Risikat "Kat" OkedeyiMirabel is the Plug: My Takeaways from EncantoAfter several suggestions, I finally watched Disney’s Encanto, a story about the Madrigal family imbued with special “gifts” from an…Mar 9, 20221Mar 9, 20221
Risikat "Kat" OkedeyiNaPoMoWri 13/20: To Those on the BrinkInspired by the women I met in Baltimore on a balmy Friday night, April 13th.Apr 19, 2018Apr 19, 2018
Risikat "Kat" OkedeyiNaPoMoWri 12/30: Assistant to the DAThe devil is a liar, &a lie, &trying to take over, &must get behind, &shaken off, &forced out. This wayward angel the questioner of holy…Apr 19, 2018Apr 19, 2018
Risikat "Kat" OkedeyiNaPoWriMo 11/30: Cat Daddy 0, Me 1Fast talking alumni Howard’s Divinity School Class of ‘68 we remind him of his college days as he compliments our skin and hair. He is an…Apr 12, 2018Apr 12, 2018
Risikat "Kat" OkedeyiNaPoWriMo 10/30: While standing in line at the Whole Foods on H StreetSTANDING in line he attempts to assert the privilege of whiteness weaving around me coming close because he has to know about those jerky…Apr 12, 2018Apr 12, 2018
Risikat "Kat" OkedeyiNaPoWriMo 9/30: BLOOMingThe lingering confuses you. I worry you will never reach fruition that your buds will fall unfulfilled a mere possibility —in the shadow…Apr 10, 2018Apr 10, 2018
Risikat "Kat" OkedeyiNaPoWriMo 8/30: Our TimeCars are parked as early as 11:40am waiting for the church bells to chime. At noon the doors will open. Until then, they must wait.Apr 10, 2018Apr 10, 2018
Risikat "Kat" OkedeyiNaPoWriMo 7/30: Damn!Early to rise. Today is the day; a return to chlorinated waters.Apr 7, 2018Apr 7, 2018
Risikat "Kat" OkedeyiNaPoWriMo 5/30: ConnectionThe space between what you no longer need and what you know to be true is a thru line between you and the universe.Apr 6, 2018Apr 6, 2018