Ashanti’s hair is coarse,
Her beauty is Egyptian.
Her dance is Africa. She is
God’s angelic inscription.

I have never spoken with Ashanti.
She has the soul of a Panther.
I have the skin of a mulatto.
I desire Ashanti without answers.

Ashanti is a black goddess.
She is Africa’s hope—
A black man’s pride:
The reason we fight to cope.

Ashanti empowers the black man.
Ashanti is the soul of Africa.
To be in Ashanti’s presence, is to
Be in the essence of Africa.

I love Ashanti as I love Africa.
She is the history of the black man.
Ashanti is the soul of pre-slavery.
Ashanti is the sun upon the sand.

I want desperately to hold Ashanti.
I want desperately to hold Africa.
I am mulatto. Ashanti does
Not desire mulatto. Ashanti desires Africa.

I have given myself over to America—
Desiring Africa. America is where
I stand. America has erased me.
Ashanti, my Africa, is my last prayer.

I need Ashanti. I need the love of
Africa. I need to feel my root. I am
So lost in America. I am so lost
Without Africa. I need the help of I Am.

Ashanti is my Africa. She is the
Heartbeat of my Africa. I need Ashanti
As I need Africa. Ashanti is a black
Goddess. Ashanti is the soul of Africa.


Glenn Jr. Marchand

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Hello, I am new to the forum and to teaching. I will be in either a 5th or 6th grade, middle school environment, classroom. I have studied reader's and writer's workshop and know for sure that this is the approach I want to take in my classroom. While I have the time this summer I would like to try and establish a "game plan" to get my students started and to establish the system of r/w workshop. I thought perhaps some of you might share how you set up your room, get started and maintain. Any helpful hints would be appreciated.

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What do the various codes mean on the leveled list of books? I'm not familiar with them.

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Hi all! I'm sitting on a couple hundred books that don't have levels and I'm itching to get them out and into kids hands - any suggestions on short cuts to leveling?

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Who am I to exclaim?
But that do I in anima.

Isn’t she more than art?
Is she not the spark of the
heart in presence of the
silence?

And with every
flutter resonates in visions
her beatific beauty.

But she is
more than art! She is the
confusions of man’s motives.
And it can’t be physical. For
she has never touched of him.
And in no more than a dream
wast his infatuation revealed.

And to her,
isn’t her life a masterpiece?
Isn’t it!

But the reflection of the mirror
becomes hateful to her. And, as
if in the penumbra of her thoughts,
I utter: she is more that art: She
is the embodiment of the Grecian
gods, the bewilderment of Zeus,
the lust of Christ, the rebirth of
the crucifix.

But these art but words heard of
the afflicted soul. These art but
ploys projected from depth the lust.

She is more than art. But all she sees
is needled filled veins; a closet myriad
filled with ex-lovers; a visceral envisage of
self-hate; and a body that is codified in
scarifications.

But to me
She is more than just art:

She is the enrapturous captivation
Of motion; thee, unutterable manifestation
Of the incomplete and yet perfected
Masterpiece… not my art!!!

But she is more that art.

She is god’s creation:

Love of the angelic hymns,
Reason of the next apocalypse,
Indignation fallen within the rain,
The recaptured essence of Eden,
The transcendent wisdoms of Enoch,
The cause of the burning bush,
The Extinguishment of Levitic laws,
The Deuterocanicles rapt’d in the eyes of spirit,
The last death of the Buddha…

SHE IS MORE!!!

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Just thought I might stop by to say hello, and view your site!

Ciao

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I just visited the TC website and it looks like they've updated their site. Some of the materials that were available before are no longer there - including the day-to-day break downs for units. I have my materials for this (from year one) in my classroom, which is under construction this summer. Does anyone have this typed up who could send me a copy or post it on this site? Thanks - Kristen.

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