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Monthly Archives: June 2015
one path to transformation
it was a thought a hunger a whisper a nudge, an invitation wanna dance? i said yes. i was good at no. it left me in the no where. so i said yes. yes opened a door- wanna dance? yes. … Continue reading
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Tagged #poetry, Arts, aspirations, awareness
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here & now 2
sometimes in a face I see a story a play hiding in the way a man walks a song humming on a street corner sometimes the art is waiting in the ordinary waiting to be amplified what is more stunning … Continue reading
here & now
because now is all there is because one can stand on yesterday but can not live there because the future is not here now is where the stage lives where the characters parade in their glory in their shame in … Continue reading
A Deeper Shade of Black
some things can’t be given back your father’s chin your mother’s knees the kiss of melanin the fullness of your lips the curl in your hair somethings define you whether you want them to or not you can reject the … Continue reading
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Beyond the Bars: Growing Home
June 19, 2015 2781 Telegraph Oakland CA 94612 6:00-8:00 PM – FREE Beyond the Bars: Growing Home is a dramatic stage reading derived from the stories of Green Life participants who are formerly incarcerated and re-entering Bay Area communities. In … Continue reading
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Tagged Arts, ayo nzinga, black arts, genocide, identity, incarceration
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Free Poem
Poem#24 (4/24/2015) Free Poem (From 30 Poems in Thirty Days) this poem would like to be about something other than poetry or why I write it wants to be beautiful shiny to take you somewhere you discover something so beautiful … Continue reading
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the builder and the grapevine
i send regards to the fig tree i have been uprooted again on a new porch sending prayers by crows to oshun & shango i whisper to the grape vine promising it grapes i am here you will be cared … Continue reading
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