I’m Still Standing

Vikki Jackson

Description

An attention grabber from start to finish.
‘I’m Still Standing’ is a book of poetry and short essays which are composed from personal accounts that occurred in my life as well as poems written about African American injustice. The first chapter oppressed is about what's occurring in the world today; police brutality, racial injustice, and social unrest.
The following chapters are poems from my personal life’s experiences in regards to molestation, family deaths, and poverty. Other chapters account my personal struggles with depression, thoughts of suicide amd domestic violence and my struggle with self.
I’m Still Standing is written to inspire others who have gone through some of the same struggles I have in turn giving them hope in knowing that they’re not alone. It is also written to encourage them to speak out about injustice and be a voice for those who can speak for themselves.

Sujets

• Poetry

Informations

• Publié par: iUniverse
• Date de parution: 31 mars 2023
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781663238238
• Langue: English

Extrait

I’m Still Standing
 
 
 
 
 
Vikki Jackson
 
 
 
 

 
 
I’M STILL STANDING
 
 
Copyright © 2023 Vikki Jackson.
 
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the author except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.
 
 
 
 
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ISBN: 978-1-6632-3824-5 (sc)
ISBN: 978-1-6632-3823-8 (e)
 
 
 
 
 
iUniverse rev. date: 03/30/2023
 
 

To My Daughters Vaniqua and Ava for loving me unconditionally despite my flaws.
 
 

To Mom for being a Perseverer through adversity and loving your children as you did.
Rest Peacefully.
1951-2019
Contents
Entitlement
From Pain to Aggression
Together
Oppressed Beyond Noon
No one Sees
We Shall Overcome
Beautiful is Her Name
I Can Only Be Me
Shattered
Between the World and Me
Dear Sister
Dear Brother
Dear Moma
I’m Still Standing
My Beautiful Mistakes
Shame
Domestic Violence
Silent Screams
Victim No More
Ears Closed, Eyes Shut
To The Love I Once Had
Obvious
It Happened
The Heart
Love
Woman Brave Up
UnBroken
Sex
I will Cry No More
Void
Darkness
I Thought About It Too
Thank You Father
Naughty Perv
Shame on You
When it rains it Pours
Been this way or a choice?
Sneaking
Poverty
Covid 19
Poetry
The Wise Build Bri dges.
Fools Build Barr iers.
Chadwick Boseman
Infinity War
Entitlement
We have just about enough entitlement in this world as you do.
We’re not criticizing you for your whiteness so why criticize our blackness?
Just because some of us aren’t as pale as you doesn’t give you the right to shun us or look at us like we’re dirt under your shoe.