Yes, that is her name, they call her that in the long halls of her house in Harlem. But of course, there are more houses than that because that simply would not do.
Mrs. Dalloway said she would buy the flowers, but they were for the tea. Edible flowers you see ( It gave her something to look at whilst she drank.) For she was hard to handle, but to handle nerves she would get a cup of tea. Tea with crumpets and biscuits (it was the rave ) especially a nice cup of sweet smooth and herbal Elder Gray for Mrs. Dalloway. What a fresh and blissful day with the shine that rises each morning. The warmest greetings to the new day in June.
The month was hot and sticky and things still grew. In June it did not take much for the sun to stretch and sprinkle its powdered goodness over the blades of grass. Did the sunshine stick because the grass was ever so dewed? What a day, what a sight, what a morning. For it has always been, for her she wakes up with crust in her eyelids and it is still a good morning. She sits by the tree and reads under it offered shade whilst the ants and beetles fall in the cool spots of shade on her skirt that form little shapes. They polo in her one after the other, she is so invested in her book, and now there are many. But she does not swat them, because she is Mrs. Dalloway.
Uri Gresham Uri Iman Gresham is a level 4 creative writing student at Nocca. She enjoys singing and credits it to making her poetry carry such lyricism. She is fluent in French and partially in Mandarin, Patois, and Spanish. Her work has been published in Umbra Lit magazine. She has performed in the Black Culture Club for four years, a club and performance held here at Nocca. She has won the Nancy Throp competition. And was accepted into the writing intensive. Kenyon reviewed and Envision, a young leader program in Washington, and was a returning member to the NAACP act, so competition, and won second place. She has participated in multiple side projects that involve other forms of media to help propel her career. Her work centers on motifs of light, Black beauty, and life as a young woman. She enjoys sitting in the sun, dancing in her room, and going on long car rides for inspiration.
