Welcome to
Jubilee News
Edition 8.3
The Mothers' Day Edition
From all of us here at Jubilee News,
we'd like to wish you a very happy, joy
filled Mothers' Day!!!
The official relaunch of the newsletter, the 9th Edition,
is coming,
Saturday May
20th, 2017
and it will be
BIGGER,
BETTER
with many more talented columnists and exciting topics.
Stay tuned!
Jubilee News!
You made us popular. Now, it's our turn
to make you proud.
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~Disclaimer~
The works, When Men
Speak, When Men Speak-The Radio Edition, & Jubilee News are the
intellectual property of its founder, creator, & Editor-In-Chief, James W.
Falcon. However, the submissions of all artists are expressly theirs. Jubilee
News wishes to thank each artist for lending this newsletter your gifts,
talents, and works. Jubilee News seeks only the best talent to convey the
sometimes complicated message of reconciliation between the sexes. Your
investment in the "relationship revolution" is greatly appreciated.
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The Editor-In-Chief’s Message
Welcome to
Jubilee News-A WHEN MEN Publication! This is the Mothers’ Day
Edition-Edition 8.3. I would like to wish all of the ladies of Jubilee
News-A WHEN MEN SPEAK Publication, both past and present, a very Happy Mothers'
Day!!! I honor you-the person as well as your gifts, talents, and
passions, in this very public forum. And I celebrate your contributions
to Jubilee News and to your families.
This edition and the 2 prior are part of the relaunch of the newsletter
that I am calling the “8th Edition and Beyond.” As much
success as the newsletter had in reaching its audience and providing
encouragement from woman to woman, its hard to believe that the newsletter laid
dormant for several years...until April 22, 2017. With the women’s movement
growing in strength and intensity, I strongly believe that NOW is the time and the season for the rebirth of Jubilee News-A
WHEN MEN SPEAK Publication. I would be remissed if Jubilee News passed up
an opportunity to add its voice to the chorus of millions of strong,
courageous, women who are hungry for change on so many levels. An
incredible team has been assembled to take on this challenge and to answer the
call for social realignment. In addition, Jubilee News-A WHEN MEN SPEAK
Publication will remain singularly focus to provide a forum for women to
encourage women regarding their relationships with the men in their
lives. Apart from me, Jubilee News continues to be a publication for
women, by women and it remains wholly dedicated to sparking a relationship
revolution!!!
The official coming back online of the newsletter, the release of the 9th
edition, is planned for Saturday, May 20th, 2017 at 2 p.m. That
edition will be the unified effort of the largest team of poets, columnists,
and vloggers ever assembled by Jubilee News. Upon the release of the 9th
edition one will quickly conclude that the team is fully equipped to usher in a
new era and that their passion and talent is unrivaled. Several attempts
have been made to gather a team of columnists and poets to re-engage our
audience, multiple times over the past several years. But I have come to
realize that those attempts were indeed out of season. The time is here
and now and the relaunch set for May 20th will catapult Jubilee News forward in
extraordinary ways. In essence, we have no intentions of slowing down or
stopping…AT ALL!!! I thank you soooo very much for your
patience…in advance…in this rebuilding process.
Appreciatively,
James W. Falcon,
Founder &
Editor-In-Chief,
Jubilee News-A
WHEN MEN SPEAK Publication
PS:
Your support of
this newsletter is greatly appreciated. Your input is craved! Please drop
me a note at wmsjubileenews@gmail.com if you have any
questions or comments regarding the content of the newsletter and I will
guarantee you a timely response.
Also, if you
have any suggestions for topics we have not covered, please submit them via
email and we will be happy to review those requests as well. Once again, thank
you for your support and thank you in advance for your emails.
Thank you once again.
My Heart
by Softly Spoken
I wish you were still here. The days and moments are missed
of us shopping and having dinner together. I miss calling you just to
laugh. Mom, I miss you! Remember when you taught me how to make my
first sweet potato pie? Remember when we cried at the same time? (You
always said I was a cry baby.) You did your best to teach me your
best. And even though some days you were too busy, you never stopped
loving ms. Secretly, I know you believed in me. I stretch my arms
out some days…I reach for you knowing you’re in Heaven. And, I long for
you to reach back. The memories and your love are all I have and I’ve
kept them close to my heart. You now live where this all started: me
inside you, now inside my heart. No one could ever remove that part
of…us.
I love you Mommy! Happy Mothers’ Day!
Softly Spoken is a poet, spoken word artist, author, radio and
television show host that has years of experience performing at Open Mic Nights
and has multiple books to her credit. Her smooth, sensual, purposeful
delivery sets her head, shoulders, and vocally apart from all others of her
craft. Jubilee News-A WHEN MEN SPEAK Publication is extremely proud to
host such an immense talent as hers. Please join Jubilee News in
welcoming Softly Spoken to the Jubilee News Team.
WAR IN THE BLOOD
by Kafi
Eight weeks in, I remember walking up Rueckert
From my house to Mom’s
Heavy breaths and the start of my waddle
I found out later, that a picnic size jar of pickles
It preserved my pregnancy
I didn’t know there was a war
Going on in my blood
Everything she needed, my body didn’t have
Folic Acid was poison to me + medicine tried to do me
What my wisdom didn’t know, my body + spirit knew
I found a miracle in a bottle, #amazon to the rescue
I cried to my Mother that I was too young and not ready
She laughed, “34, not ready?”
“Your Great Grandmother told me I was too old at 24”
#Bostonstrong
The stillness of her team kept me from panic
With a genetic specialist and weekly visits
High risk was for others, in my mind’s eye
I was just cared for, extra special
I saw you grow on the glow of a green screen
I couldn’t hold a single thing down, but I peeped your full belly
I wept at your straight spine, and seeing your heart
Those four chambers took my breath away
Even as that tumor, that no one could fathom
Stole from your Summer lake
You winked at me, over your shoulder, thumb in mouth
This war in my blood, had already made you a warrior
#NaPoMo 5/30
Kafi, as she is known in the arts
community, is a poet, a spoken word artist, a photographer, a designer, a
Periscoper, a marketing and business growth strategy consultant, and a Mom.
Kafi is a linguist who fluently speaks 4 languages in addition to English who
frequently leverages the experience she gained in her travels abroad in many
ways-chiefly, delighting the taste buds of the willing with her culinary
mastery. Kafi is not only an experienced artist but she is extremely well
versed in the mechanics of project management of art shows and
exhibitions. Kafi’s most recent accomplishment was having the famous
Walter’s Art Gallery in Baltimore, host her photography-her famed black, white,
and grayscale photos, in a multiday exhibit. Jubilee News is extremely
proud to host the likes and talents of Kafi. Please join Jubilee News in
welcoming Kafi to the Jubilee News Team.
THE MAN MY MOMMA RAISED
(from a soon-to-be released book
entitled, "Undeniably, Unmistakably, Unapologetically Black')
By James W. Falcon
She gave me a textbook, a workbook,
a notebook and a playbook and made it mandatory that I practice all the plays
She invested all she could to help
me navigate life’s maze,
That’s the man my Momma raised.
To her, parenting was much more than
a craze
Her “I love you’s” were so more than
clichés
She modeled kindness, true love and
compassion always
The meals she prepared were always
filling like buffets
She had a heart for drunks, addicts
and strays
All of my life, those were the folks
on whom she fixed her gaze
She said, “Son, there is something
that I want you to remember all of your days
Be kind to the broken, the
downtrodden, the discouraged, those wandering in a haze
The disabled, the dismembered, the
disenfranchised the crazed”
She gave me a textbook, a workbook,
a notebook and a playbook and made it mandatory that I practice all the plays
She invested all she could to help
me navigate life’s maze
That’s the man my Momma raised.
Everything she did, all that she
touched, the things that she shouldered, I watched and was amazed
She taught me to lay down roots, and
to never settle for temporary or overnight stays
She was a pioneer-a juggernaut, a
parenting pathway she blazed
Seldom her voice she raised
She administered discipline swift,
without delays
Yet she publically and privately she
praised
She gave me a textbook, a workbook,
a notebook and a playbook and made it mandatory that I practice all the plays
She invested all she could to help
me navigate life’s maze,
That’s the man my Momma raised.
Written, October 18, 2015
Interestingly
enough, James’ love for writing and performing poetry began with this
publication. As Editor-In-Chief of Jubilee News, James developed poems as
a means to “fill in the gaps” as he prepared the new edition releases of
Jubilee News. Over time, family members and friends took notice and
encouraged James to do more with his poetry. Several years and 3 poetry
books later, James: performs his original poetry at Open Mics, has co-hosted 2 Open Mic venues, been a
featured artist at several Open Mic venues, and has been a fill in co-host for
one of the longest running poetry venues in the country, The Speak Easy Café.
with Host, award winning poet and photographer, Nyla Alisia, on Blog Talk
Radio. James is set to release his 4th book
of poetry in July, 2017.
A TRIBUTE TO WONDER WOMAN
On this Mothers’ Day, I wish to acknowledge
the amazing effort of a wonder woman, my Wife, the Mother of our 4 Princess
Daughters, Godmother to our Princess Goddaughter, and Nona to our 6
Grandchildren…Erica Valeri Falcon. Over the years, I’ve watched you…I’ve
worked along side you as you emptied yourself each and every day in love and in
service to our children. Many days you did so while functioning in
agonizing pain. You embarked on a journey that took you into some amazing
places emotionally, spiritually, and physically. I celebrated your
accomplishments as you built a business from scratch. I questioned your
sanity at times as you chose to home school our middle Daughter when we tired
of a system whose inadequacies were so glaring that you decided to take matters
into your own hands. I rejoiced when you found your place in ministry and
directed a home for women in crisis. You were prophesied to be “A Mother
of Many” and that is exactly what you’ve been and how you’ve been. It was
O.K. that at times, I was only known as “Erica’s husband.” That didn’t
bother me at all because I was assured that the work you did and the way you
did it would produce the best in the people around you, especially in the
children.
I remember the pride you wore on your face
after developing a curriculum that propelled our children to the tops of
categories for early reading, writing, and pronunciation. I was amazed as
you taught our children their colors, numbers, shapes, and letters all at such
young ages. My heart melted as I watched the beautiful smile you wore
adorn the faces of our girls; your glow became their glow; your femininity
became theirs. I tried to comfort you as you managed through the losses
of your Grandmother and Mother and yet…you forged forward, often limping but
never-the-less, determined to finish all that you started.
I am especially proud of you for finishing
your college education…under such adversity, hardship, and sorrow. You
promised your Mother that you would do so, and do so you did…in a grand
way. In just a matter of days, you will be commencing. And I (and
the rest of our clan) will be sure to shout so loud that all of our relatives that
have gone on to glory, will be able to hear us loud and clear. That day
will be a day a celebration because…you delivered on your promise. But
not only that, you will be the first woman in our family, of the 12 souls of
which we are responsible and to whom we are responsible, to graduate from
college. You are a trail blazer, a leader, a pioneer, and a finisher!!!
Magic lassos, invisible jets, special bracelets, shiny boots, swords, and
crowns were not required with your assembly. Yet and still, you are my…uh
hmm, our…Wonder Woman!!!
The happiest of Mothers' Days to you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lovingly & respectfully submitted,
-James
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