Michelle R. Smith

I’m still geeked over these new nails 💅🏾

Thank you, , for hooking up the TM tributes 💅🏾

No amount of time makes it OK to joke about what happened to this man, . It was a sick injustice that caused an innocent man to lose his life, a child to lose her father. It’s never OK to make light of that. Our tax dollars being used to sn**ch Black lives through undue state violence is not something a grown Black taxpayer should sit up and smile or laugh about. Especially not for show.

It was a big room with a lot of people that I wasn’t sure wanted to hear my poem about the genocide in Palestine and the genocide in Congo and our complicity and responsibility. But I read it anyway.

We have to provide for our librarians the way they provide for us, 💸💸💸💸💸

Tonight at The Power of Words Fundraiser for . It was an honor to read alongside , , , and so many others.

Support our libraries and local bookstores!

Thank you, , .by.karim, and , for sharing your time and talent with the Cleveland Heights and University Heights community tonight at the first BNV showcase. You were all so brave, beautiful, awesome, and inspiring.

Thank you, and , for all your help making this showcase happen. I can’t wait for the next one.

Thank you, open mic poets and showcase attendees, for your participation and support tonight. Hope to see you again in August.

This was a great “welcome home” from Arts Impact and Cincy ♥️♥️

Awesome keynote from at Arts Impact 2026 tonight 🎤