Wounded in the house of a friend -- Catch the fire -- On the occasion of Essence's twenty-fifth anniversary -- A love song for Spelman -- Poem -- A remembrance -- Sweet honey in the rock -- Bullet holes of resistance -- Love song No. 3 -- Homegirls on St. Nicholas avenue -- Introduction of Toni Morrison, and others, on the occasion of the publication of her book race-ing justice, en-gendering power: Essays on Anita Hill, Clarence Thomas, and the construction of social reality -- Poem for July 4, 1994 -- This is not a small voice -- Like -- Eyewitness: case No. 3456 -- Poem for some somen -- Improvisation -- South African tanka