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Dust Rain by Shawntaye Scott  

Flying rids dust particles,
From between creases,
Hidden within the cloth,
Hanging against the window.

Certain memories too painful
Of their purpose for being
Plague the room with terror,
With angry dreams of regret.

Winter air blows through,
Stirring the stale atmosphere
By silently bellowing the cries,
Of an innocent sufferer of neglect. 

Brown Enchantment by Shawntaye Scott

Round, amber garnets of calamity
Glisten and stare back at me.
As I gaze upon their beauty.
Refreshing as a cool rain breeze,
Delicious as a drop of honey
Satisfying as an autumn sunset,
Your eyes, your being, yourself
Enrich my heart and my soul
When I think about you my dear.
Your honesty and spirit I can't resist
Your touch radiates through my body,
You will remain in my being,
My brown sugar, sugar brown.

Bio:   Shawntaye Scott is a writer from Pittsburgh, PA.   Her work has been published in the e-zines Holler, The Writers Crib, Subjective Substance, Now and Forever, Nubian Mindz, MagNetique, Timbooktu, Confused In A Deeper Way, The Soul of Pittsburgh, The Underground Window, The Noyse Magazine, Sage of Consciousness  and the Canadian E-Zines Poetry Stop and 3 Cup Morning.   She has contributed a biography on Mildred D. Taylor to the African American Women Writers: An A-to-Z Guide , a reference work published by Greenwood Press in 2006. She also contributed a biography in An Encyclopedia of African American Literature, published by Greenwood Press in 2005 as well as also been included in the Forthright Poetry Compilation, Our Truth and The Lion Speaks: An Anthology for Hurricane Katrina.