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Books by Rickey K. Hood 

  • UNIQUE VERSES PUBLISHING
    POEMS FOR THE REAL WORLD
  • Rickey K. Hood
    Poet and Essayist.
  • TAKE MY HAND, WALK WITH ME
    A COLLECTION OF SELECTED POEMS FROM 1995 TO 2018
  • IN DUE SEASON
    A COLLECTION OF POETRY AND PROSE
  • SUBMISSIONS
    A 31 DAY DEVOTIONAL OF REFLECTIONS, PRAISED IN POETRY FROM AN ISLAMIC PERSPECTIVE
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POETRY FOR THE REAL WORLD

“Empowerment of Love ‘And I wait, wait patiently for you, for you to turn around, to see you. And I saw your face again, touched by time’ Simply Beautiful my Brother Love & Blessings!” “Interesting take on perceptions here brethren... another masterpiece I might add.” (from the poem, I Visited You.)

Jellybean22

“Excellent all-inclusive work Mr. Hood. Words for every walk of life, for every mentality, as only a true poet can do.” much respect

magi1215


"Good Morning, Rickey!!
I'm up reading your books, with a cup of Coffee. They go together, Good Book, good coffee. Must read books.
In Due Season and Take My Hand Walk With Me.
Get in that comfortable sofa, wrap a blanket around your shoulder. Get a Hot cup of Tea and read these books."

Lillian


Poetry and Spirit Belong Together

About the Author 
Rickey K. Hood


Rickey K. Hood was born in Charlotte NC. He is an award-winning poet as well as an essayist, playwright and performer. His poems and essays has been published in many anthologies such as Journey to Timbooktu, edited by Memphis Vaughan Jr.; Our Truth, edited by Dr. Uplift; Main Street Rag, volume 6 #1; Humanities in the South, Journal of the Southern Humanities Council #89 and numerous others.  His work has also appeared in magazines like: Key Stone 1997  Central Piedmont Community College student arts publication; Six issues of AMAG, INC. Awareness Magazine; and he is a former journalist for the independently published Black Reign News published in New York city.  He has also been honored twice in the Marquis: Who’s Who in America 2001 and 2002 editions.  


UNIQUEVERSES BOOKS

TAKE MY HAND WALK WITH ME

A collection of selected poems
from 1995 to 2018

I heard God Laughing

While sitting in the park

I heard the laughter of children

Loud and wonderful

Pouring down as rain on budding leaves

And it was then I understood

That it was God I heard laughing.

 

The soft still voice of the wind

Broke forth in a belly shaking laugh

Filling the air with a pure unconditional joy

A good belly laugh not filled with wrath,

Vengeance, punishments or judgments

 

I was surprised to hear that is was

Not a “look at man’s foolishness” laugh

Or, God is laughing at us, laugh

But instead, God is laughing with us

Enjoying the joy of the day

 

Now I can hear the happiness of God

Whose laughter rains down on us

Through the joy of children

In Due Season:
A Collection of Poetry and Prose 

I saw it filled with roses and butterflies

"I saw it filled with roses and butterflies"

The poet wrote

While sitting on the patio of her suburban ranch

Looking out over her garden 


She writes laments over her favorite

Coffee cup/ the ridge chipped/ handle now broken

And she worries/ if coffee drinking

Will ever be the same again 


She documents the lines on her face

Watching as they intersect

And deepen/ each day noticing a new line

Writing panic poetic introspective

On her aging face 


She notes/ the sweet texture of chocolate

Adhering to her fingers

And she write of its finite

Yet/ necessary existence 


And I...

A poet myself/ read

Her verses of polished and tainted metaphors

And wonder what life is like in a suburban ranch

Locked behind high fences and security systems

While I live in the world of shots in the dark

And freshly freed convicts living

Next door and down the street

Turning my street corner into a cell block 


I don't have time for a favorite coffee cup

And the lines of time on my face are welcomed

There are no preferences of gourmet assorted chocolates 


But/ I do have dreams

Of fields filled with roses and butterflies


SUBMISSIONS:
A 31 day devotional of reflections praises in poetry from an Islamic perspective


#4

 

Faith

 

"The Lord of the heavens and earth and all

that is between them, if you (but) have faith

with certainty." Surah 44:7.


Faith is like the sun; there are days when one wakes up with faith brightly shining, a perfect day when nothing will seem to go wrong, but slowly and quietly clouds of life's realities begins rolling in and weaken the bright intensity of faith. The day becomes gloomy, dim and the light slowly fade. Later the wind and rain of hardships begin to pour down. Where then is the faith you begin with? Have the uncertainties of life taken it away? No, faith is there if you believe, bright and shining as ever. Faith is above the clouds, above the hardships above the storm as it rages. It rest and resides securely in the abode of the knowledge of God and His love for us. 

Faith shines knowing that Allah is always there.


Big Woo Radio Interview, featuring Poet Rickey K. Hood

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