Not My Starbucks

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boycott, buy black challenge, starbucks

NOT MY STARBUCKS…

I’m not boycotting Starbucks,
My Starbucks is fine.

I’ve experienced more racism
From my own kind.

Boycott Starbucks for what?!

George Zimmerman is alive,
Yet them stray bullets hit them children in the corner store while they were waiting in line.

Starbucks has been offering tuition reimbursements and health coverage to part-time employees for years.

Part-time Government employees do not receive benefits,
Black Owned Businesses openly state they hate doing business with Black People,
Yet, I’m supposed stop going Starbucks in view of the fact of one individual’s ignorance?
Dafuq outta here.

Starbucks fosters inclusion and community,
My Starbucks gives the neighborhood an extra shot of good;
Nah, I’m not boycotting Starbucks,
My Starbucks is fine.

My Starbucks creates a culture of belonging.
My Starbucks is more than a cup of joe in the morning.
My Starbucks is an atmosphere, those other coffee shops are boring.

Don’t get me wrong. What happened at that Starbucks left me utterly appalled.

The electoral college abandoned all common sense,
We got an idiot in the White House eschewing diplomacy – dispersing hate
And I have yet to see subsequent remedial measures to repudiate the President from any of y’all.

How you gon’ accept the Buy Black Challenge,
When you couldn’t stand with Kap?
Take that – take that – take that;
I know it’s a hard pill to swallow,
Better Venti – Grande – Tall.
Oh you mad
‘Cause two innocent Black Men were arrested?
Yet you’re happy because Black Panther is still doing numbers.
I know I’m different,
I’m mad ‘cause Black Panthers are still doing numbers.
Social media got y’all woke?
Nah, y’all sleep walking.
Hashtag this, hashtag that, keep talking.
I did not lose no sleep over this Starbucks issue,
We got bigger issues.
Like…
This chump is talking about building a wall
And our Freedom Fighters are still behind the wall.
Flint still got dirty water
But the hashtag ain’t trending now
So y’all forget about that water crisis thing in Michigan now.
Nah, I’m not boycotting Starbucks,
I can’t with y’all.

–@StevieStreets #poem | Not My Starbucks

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Bookshop Love revisited

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afro bloomin', bookish, bookshop love, borders bookstore, in a sentimental mood, te amo, well read black girl

To the cutie in the cafe reading The Coldest Winter Ever,
Sipping Seattle’s Best;
I like BIG BOOKS and I cannot lie,
your smile is the warmest ever…

This is dedicated to my bookshop love:
My I heart Borders Bookstore girl
The cutie in college working at the bookstore by night
My chocalate kiss exoticness
Ms. R&B and Urban Fiction are the only addictions in my life

This is dedicated to the one that introduced me to Save Room by John Legend
The Dutch Trilogy collection
The bestseller’s list in Essence
This is for the book lover that inspired me to start a book club reminiscent of Black Expressions
Oh how I adore my bookshop love

This is for my bookshop beauty:
My adorable around the way girl
The cutie in the café reading The Coldest Winter Ever
Sipping Seattle’s Best, her smile is the warmest ever

This dedicated to melanated goddess that finds solace in the bookstore
That afro bloomin’ wit’ the melanin poppin’ knowledge of self droppin’ kind that you can always find in the bookstore
This is for the under-celebrated, highly educated woman that I adore
Before we put this one in the books, I had to take a moment to say te amo, mi amor
Oh how I my bookshop beauty

For the love of books, music, and movies
Blessed be the day that I met my bookshop beauty
This is an ode to the blerd and the beautiful
From yours truly
I’m a fan of the well read black girl
And I got a thing for discourse that takes course with “THE BOOK WAS BETTER THAN THE MOVIE”
This was written to show my bookshop love some love
turn up a book and do the read thing, show a black woman some love
Get a library card, buy a black woman a book
Show a bookshop beauty some love 😍😍📚

Books come in all colors
Yet, I fell for the girl reading black books at the bookstore
Peace, One Love

–@StevieStreets #inasentimentalmood #poem | Bookshop Love revisited

Graphic Novels

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#datlibrarylife, anime, comics, LIBRARY DIARIES, manga

The graphic novels
are a little too graphic…
no pun intended.

–@StevieStreets #librarydiaries #haiku | Graphic Novels

Fact or Fiction?

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#datlibrarylife, a credible source, CRAAP Test, information science, let me librarian that

HOLLY CRAAP! 

Is it Fiction or Facts? 
Libraries Matter;

as matter of fact,

let me librarian that…
Oh! You tend to rely on the news?!

Oh-kay… good luck with that.

Truth be told; you should be careful with that.

You should rely on a much more credible source,

the news has been known to report alternative facts;

the fiction section is filled with stories like that.
Oh! You tend to rely on search engines?!

Oh-kay… good luck with that.

Truth be told; you should be careful with that.

Sure the search engines will bring you back a million answers back;

however, it is thee librarian that will bring you the correct answer back.
–@StevieStreets #librarydiaries #poem | FACT or FICTION? 

The Card Catalog

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#datlibrarylife, card catalogs, dewey decimal classification system, LIBRARY DIARIES, public libraries

Do you remember the time….
when libraries were filled with card catalogs, cardigans, and spectacles?

Do you remember the time…
when the library ladies wore their hair in a bun,

back when hearing the words “reading opens your mind to worlds of wonders” was so much fun,

when thumbing through a card catalog was quite the spectacle?

Do you remember…
when Saturday mornings at the library were filled with family fun,

back when you were taught to use your inside voice and SHHH was the rule of thumb,

back when your search engines were The Card Catalog or a Superhero Library Lady caped with a cardigan and masked with a pair of spectacles?

Do you remember the time…
when you first discovered the book was better than the movie,

back when the childrens librarian first taught you how to Dewey,

when thumbing through a card catalog was quite the spectacle?

–@StevieStreets #vintage #datlibrarylife #poem | The Card Catalog

Books Matter Too

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#booksmatter, anti-censorship, banned books week, censorship, first amendment, fREADom, read banned books

Let’s fight censorship…
defend the first amendment,
’cause books matter too.

-StevieStreets #LibraryDiaries | Books Matter Too: read banned books

Explore The Stacks

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anti-censorship, banned books week, censorship, fREADom, read banned books, READstricted, the stacks

Let’s explore the stacks!
Look for books from the banned list,
celebrate fREADom.

–@StevieStreets #LibraryDiaries | from THE COFFEEHOUSE COLLECTION: Explore The Stacks: read banned books

National Read A Book Day 2016

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#turnupabook, celebrate reading, LIBRARY DIARIES, local author collection, read local

September 6 is
NATIONAL READ A BOOK DAY;
#turnupabook, please.

Download an eBook,
crack open a Hardcover,
or a paperback.

Celebrate Reading!
Today is read a book day,
read more and talk less.

Browse your library’s
local author collection,
read local today.

Read for an hour… or
read a few chapters. By all
means, make sure you read.

–@StevieStreets #readabookday #haiku | National Read A Book Day 2016

The Book Exchange

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#datlibrarylife, #librariesofinstagram, bih better have my books, hostage negotiations, library circulation, read it return it, return your books, the circ department

Read It! Return It!
’cause the circ team be like… BIH
BETTER HAVE MY BOOKS! 😂

Yeah, you have our books.
It’s cool, we have your boy. Then
came the book exchange.

The #circdepartment
#librariesofinstagram
#datlibrarylife

The circulation
department is the heartbeat
of the library.

–@StevieStreets #librarycirculation #haiku | from THE LIBRARY DIARIES COLLECTION: The Book Exchange

postscript:

We don’t want your boy…
pay your fines, return your books;
you have 14 days.

Hello September!

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cool kids, coolest library, library card sign-up month, library cards, LIBRARY DIARIES, library out loud, literacy, the arts

Hello September!
LIBRARY CARD SIGN-UP MONTH,
we welcome you back. 😉

The best school supply
is a library card; all
the cool kids have one. 😎

#LIBRARYOUTLOUD!
The coolest library is
Stonecrest Library…

#THINKBEYONDTHEBOOKS,
Literacy runs deep. Read.
Write. Recite. Repeat.

CELEBRATE THE ARTS;
join us on September 10th,
we’ll have spoken word.

–@StevieStreets #librarycardsignup #haiku | from THE LIBRARY DIARIES COLLECTION: Hello September!