Self Portrait: Intimate Reflections
by Syeita M. Rhey
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About the Book (Scroll down to watch full poem read aloud sample) Exploring real issues from discovering cultural identity and acceptance to dealing with loss. Add dashes of sauciness and you have the phenomenal poetry book…Self Portrait: Intimate Reflections. Masterfully crafted by Syeita Rhey, ‘Self Portrait: Intimate Reflections’ comprises of unedited verses written by the author in her teen/young adult years some 10-15 years ago, during her frantic and tumultuous search for her true cultural identity. Conveying confusion, self-awareness, anger and love, each verse grasps a vital rite of passage, transitioning Rhey from the challenging world of foster care into a powerful, independent public servant.
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About the Author
Syeita Rhey was placed into the foster care system as a youth; she was later adopted. It was her childhood circumstances and adversities that first led her to use poetry as an outlet to express her feelings. Syeita enjoys tackling prospects involving creativity and education. Facebook: facebook.com/syeitarhey; Follow her on Twitter: @syrhey 
Self Portrait by Syeita M. Rhey
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Self Portrait: Intimate Reflections Read Aloud Video. Read full poem transcript below (from Chapter IV. Matriarchs: Granny & Nana)
This poem is dedicated to people who were raised by their grandmother or might have had a parent who suffered from Alzheimer’s disease. If you enjoyed this poem, please like and share it |
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Full Poem Preview: Remembering Granny's Amber Trophy
(In Section IV: Matriarchs: Granny & Nana) Her frail wrinkly hand, made stiff and weary from fifty-eight years of scrubbing linoleum and hardwood floors, and lifting pans from hot ovens, fumbled about her bare neck as memories surfaced. Since the age of twelve, she toiled for decades in household servitude armed with grandiose dreams. But, Mary-Elizabeth was always taught by mama that, "such finery was not meant for colored folks," so when her kind employer blessed her with the gift of amber, she promised to cherish and keep it always, a trophy for her grueling labor. That diamond shaped honey-colored amber stone with black specks, adorned with its polished golden beads, found a permanent home securely fastened around her neck. But now, her tired fingers felt its absence. Where did it go? She panics for it each day. And each day she is reminded that it is safely tucked away by her daughter for fear of theft from nurses and other patients. Once she remembers, her hundred year old delicate body sinks back with relief into a sort of peacefulness, only to be interrupted in alarm, when she suddenly discovers the amber necklace missing once again. |
Table of Content
Self Portrait: Intimate Reflections There are 4 sections . Each section is introduced by an image created by Syeita M. Rhey, a visual representing that chapter of her life. The sections include... I. Meet Sy II. Before I Learned to Love Myself III. When Death Starts to Become Too Familiar IV. Matriarchs: Granny & Nana 
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