Legendary Poet Rita B.Rose , your poetry signatures freedom , resilience and woma-nity.
Rita B. Rose, this set of poems carries rarity, quest for freedom and resilience. It is spiritedly revolutionary in both presentation and meaning. This freestyle is diligently concocted with lyrical prowess and profound reason as diction is dished out freely without any horse- buckling. The poet, activist and writer in Rita Rose is a free spirit, a liberated morning bird humming hymns for the freedom of the other section of our humanity that is stigmatized and oppressed because of barricades set by cultural stereotypes, unrestrained buckles of political thuggery. Sections of our humanity crucified on the altar of historical barbarism and human savagery. Her writings interdict negative machinations perpetuated by arrogant purveyors of stigma and segregation in communities. Her versifications bravely contest for the dignity of LGBTQ and more over boldly pays homage to the grandmothers, mothers and daughters. Women of valor still living and those long gone to be embraced by the glorious hands of almighty, their legacy is remembered and respected. Heroines of past and present. Poet Rose is a representative of women dignity and sisterly resilience. Her poetry is extraordinary, pregnant with the messages of parity, reason and equity. Today, TIME OF THE POET REPUBLIC celebrates diversity, prowess and dexterity with internationally profiled artist, widely published poet and hallowed human freedoms activist Rita B. Rose. Aluta Continua-(Blurb by Mbizo CHIRASHA)
Winter Creeper
Winter Creeper you are strong as I am
gay and green nothing stands in your way
you fight in summer for the right to thrive
your legacy clings upon a stone wall, unchanged
Gay and green nothing stands in your way
horticultural heretics neglect your imprint
your legacy clings upon a stone wall, unchanged
no matter how they try to sever you—you cling
Horticultural heretics neglect your imprint
Emerald Gay Winter Creeper adhere to the wall
no matter how they try to sever you—you cling
forever living and climbing the stone wall
Emerald Gay Winter Creeper adhere to the wall
you fight in summer for the right to thrive
forever living and climbing the stone wall
Winter Creeper you are as strong as I am
Squeezed a Blood Red
in memoriam
Sunshine State; city beautiful
South Orange Avenue
squeezed a blood red—
Magical playland where
mice scurry and pixie’s sprinkle dust
they bow their animated heads as
the Queen of Hearts sits in a tea cup
sobbing; her caricature smile upside
down squeezed a blood red—
Earlier downtown, dance club
is bustling, vibrant and gay
it is Latino Night on a Saturday
young hearts, joyous and alive
Mambo, Cha-Cha, free style—
D.J. spinning latest tunes; last tunes
as night is squeezed a blood red—
Madman, mass shooter, massacring
LGBTQ patrons –trapped inside
our family— most all in their prime;
melodic syncopated rhythms still stream
in the club as gun shots hammer out
this is the sound of death
as night is squeezed a blood red—
Suffragette Crowns
Come women, all hearts, all hues, all generations
tread lightly over roads of tar, cobbles and dirt
march in solidarity in our homeland
and across the world; we blend to one
in this sea of pink, of suffragette crowns,
a garnish on our heads
Greatgrandmothers, mothers, grandmothers, aunts,
daughters, friends from long ago, we honor you
you, who have carried us this far
your spirits guide our every ebb and flow in our blushing sea
we roll call your names, never forgetting our struggles
as we demonstrate against inequality, for liberty
you are forever embraced in this sea of pink with
suffragette crowns,
a garnish on our heads
Come women, all hearts, all hues, all generations
clamor with determined voices, echo throughout
canyons of time and now never to be crammed into an
archaic black night again
in this sea of pink, of suffragette crowns,
a garnish on our heads
Combersof change, we demand it,
crash onto our shores of tomorrow as we proceed
with spirit sisters walking at our side,
conveying their words and how far we have come;
their life-force arousing our confidence, because of them
we travel forth, we know how far we have come;
we know we will succeed
Twenty-first Century Women march on; march on—
together, in our sea of pink with suffragette crowns,
a garnish on our heads
Rita B. Rose is a Brooklyn born, Long Island raised author, poet and playwright.Her works include the exposé Asylum: from the Inside (2001), Veranda Sundown (2019),and Flower Poems: Personalities in Bloom (2020). She also served as co-editor on the anthology, Stonewall’s Legacy (2019).She is also a mixed-media artist. Her paintings have been showed in various galleriesand are featured in the avant-garde magazine, The Exhibitioner. A copy can be found at the MOMA in New York City.Rita ‘Rusty’ Rose, is the mother of modern-day LGBTQ movement, having fought for civil freedoms at Stonewall Riots, NYC, in 1969. She is the current and first LGBTQ poet laureate on Long Island, New York. The documentary, Inside Stonewall,is slated to come out in the near future. It features Rusty’s clash with police on the night of the riot. She is also a Second- wave feminist.
Mbizo CHIRASHA( Time of the Poet Republic Curator) Author ofa Letter to the President. co-Authored Whispering Woes of Ganges and Zambezi. Co-Edited Street Voices Poetry Collection (Germany Africa Poetry Anthology). Co- Editor of the Corpses of Unity Anthology. Associate Editor at Diasporia(n) online. Chief Editor at Time of the Poet Republic. Founding Editor at WomaWords Literary Press. Publisher at Brave Voices Poetry journal. Curator at Africa Writers Caravan. UNESCO-RILA Affiliate Artist at University of Glasgow. 2020 Poet in Residence Fictional Café. 2019 African Fellow, IHRAF.ORG. Project Curator and Co-Editor of the Second Name of Earth is Peace (Poetry Voices Against WAR Anthology). Contributing Essayist to Monk Arts and Soul Magazine. Poetry and writtings appear in FemAsia Magazine ,Wrath -Bearing Tree, Inksweat andtears journal , One Ghana One Magazine, Ofi Press, World Poetry Almanac, Demer Press , Atunis Galaxy poetry online , IHRAF Publishes , The Poet a Day , Bezine.Com , Sentinel UK, Oxford School of Poetry Pamphlet , Africa Crayons, PulpitMagazine,Poetry Pacific, Zimbolicious , Best New Poets ,Poetry Bulawayo , Gramnet webjournal, Diogen Plus , Poeisis.si , Festival de Poesia Medellin and elsewhe
An Internet-based Word Arts Culture and Writers Center- Archiving theme-based Digital Poetry Collections , Profiling Iconic Poets, Exhibiting Legendary Writers and Hallowed Artists .The Center hosts and publishes Word City Monthly(an Internationally acclaimed , a multi-genre monthly, publishing flash fiction, poetry, short fiction, folktales, book reviews, interviews, literary arts news and global opportunities. Word City Monthly is headed and edited by the highly versatile and profoundly spirited storytelling revolutionary, Commonwealth Prize nominated Canadian Author Darcie Friesen Hossack This Center is founded on the values of promoting word culture , diversity of writing ideas, dialogue, literary arts exchange and cultural and racial tolerance among other matters. TIME OF POET REPUBLIC was founded by UNESCO-RILA Affiliate ARTIST. Freedom of Speech Fellow PEN-Zentrum Deutschland, 2019 African Fellow (ihraf.org/international-fellows). September 2020 University of Glasgow Creative Writing Programme Guest Poet/Discussant. Author of LETTER to the President(2019) and acclaimed Literary Arts Activism Projects Diplomatie, Mbizo CHIRASHA.
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