Soul Sankofa - copyright 2009

Soul Sankofa
By M. Raye Turner
Can I Get A "what-what" or or a "gon' gurl!"


Here Goes!

Soul Sonkofa

Let’s go back, way back into time

Situation number 9, was more like number 7 & 8

Complete and a new beginning…

Lost time and chance, the power of sweet romance –

Pause, rewind, and remember the time…

Were you ever mine?

Was I really there?

A guest in my own life, watching you love me without consent and conscious

Where is my soul? And what happens if time catches my soul a day late and a dollar short of loves peace.

Before I look back and get all that is good and make a passionate journey into the future unscathed by the past.

Somewhere my ego thought that you’d send for me before union and at least ask for permission as if your soul was tied to mine.

Pause, rewind, you lied to my soul, lips of a future never to unfold.

And still I wish you well secretly hoping your living in hell

Poetic Invitation

Like Whoa!

I have been invited to read my poetry at the end of the year...

I am real sensitive about my artistry in whatever form I present it. I have only shared my poetry with people that I love and i don't just mean "I love with the the love of the Lord" I mean ones I love to the soul...

Now its time to decide what to share and how much to share maybe i will test the waters on here 1st and see if i can get some feedback. I am not a spoken word fan I like poetry from in the written form...

Praying in Nature...

Just when I was getting all primed up to write this elaborate dissertation on the profound experience of praying in nature, and being open to God in the mist of his natural creations. Going back to dirt and spirit being breathed into me as I take deep breaths and open my heart mind and soul to the one God who is with me but I can’t or won’t’ hear Abba Father always because of the self inflicted noise and soul pollution in my life…

BAM! Just like that! – I found this quote that said it all. Succinct – just like I crave love, life and words to be, succinct and to the point!

“Nature praises God just by being what God created it to be” ~ St Francis of Assisi

God reveals himself in nature where everything there (here, her, he) has one shared creator without the pyramid concept of mans divine inspiration and his God given intentions. Just wide open heaven and earth, no man made bodies of water and bridges… no genetically modified plants like seedless watermelon (?).

(I just thought these were HOT!!!!! )

It is here that I go to pray for His presence to stay with me, I praise him in the midst of consistent, continually praise from the rocks, birds, insects, and flowers and ask that his wisdom burn my psyche and it is here I get total and divine peace… then I pray for the people that I love, special prayer request for others and all Gods children. It is here I get answers to my prayers, I find clear evidence of His faithfulness everyday and it is in nature that I find the hotline to Father’s ear concerning my loved one.

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Praying in nature post coming soon! stay tuned...

okay before you go left or right on sista - please note that I am not religous I am spiritual and I don't owe anybody but God an explantion - so the veiws that I will share in regards to praying in nature are my own and some others who agree wth my perspective (well - somewhat)
I just wanna share my story with you...
Stay tuned -
Muah!

Listening in the Natural Silence

God uses Nature to reveal Himself

"...like a rose that blooms through concrete"
-TuPac - the lil brother i never had (smile)

Time & Chance... Time & Chance!!!

Hello! I hope you are still listening....

M. Raye Turner, LaTonya Branham (Author of Spirit Seek & Culture Seek [2nd Ed] and Twinkie Pickles

Where do I begin it has been soooo long since I have taken the time to blog and keep in contact with the world. I must admit that I have been sucked into LIFE (x2),Twitter & Facebook...


Lets start with 1st things 1st!
Thanks to everyone who has wished me well and supported me in my 1st novel Pretty Monster. It has been going-going-going!

Recent highlight
Harlem book fest:

Display table G27 in Harlem, New York!

I had never been to New York and I thought being from Chicago and being a globe trekker that hey it a big city so what!

I am going to the hip-hop capital of the world - and I was really pumped about that!

New York in a word is WOW!!!!
I was wowed NY is like Chicago x 10...
It was too much and I will get into that as time goes by...

BUT I UNDERSTAND NOW
WHY GOD NEVER ALLOWED ME TO GO TO
NEW YORK IN MY 20's!!!
OMG! THE SHOPPING IS UN-BELIEVABLE!

My 1st sale - Ms. Phillis Simpson!

Thank you so much for adding EXTRA sunshine to my day!

My New Author Buddies:

Through the Eyes of a Rookie

By Benjamin Mouzone

Mr. Paul Linzy, Author of The Main Main Event






Miss Sheila, Owner of
Sheila's Steps to Elegance -

2285 Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd
New York, NY 10030
212-491-5945

God bless you for looking out for me I will be in touch with you soon! You gave me the impression that their are warm hearted, sweet, genuine people in Harlem and I look forward to talking to you and seeing you soon!!!

Well - until real soon!
It won't be long ....................

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