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July 18, 2011

My Poetry: Labels

I wrote this poem out of a desire ... not to be labeled, stereotyped, or considered a victim. It's a movement: No labels.Psalm 139:13-14For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb.I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made: your works are wonderful,I know that full well.
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Published on July 18, 2011 20:06

July 12, 2011

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Want to know what's going on with Me, Running from Solace, & The Truth As I See It: In Poetry & Prose? Well, check out my latest newsletter, It's Hot Out Here for a Book, and stay up to date!

I really hope you are enjoying your summer and that by way of literature, I am a part of it.

Peace,
Nakia

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Published on July 12, 2011 07:46

June 6, 2011

The Literary Journey of Nakia R. Laushaul

The write life is the right life for me!
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Published on June 06, 2011 15:32

April 21, 2011

Ugly at Heart

Genesis 6:5-65 The LORD saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time. 6 The LORD regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply troubled.

I wonder what an ugly heart looks like on the inside. Is it permanently frozen, immobilized in a block of black
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Published on April 21, 2011 23:18

March 16, 2011

Running from Solace



Running from Solace

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Published on March 16, 2011 12:51

February 4, 2011

Moving Forward

THE TRUTH AS I SEE IT: IN POETRY AND PROSE<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />Presenting Me© 2010 Nakia R. Laushaul I present to me—MeNever looked at myself in this fashionSort of feeling this brand new self attractionExcited about my extra personal affairI'm so becoming to myselfFrom my cute toes up to my last thread of hairCan't explain what is happening
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Published on February 04, 2011 06:53

January 29, 2011

Public Apology

Matthew 5:23-24 "Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother or sister has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to them; then come and offer your gift."


I lost a good friend. No, I lost a great friend a few months ago. In the midst of all the frustration going on in my own life I vehemently
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Published on January 29, 2011 09:31

November 23, 2010

excerpt from Running from Solace ©

COMING SOON!

Running from Solace casts a new glow on an old situation.


Chapter One: Naomi
     Once, she flung a heavy ashtray at my head and blood spewed onto my new pink summer dress like red polka dots because I didn't respond to her calling me, "Naomi! Naomi!" I was trying frantically to reach her special ashtray with the real stinky cigarettes in it from underneath the bed, so I barely
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Published on November 23, 2010 09:44

November 6, 2010

Yesterday, you are hereby . . . served

The truth … changes daily. Yesterday I was a victim—maybe. Today I am a threat—definitely.
Yesterday, I experienced one of the most gut wrenching—knock down—drag out bouts with satan ever. Yikes, he plays dirty. I'm going to write in terms of yesterday although it was more of a brief spell in hell. For a minute there, I could have easily been mistaken for Job, whose name means; persecuted and
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Published on November 06, 2010 22:11

October 19, 2010

Calling out the captain in you

Blog Hopping with a Social ButterflyThe way I see things ... by Dasaya Cates I'm sitting here thinking about that old Janet Jackson song, Control. You know it … Sing it:
Got my own mind/I wanna make my own decisions
When it has to do with my life, my life
I wanna be the one in control

Sigh. That would be me. I'm a big planner. I planned my December vacation in April. I like to be in control of
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Published on October 19, 2010 20:48