Author: Theresa Harvard Johnson

Theresa Harvard Johnson is the founder of The School of the Scribe and progenitor of The Scribal Anointing® teachings, the 21st-century revelation of the office of the prophetic scribe. She has authored more than 25 books to help prophetic scribes navigate their calling, taught thousands of scribes globally and developed safe spaces online and in person to foster prophetic community. Theresa holds an M. Div. in biblical studies and an M. A. in professional writing. As a scribal historian and mentor to many, she has pioneered exclusively in this area for more than two-decades.

I PRAY (Rhyming Poem)

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Copyright 2012 Theresa Harvard Johnson 
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It could be me standing accused, 
feeling ashamed,
as men who don’t know me 
slander and curse my name.
 
It could be my picture, old videos, and transcripts 
scattered across the evening news,
being discussed, dissected 
and un-relent-lessly skewed.
 
It could be my family sitting 
innocently under the questioning eyes of men,
watching the world throw bricks and stones, 
mocking my God and counting my sins.
 
It could be me realizing, 
how quickly good deeds or works fade;
and how a name synonymous for years with charity, 
can instantly be regarded with hate.

A Tribute To Poet Georgia Douglas Johnson (2)

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Copyright 2017 Theresa Harvard Johnson

Of all the forms of writing that exist in the world today, poetry rests at the center of my heart – especially poetry from the Harlem Renaissance (1920s-1930s), an explosive period in Black history in which excellence in all forms of art, particularly literature and music, took the nation by storm and brought a level of healing to the races. For a short time, it became the cultural center of the nation and today, its legacy is so profound that it stands as the epoch of Black artistic diaspora.

This movement was baaaaad!

I owe my poetic awakening to my first grade teacher in the 1970s who would read the works of Black poets in homeroom every morning. She would bring the words from the book to life! I would slouch in my wooden desk as she enunciated every word with such grace, elegance and power as my pigtails swung back and forth and the heels of my Buster Browns tapped the floor. I couldn’t take my eyes off of her; and my ears were trained to hear every poem from that point forward that I would ever read.

I was captivated: A Black girl lost in poetry.

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Prophetic Word: Your Reaping Season

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You have FEARED ME. You you have taught those whom you influence to FEAR ME. You have grieved over those who did not… but yet you stood – exemplifying my truth in love, in adoration of me and in hope that eyes would see, ears would hear and hands would be quick to run to good, not evil. You stood at the steps of BEAUTIFUL… watching, waiting… praying.

Beloved, I declare that you KNOW THIS: There are bountiful REWARDS in the “Fear of the Lord.” I have opened the treasure of your righteous labor and released to YOU PEACE AND HAPPINESS and a RIPE HARVEST. I have called you to EAT the fruit of your labor in the midst of your fear…. and by my mercy, I have opened treasures even to those who could NOT SEE IT, COMPREHEND IT… that they may SEE! Stand in your righteous harvest and rejoice. Know that your FEAR OF ME has activated your reaping season. Expect it… and SEE if what I have declared is true. Your labor has not been in vein.

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Prophecy 2017