The lotus flower is a universal symbol of spiritual enlightenment. It grows in muddy waters, sinking at nightfall and then emerges high above the murky depths at daybreak, its petals bright and blooming just as beautiful as the day before. The lotus represents purity, strength, good health and fortune, spiritual rebirth and in many cultures it represents the sacred feminine. Much like the lotus flower, Veronica Bohanan shares a spiritual unfolding of herself in a collection of poetry and prose entitled Om: My Sistagryl Lotus. Her work is a literary rebirth of self, where she submerges into the murky depths of society and her inner woman and uses the power of her words to emerge as a woman filled with light and understanding, towering above all of the madness—renewed as a melanin-infused sistagyrl lotus. --Sandria Washington Brown Gurl Magazine Occasionally a writer surfaces whose poetry is so imbued with authenticity, so intuitively wrought, and so keenly aware of its own integrity that we hardly realize while reading it that we are glimpsing both a protest and a celebration of the world around us. This is the case with veronica precious bohanan's collection of poetry, Om: My Sistagyrl Lotus. --Maggie Fromm Altar Magazine Swathed in mother love, Om: My Sistagyrl Lotus, is a celebration of all that is special about being black and female in a world that has been black woman hating. She beckons sisters everywhere to embrace freedom, their own beauty, love, adventure, and wholeness. This young poet's vision is refreshing, inspirational, compelling, and just plain wonderful. --Beverly Guy Sheftall, co-author of Gender Talk: The Struggle for Women’s Equality in African American Communities, and director of the Women's Research & Resource Center at Spelman College in Atlanta, GA Veronica’s poetry is a fierce and viable force of values, morals, love and understanding, in a world where these tenets are quickly eroding. --Abiodun Oyewole of the Last Poets With Om: My Sistagyrl Lotus Veronica Precious Bohanan takes aim at a society that has tried to make claims on her behalf. Of the world, yet otherworldly Bohanan proves that poetry and prose still matter. --Mark Anthony Neal, Author New Black Man Veronica's is a voice that is fresh, prolific and insightful. This collection represents fresh air, new beginnings, deeper insights and the acquisition of the elusive self. She is no longer an 'emerging poet'- she is here! --Stephanie Gadlin Shakur, playwright, author Veronica continues to do what she does best and that is promoting sisterhood. It is imperative to her that women of color feel they have a voice. --Bean Soup Times |
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