THINKING OF YOU

As we get closer day by day

My idle time is filled with thoughts of romantic play

Thinking of the small pleasures,

Your laugh, a wink, your sweet smile.

Makes me realize this is a relationship that will last a while

Exposing these thoughts is just letting you know

You're on my mind

I think of you wherever you may go.



Copyright 1998 Thoughts

Author Nanette M. Buchanan

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The Saga Continues, but the Finish Line is Straight Ahead --- Obama and McCain – What Really Matters? by Tinisha Nicole Johnson

The race is tighter than ever. Are you registered to vote? November 5th will be here and gone before you know it. Will you have any regrets because you didn’t take action? Have you voiced your opinion by calling your Congressmen, Senators, Governor, the President, Obama, McCain or mailed letters?

We’re living in a time where things could drastically change for you and your family – for better or worse. Don’t be misguided by the ignorance that is going on in the world. Many have made Race a big part of this election, but it boils down to who truly cares about ALL Americans, whether they are white, black, brown, yellow or green. Who will do as they say and change the economy in a new and positive direction?

Who will you vote for? And a better question is why? Will you stay neutral and rely on God? Or will you vote and still rely on God?

Some believe that the nominee for Republican VP Sarah Palin has caused a dent in the percentages of votes for Obama. While others believe, we’ll just have more of the same if McCain is elected.

Either way, it boils down to sincerity and action. Who will take care of the American people? Who will meet our needs in important issues such as energy, the economy, healthcare - to name a few. Who will make the United States a better place? Who truly cares about our families and our children’s future?

Get the facts. Be aware of what is going on. It may be a long time before we experience anything like this in history.

Browsing both McCain and Obama’s site, you’ll find it interesting on what McCain chose as Issues and what Obama chose as Issues:

McCain’s Issues that he will address if he becomes President:
American Energy
Economic Plan
Iraq
Healthcare
Education
Climate Change
Border Security
Human Dignity and Life
Second Amendment
Veterans
Government Reform
National Security


Obama’s Issues that he will address if he becomes President:
Civil Rights
Defense
Disabilities
Economy
Education
Energy and Environment
Ethics
Faith
Family
Fiscal
Foreign Policy
Healthcare
Homeland Security
Immigration
Iraq
Poverty
Rural
Service
Seniors and Social Security
Technology
Urban Policy
Veterans
Women
Additional Issues

Visit both Presidential nominees website and make a decision NOW! I know who I’ll be voting for and why. What about you?
http://www.johnmccain.com/
http://www.barackobama.com/

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Tinisha Nicole Johnson

Author, Writer and Poet

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The Super Women of the World

Many have several thoughts on Sarah Palin. I personally admire the woman for a few reasons. She’s married with five children, the youngest of which is challenged, but yet is able to maintain a high profile career. She’s also family focused with a good head on her shoulder, and could possibly be this country’s next Vice President.

However, I do want to note that there are a lot of hard working women holding down the family, some single and some married or in a relationship. So I definitely want to give due credit to ALL the women in this country who are confident, working mothers, and still have to take care of the family, and still cook and clean and help the kids with their homework.

Women should be celebrated in this country. They are truly Super Women. And I do not like the media or whomever questioned her capabilities on how she’s taking care of her kids. Women do what we have to do. And we certainly can’t allow other people’s opinion, the media, naysayers or critics stop us. Okay, enough on that, that sort of hit me personally, but I don’t want to go on a rampage.

Nevertheless, I do on the other hand think John McCain picked Sarah Palin primarily because she’s a women. I also think he wanted to make history on the Republican side, as Barrack Obama has on the Democratic side. He wanted to gain more attention to himself, because he was envy of all the attention Obama has been getting. It’s evident in his commercials when he kept calling Obama a celebrity. That wasn’t negative at all. In fact, it had me thinking, “Wow, Obama’s a celebrity?”

Back to Palin. From what I’ve researched on my own so far, I believe Sarah Palin is very much so a business woman with Executive experience, but I can’t help but to wonder if she was the all around top choice for a VP pick. Now Hillary Clinton - definitely yes, but then again, she’s not a Republican and that’s a different story altogether. But the reason I say this is because when she’s quoted making statements like, “I’ve been so focused on state government. I haven’t really focused much on the war in Iraq,” that makes me wonder. She was quoted saying this March 2007 when Alaska Business Monthly interviewed her. Read the entire interview: http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-30645076_ITM If she wasn’t focused then, I assume she better get focused, if she is the next VP.

In conclusion, women in this country have come such a long way. However, by Sarah Palin becoming the first VP Republican nominee, it still shows there is improvement on women advancing in this world. But regardless who wins the presidential race, although I know who I’m voting for, I hope women’s opportunity for advancement continues, and I hope there will be vast progression and improvement within healthcare, the current economic state, and the high price of gas.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Tinisha Nicole Johnson is an author, writer and a poet. She resides in Denver, Colorado with her husband and two children. She also hosts political teleconferences. Learn more about the author at her website.

Tinisha Nicole Johnson

Author, Writer and Poet

http://www.TinishaNicoleJohnson.com

What's New!

As Mary J. Blige would say, "What's the 411, Hon?" Well, I am getting it done. This summer has gone so fast and I've had my hand in so many pots lately, it is surprising when I look back on it.



After a spring of fun writers conferences and book promotions on the Internet, I decided to pursue writing for real. I was tired of carving out little bits of time here and there to satisfy my literary desires. I came back from Romance Slam Jam in Chicago and decided on the life I was working toward. A life of sharpening my literary craft, mingling with other literary addicts and starting an ongoing dialogue about all things multicultural is what it's about for me.



In this vein, I have begun work on my second book, Early Withdrawal and launched a multicultural blog. Thanks to my experience writing with Literary Divas, I rediscovered my passion of writing about women and culture. I will continue to write the articles I love, which involves the impact current events have on the African American community and African American women in particular. However, my blog, Sable Lit Reviews.com will allow me to broaden the focus to all cultures and all people of color. In addition to articles, which will be crossed posted on my blog and Literary Divas, I will also post multicultural events and allow visitors to post multicultural events. Lastly, I will provide multicultural book reviews.



Starting September 1st, these reviews will be open to all genres that possess a multicultural theme and/or a cast of multicultural characters. The book, whether in print or electronic format, can be a current release or past release. Yes, nonfiction, LGBT and Erotic themes will have a home here as well. Sable Lit Reviews wants to put a flood light on it all. Authors and publishers, if you'd like to have your book reviewed and showcased on Sable Lit Reviews, visit the site for more information. Literary addicts, please watch it all unfold at SableLitReviews.com



My second book, while not a sequel to Mismatched, has very similar interracial themes but with a twist.



Early Withdrawal tells the story of Sonia Squires, an African American marketing executive who is 18 months shy of her 35th birthday, the age by which she hopes to start a family. After a routine wellness exam and an equally habitual argument with her long-time boyfriend, Sonia realizes that having a baby is more important to her and may be more realistic than having the marriage and the white picket fence.
Leaving her boyfriend behind and against her family's advice, she enlists the resources of a local sperm bank to reach her goal.

Newly pregnant, Sonia's curiosity regarding the paternal benefactor intensifies. When she breaks every privacy act to find him, she discovers he is Caucasian, a detail not accurately reported in the donor profile.

Jacob Rhodes is a 35-year-old language analyst, working for the National Security Agency. He is battling with a loss of faith in his abilities after superiors ignored his Iraqi intelligence report, which resulted in a U.S. terrorist attack several years ago.




A man of many secrets, Jacob allows a sperm bank to use contributions to make families whole again. Will one contribution to his Ex and her new husband who also happens to be his best friend, unleash all of his secrets?

Sonia's on a mission to find her donor. Can she still obtain the love and the family she has always wanted regardless of their differing heritage?
When Sonia's ex resurfaces and the target of her search falls from site, what choices will Sonia make?

Find out in Early Withdrawal, where fighting your obstacles and claiming the right to your dreams will lead you to a path of the unexpected!





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Thoughts- A Poetic Journey

The first published release of a volume of poetry by author Nanette M. Buchanan is now available in e-book format for poetry lovers. This volume of poetry reflects many experiences and challenges met throughout ones life. The poems detail life in its realities, its splendor and beauty, its darkness and depression with an open mind as it relates to each of those experiences. Read through and enjoy the voice that touches inner feelings that rarely speak but are deeply understood.


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Enough - An Abusive Solution

Enough

Yes, 911, Warren Street the house number is ten.
The cops, an ambulance, and the crisis unit. Send someone for his girlfriend.
Oh, I'm sorry, what's that you say?
Okay, I'll hold on, where would I go anyway?

They've got me on hold, I'll talk to you while I wait,
Uh, yes that's right he just walked in, I know it's late.
You see, it was a routine that he's had for a while.
I was sick of his lying through his teeth, grinning, and wanting me to smile.

Uh, yes, Warren Street, where you frequently send a car
The last time they just walked in the front door was ajar.
The cops came in, he told them he was playing it all a bad joke
They saw the marks he left around my throat

Huh? I don’t know her name she came to my door
What the hell did she think, what did she take me for
I put up with his shit as long as I could,
I was trying keep house and raise these kids, she just said she misunderstood

Operator, did you call for the car, shit as usual they’ll come to the hood last
I put up with his complaining and whooping my ass
That night I almost lost consciousness, I wasn't breathing all I could do was gasp.

Yes, yes I’m not hysterical this is the quiet after the storm
I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I know this kinda call ain’t your norm
Uh, yes I heard you say they would be right here
Can I just explain why, I had a new fear.

He told me his new bitch was young
He said with her he found new fun
My daughter, see she just turned eighteen,
Damn, I don’t even know how to explain this scene

Now, she's seen me get beat, knocked to the floor
But he always said she was who he adored.
My daughter entered the room screaming for him to stop
He smiled, grabbed her and ripped off her top

He yelled he was sorry as she tried to cover her budding breast
Oh, the cops are here I'll tell them the rest.
Yes, officer he's over there.
When the gun went off he fell in the chair.

I pulled the trigger. I don't know if he's dead.
The round went off, there's the hold over his head.
Officer's since this call is based on abuse,
If he's not dead, can you promise not to let him loose.

The officer turned just shaking his head,
"No Ma'am, that’s for the court, he's been hit but he's not dead."
The bastard didn’t file charges, the court gave me probation.
And to think that night should have been my motivation.

Yes, operator I know I was on hold,
I just was wondering how much violence will break this mold
No, uh no ma’am I didn’t touch him this time
You see, I decided he wasn’t worth me losing my mind

Yes, I do need the cops, the ambulance send the crisis unit too.
This bitch, see she showed up and didn’t know what to do.
She claimed he beat her in the face last night, she says she was raped
He entered the room while she was confessing to everything from their first date.

He raised his hand to swing at her there was a blast and he fell in that same old chair
You see this time the bullet caught him in mid air.
She came to kill my husband, her lover, the man with the abusive hand
Did you send the car or do you need the address again?

I don't know her name, who cares the violence has ceased
From what she's told me we'll both live in peace.
Please hurry just send the police,
Damn girl the address is ten Warren Street.

Copyright@2008

Author, Nanette M. Buchanan