Ancestral Echoes

Na'Kiima Reid from CincinnatiDebuts her first collection of poetrySelections on trauma, resiliencyAnd ancestryWritten from her mind, heart, and some selectionsThat came through in her dreamsSome whimsical, some spiritual butAll of it her truthsPoems written from a long span of timeFrom now to back When she was a youthSince writing is the form in whichShe expresses herself the mostFeaturing the selection, 'On Beauty, 'Dedicated to her step-father, Murdered by police brutality, Samuel DuBoseSo take a peak into theseSelections of poems Of rhythm, heart, and soulAnd get lost in their prose​​​​​​​-NLR