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Ebony Magazine: Cancer Journals in the Raw

As a matter of fact, these cancer journals ARE about me. I pray that cancer may never be about you. For those who support my writing, thank you. For those who are hung up over the diction (that means there are three words of profanity in each), I also pray that your pious religious beliefs and […]

Lyrical Soul

This  first poetic collection is built upon my love for language and it’s ability to leap high, reach long, and creatively crawl in free verse forms that range from couplets to narratives. Initially inspired as a gift to family and friends, it incorporates varied poetic devices that include lyrical verse, syllabic sound, slant rhyme and […]

Alvin Ailey Dance School Accepts Three Local Teens

http://.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/060901/ner_6380487.shtml   One of the three teens selected, Savery Morgan, completed the Ailey Program and has danced with Atlanta Ballet and Ballethnic. In addition, he now has his own company with Dewitt Cooper who is currently on tour with Broadway’s “In The Heights.” The link below will give you more insights into their 2011 Summer […]

What does Penny Dickerson do? “I write.”

I am an artist whose muse is language. My indulgence is journalism and poetry, both of which I utilize as a neo-duo I’ve coined, “curious creativity.” Information need not be reportage rote and stagnant to intrigue, nor must poetry “end rhyme”  to narrative emotion that transcends human condition or align with lyrics that invite language […]