, Gifted and Talented, Gifted Children, Health and wellness, Holidays, Hope, Keeping the Love Alive, Local Artists, love, Original Poetry, Parenting, Peace, Poem, Poetry, Recreating yourself, Relationships, Support Local Artists, Writers
Tagged ancestors, Childhood, Children, following your passion, live poetry, Love, original poetry, Parenting, Peace, Philadelphia poets, Philly poet, Philly poetry, poems, poetry, raw emotions, spoken word, Toni Love, Toni's Room, writing
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Memories of a War Veteran..I have not forgotten
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
Posted in Addiction, Black Families, Grief, Health and wellness, Holidays, Hope, Loss, love, Peace
Tagged African American War Veterans, Childhood, loss, Memorial Day, Memories, Peace, PTSD, raw emotions, Remembering Vietnam Veterans, Untreated Depression in Veterans, Vietnam Veterans, Vietnam War
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It’s all Temporary (Memoirs in a Cast)
A good friend told me just a few days before my fracture, “even Superwoman has to put her cape in the dry cleaners for a few days” but Superwoman didn’t listen. I found out the hard way that when Superwoman is too stubborn to slow down, God sometimes does it for her. Continue reading
Posted in Black Parents, Children, Health and wellness, Hope, Life After 40, Loss, love, Parenting, Peace, Recreating yourself, Relationships, Single Parenting, Uncategorized
Tagged asking for help, broken, broken ankle, buddhism, everything is temporary, healing, health, independent mother, independent parent, its temporary, Parenting, Peace, physical therapy, Single Parenting, Superwoman, this too shall pass, women who do too much
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Back to life…back to reality…
It was the first time that I purposely chose not to try and “use” the time to cram in every library, museum or other extra curricular event that looked exciting and intriguing during the holiday break. They both get so over-worked (in my opinion) at school that I wanted them to just do nothing for a change. Continue reading
Posted in Children, Gifted and Talented, Health and wellness, Holidays, Life After 40, love, Oprah's Life Class, Parenting, Peace, Recreating yourself, Relationships, Single Parenting, Uncategorized
Tagged Childhood, Children, holiday preparations, Joy, Life After 40, momblog, Parenting, Peace, relationships, single mother, Single Parenting
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Watch my debut with the Peace, Love and Poetry ensemble. “”Just a Little Thank You Note” @ WCL in Delaware” on YouTube
Posted in Addiction, Health and wellness, Life After 40, love, Oprah's Life Class, Passion, Poetry, Recreating yourself, Relationships, Uncategorized
Tagged Just a Little Thank You Note, Love, Love and Poetry, love poems, Open Mic Poetry, Peace, Peace Love and Poetry, PLP, poetry, Reclaiming Ourselves, relationships, Soul Opera, Thank You Note Poem, Toni Love, World Cafe Live at the Queen
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Frustrated – Original Poetry 12/6/05
I am so tired of living among a passion-less people So exhausted, so full of excuses of why they don’t have time to or don’t have the energy to Can’t fit the struggle into their schedule of Pilates classes, after work affairs and the nine to … Continue reading
