April is National Poetry Month and to celebrate, who better to have as a guest on the Urban Parle' Podcast, than the North Carolina Poet Laureate, Jaki Shelton Green.

Mrs. Green has made history by becoming the 1st African American to be appointed in North Carolina. With an incredibly impressive career spanning over 40 years of literary genius, she has made a global impact traveling around the world and teaching others how to express their writer's voice through the art of poetry.

In this special episode, I got to digitally sit at the feet of Mrs. Jaki and glean from her wisdom. She shared some real life lessons about how she created the balance of pursuing her passion for writing while taking care of her children as a single mother. For anyone going through the stages of grief, this is a heart to heart conversation you really need to hear. Jaki generously shares the depth of her grief experience as a mother losing her beloved daughter, Imani Shelton Green in June of 2009 to a rare form of Cancer. Years later, she wrote a powerful book in her daughter's honor entitled, "I Want to Undie You."

Get some advice and perspective on how to move through the grief process by allowing yourself to simply go through it knowing that one day you will get to the other side.

To learn more about the work of Jaki Shelton Green:

www.JakiSheltonGreen.com

Instagram @greenjaki

https://www.facebook.com/jaki.s.green

To purchase the book, "I Want to Undie You," visit: www.jacarpress.com