About Me

Welcome.

I’m Tawana N. Gant— a poet, educator, and storyteller who believes words have the power to help us remember ourselves.

My words are about the quiet places we often carry alone: love, heartbreak, healing, identity, faith, resilience, and the journey back to who we were before the world told us we had to become someone else. My work is deeply rooted in the experiences of Black womanhood, but my hope is that anyone who has ever searched for belonging will find pieces of themselves within these pages.

Poetry has become the language through which I make sense of life's most difficult questions and its most beautiful answers. It has taught me that healing is rarely loud. More often, it is found in ordinary moments—a morning cup of coffee, a familiar song, an honest conversation, or the quiet decision to choose yourself again.

I am the author of Reminiscing in Sequences, and I am currently completing my second poetry collection, A Black Woman in Pearls, a literary journey through love, loss, healing, and homecoming.

Whether you're here because you've read my work, discovered my writing for the first time, or simply needed a place to pause, I hope you leave with a reminder that your story deserves to be heard, your healing deserves patience, and your voice deserves space. If you'd like to know what inspires the work beyond the finished poems, you'll find me in the margins.

A Letter to You

Thank you for being here.

In a world that moves so quickly, the fact that you've chosen to spend a few moments in this small corner of mine means more than you know.

If you've found your way here carrying questions, grief, hope, joy, or simply a heart that has grown tired from trying to hold everything together, I hope these words remind you that you are not alone.

I don't believe poetry exists to give us all the answers.

I believe it gives us permission to feel, to remember, to heal, and sometimes, to begin again.

My hope is that as this space grows—with poems, books, reflections, and stories—it becomes somewhere you return to when you need a reminder that softness is strength, healing is possible, and becoming yourself is one of the bravest things you'll ever do.

Thank you for walking this journey with me.

With love,

Tawana