Kathleen Cross

Ask Don Imus Which Doll is "Bad"

I think this Imus situation struck such a cord because it was so uncalled for and so MEAN. I was just watching Kiri Davis' film "A Girl Like Me" and there is a scene in the film where a lit...
Posted by Kathleen Cross on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 10:50:00 PST

DON IMUS is SORRY

Before I add my two cents on this, I'd like to include the transcript of the Imus show in which the young ladies of Rutgers were so flippantly and viciously denegrated: DON IMUS: So I watched the ba...
Posted by Kathleen Cross on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 12:27:00 PST

WHAT LOVE LOOKS LIKE

Funny how folks will claim to LOVE you, yet their actions speak so much louder than their words. How can love be the source of gossip, disconnection and dissension?LOVE adds value to every relationshi...
Posted by Kathleen Cross on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 02:05:00 PST

I SAW ATL LAST NIGHT, and here's MY TAKE ON THE FLICK...

ATL is definitely a LOVE STORY, but I'm not using that term in the way you might think -- Although it is a coming-of-age tale about family, friendship and budding young romance, what it really w...
Posted by Kathleen Cross on Sun, 02 Apr 2006 05:49:00 PST

SPICY CHICKEN WINGS...

I was in the drive-through at Popeye's ordering a spicy wing combo when my friend (whose car I was riding in) noticed a homeless man crossing the street. The man looked as if he hadn't...
Posted by Kathleen Cross on Mon, 23 Jan 2006 01:58:00 PST

REVISIT THE PAST...

When a childhood friend called to say "lets go to lunch", I must say I was more than a little bit surprised. I hadn't spoken to or seen Ronnie since high school.I wasn't sure what to e...
Posted by Kathleen Cross on Mon, 23 Jan 2006 01:32:00 PST

the O.G. MEETS the C.E.O

DIGNITY(the O.G. Meets the C.E.O.)If I had my dignityI would not yell street obscenitiesto assert my dominionin my streetsor paint my name in block lettersto remind youthis is my blockIf I had my dign...
Posted by Kathleen Cross on Thu, 19 Jan 2006 12:38:00 PST

IN HIS EYES (for Todd)

I amsweet marrowwrapped in angel's fleshstrength'selucidationof grace I amstillness in motionheaven and earthalloyedI amtheonlygoddessand hecomes undonewhen I danceI amalto nowsoprano thenar...
Posted by Kathleen Cross on Thu, 01 Dec 2005 08:41:00 PST

For Us, By Us...

kneel beside her now this brown sister sweat drenched work weary perpetually underfed taste a drop of her sorrow this Creator's child leg shackled to desperation freedom be her dread ache to lift he...
Posted by Kathleen Cross on Thu, 01 Dec 2005 08:38:00 PST