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Shanai Williams’ latest poem, “Dear Love, (Love is Always),” is a soft, searching conversation with Love itself—a guardian, a witness, a lifeline. What if “just keep going” is Love’s most enduring refrain?

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https://theliterarypurveyor.com/2025/06/27/dear-love-love-is-always/

Dear Love, (Love is Always) – A Poem by Shanai Williams | The Literary Purveyor

n Dear Love, (Love is Always), poet Shanai Williams pens a moving dialogue with Love as presence, guide, and origin. Read this intimate meditation on endurance, trust, and the divine act of returning to oneself.

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📝 New poem drop: Displaced by Shanai Williams.

What does it mean to exist where you’re not allowed to belong?
To live in bags. To silence your grief. To smile when you want to scream.
This is not just displacement—it’s erasure.

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https://theliterarypurveyor.com/2025/05/05/displaced/

Displaced: A Poem on Black and other Displacement, Erasure, and Survival by Shanai Williams

In her haunting poem Displaced, Shanai Williams explores the quiet violence of not belonging—living in bags, silencing grief, and moving through spaces where you're not allowed to exist. A powerful reflection on displacement, survival, and erasure.

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📝 New poem drop: FORGIVENESS by Shanai Williams.
Sometimes healing means revisiting the hurt. Sometimes forgiveness isn’t a gift—it’s a boundary you build.
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https://theliterarypurveyor.com/2025/04/04/forgiveness/

Forgiveness

Its hurts me to know I’ve hurt others.Some nights I sleep great.And on others I lie awake,Knowing there are people Who have collected Wounds and Scars I cannotRetrieveI cannot change their hurt.I c…

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Celebration of and Feature by Poet and Educator Norm MathMattox!

December 12th, 8pm EST

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One Thousand Fingers Multiplying: A Celebration of Norm "Math" Mattox

Virtual Reading of "One Thousand Fingers Multiplying", a collection written to honor and support Norm "Math" Mattox, and more!

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My first #PoetryFeature after my lil vacation! Upcoming gigs with In One Ear, Chicago, and Spoken Word Online - London. This first is going to be awesome though, so come and get your #poetry on! :)