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Droppin’ Knowledge: Poems in Black Girl Vernacular
Droppin’ Poems in Black Girl Vernacular is a love letter to Black people. Our voices, our music, our history and experiences reflect in the book’s poems. Writing using her own style of AAVE—coming from her unique upbringing spanning Chicago, New York and DC—this collection speaks with rhythm, humor, heart and truth that reflects Black speak across generations.These poems move through Black love, ancestral memory, family stories, migration, and the rise of a young woman discovering her power as a writer. From the intimacy of “Hot Cocoa” to the heritage in “The Great Migration” and the triumph of “I’m a Mutha-fuckin’ Author,” this book celebrates the brilliance in Blackness and the genius in Black language.
This poetry sounds like home, feel like her community and honor’s the ancestors who taught us how to talk our talk.
This poetry sounds like home, feel like her community and honor’s the ancestors who taught us how to talk our talk.
26 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 14, 2025
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