I found this woman's poetry accidently making research rounds on some other (political) subject and just fell in love with her work. I wanted to make a hub for her to direct others to her work so that they could enjoy her as well.

"...and I want to be sweet for you, baby 

but your spit no longer drips liquid sugar 

teeth are rotting and falling as I speak 

to my spirit alone with my things-to-do list 

standing on my spine before realizing your feet are too heavy 

for my back so I simply erase your name 

from the paper 

wet the dead tree with my tears in hopes to grow a dozen 

more 

of you so afraid 

to let me show you how a real woman could 

help you find the man in you 

my wholeness will guide you to the 

half of you 

you thought you didn't have 

so you only offered the little that your 

body allowed 

and in the end it's never enough 

'cause 

I wanna smell like it 

taste like it feel like it walk barefoot inside it 

wrap it around my waist wear it in the shower take it 

home with me 

share it with my girls play an Aretha CD to it eat it sweat it 

believe it African-dance to it wash my face with it hold it 

love it 

grow it out my stomach rock my Adidas with it let it run 

down my 

back lick it live it shake a tambourine and say amen 

because of it 

steal it if I have to 

melt chocolate on top of it 

just want it to be sweet, baby 

sweet like you like we can be 

like revolution'"

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1264/is_1_31/ai_61891756 

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1264/is_6_31/ai_65540866

"Jessica Care moore first got exposure in 1994 for her original poetry at the downtown Pourme Cafe in her native Detroit, where she found responsive small audiences and made contact with such legendary veterans as The Last Poets. The cafe proprietors, who also owned a hair salon, invited Care moore to perform at Detroit's popular hair shows. Enthusiastic feedback from these broader audiences inspired Care moore to load up her pickup in May 1995 and, with $700 and a dream, head for New York City to make her mark. Few poets earn $50,000 a year by their own efforts, but Care moore, 28, pulls down even more than that these days..."

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http://www.mooreblackpress.com/

"Moore Black Press was created by founder and C.E.O. jessica Care moore in 1997. MBP is a company dedicated to preserving the new generation of writers and poets. Poetry has not only been a passion for jessica, and quickly became an avenue of success and international exposure. The young poet made history on New York City's Apollo's stage in 1995. Her infamous 5-weeks of poetry beat out all the competition on the nationally televised, It's Showtime at the Apollo, and crowned her an Apollo Legend. Care-moore didn't settle for a signing a mainstream publishing deal. She decided to to invest in herself. Using her celebrity and her work ethic she inherited from her parents, moore's energy went into the creation of her own thriving publishing company."

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http://aalbc.com/

http://authors.aalbc.com/jessica.htm

"... Jessica is also an internationally published writer, with her work being featured in several major anthologies including Abandon Automobile, (WSU Press 2001), Listen Up! (Random House, 1999), Step Into A World, (Wiley Publishing, 2001), Role Call (Third World Press 2002) Bum Rush The Page: A Def Poetry Jam (Crown Publishing 2001), in addition to Essence, Blaze, Source, Vibe, African Voices, Bomb, Mosaic, Good News, Savoy and BE magazines. Care moore's highly anticipated second book, The Alphabet Verses The Ghetto (November 2002) is an introspective look into this young poets life and shows the growth of this globally recognized poet.

A multifaceted writer, publisher, and actor, Care moore hits home with her soulful sound, rapid-fire lyrics and hardcore appeal. Author of the best selling poetry collection, The Words Don't Fit In My Mouth, she is no ordinary poet; she is one of the hottest young book publishers in the country. Moore Black Press was currently awarded a Small Press Award from the African-Americans Helping Authors Organization in NYC. As an activist and lecturer, jessica has become a strong voice in the fight against the AIDS epidemic, lending her voice to the AIDS WALK Opening Ceremonies in NYC, San Francisco and Atlanta. She is one of the organizers of the upcoming Hip-Hop-A-Thon, which hopes to increase AIDS education in the Black and Latino Bay Area Community..."