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  • 9-11 Emergency – Original Poetry

    9-11 Emergency This poem was written during a trip to New York City in 2009. As the taxi cab stopped in traffic I looked up and I was right in front of Engine 34. I felt the energy in the building and these words came to me… Back in New York and nothing is the same I…

  • Toni Love “Love Restored” – Spotlight on Jazz and Poetry Featured Artist

    I am so honored to be chosen as the Featured Artist on Spotlight on Jazz and Poetry this month from August 16th until August 29th.Click on the link below to listen to a few of my poems so perfectly infused with Jazz…

  • Welcome Home – Original Poetry

    The soil moist beneath your feet is comfort for your journey We are you You are we We are here

  • Arts and Artists Extravaganza Today! Voorhees NJ

    Good Morning! Toni Love will be appearing at the 2015 Arts and Artist Extravaganza at The Mansion in Voorhees, NJ today! The event will take place from 4PM-8PM and there will be a showcase of the area’s finest artists and published authors. I am honored to be invited to share some of my poetry with…

  • The Day I Left God – Original Poetry from Toni Love

    The Day I Left God I laid the red carnation on top of her casket Collapsing through showers of grief The sight of them lowering the flesh and bones of my mother Into the cold hard ground was too much for my fragile womb to bear I had prophesied years before That her life would…

  • Celebrate My First Poetry CD Release and Birthday, August 22nd!

    I am so excited..in a little over a month I will be presenting my first poetry CD to a room full of friends, family and fans and I can’t wait to share this moment with everyone! It has been quit an experience from the first recording to working with a Producer, registering the tracks for…

  • For You – Original Poetry (1985)

    For You Don’t think that just because I wrote this poem ’bout you I love you Cause I’ve written poems ’bout Misery and death (c) M. Tonita Austin aka Toni Love 1985

  • Memories of a War Veteran..I haven’t forgotten

    Originally posted on Toni's Room: I can hardly remember his smell, but I will never forget his smile. Even his face is fading in my memories, but his physical presence has left an inexplicable imprint on my heart. On this day of remembrance and honor for those who served our Country, we often think of…

  • Save the Date for the Toni Love CD Release Party! August 22nd!

    At this point in my life, I have awakened the passionate writer/poet that laid dormant for decades and she does not want to stop. But I am first a Mother and an entrepreneur so I take it a day at a time, I take suggestions from those whom I admire and respect and love, and…

  • New Shoes: My Mother’s Day Gift from Above

    Even though I was a mother myself, all of the Mother’s Day commercials with scenes of children hugging and delivering gifts and flowers to their mothers trickled into my joy like Chinese water torture.