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Queen Dee on a final dream of flight Denise Wooten on crazy((NPM2017 # 8) August Wilson and Fe… on The American Century Cycle platonegro on shoestrings chelleechauxnuff – United States – I do Inter-disciplinary Performing Arts such as Theater, mixed media works, found object collage, palm shard mask making and photo journalism, all while vocalizing all genres of music.I also grow plants and rag-up denim clothing into new designs. I love the oceans, Black cats , Black dogs and good food! chelleechauxnuff on shoestrings
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Old Men
Advertisements blue black creased by living gin on their breath underneath the weight of the crush of being born invisible 5 dollar cigars and knowing in their mouths long eyes pained by memory grown in the shadows of years stacked … Continue reading
new dance
Advertisements a time will come to let go the child let them go where they will where you have not been they may bring you what you have never had never seen could not have imagined let them be bigger … Continue reading
here/there
Advertisements on the border it says here/there can you get there from here of course can you get there from here with a little effort movement is possible or stillness if it is not here maybe it is there what … Continue reading
Thirty Poems in Thirty Days National Poetry Month 2015 ucc
Advertisements I accepted the 30/30 challenge offered by a group of fellow poets. This is the result. Thirty poems written in 30 days. Poem#30 (4/30/2015) North American African Poet i am a poet language and ideas are my meat & … Continue reading
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Tagged 30/30 Challenge, ayodele wordslanger nzinga, National Poetry Month, poems, poets
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Eight of Ten: Jitney, a Director’s Note
Advertisements I am mid way through the production of Jitney. Only 3 shows left. It’s the second show of the cycle we have done at the Flight Deck in newly dubbed “Uptown”, (used to be plain old downtown), Oakland. This … Continue reading
August Wilson and Ferguson
Advertisements The more I do this work the clearer I become that my art is my contribution to the battle for equity. Standing proudly on the ground of the dirt beneath the floor underneath the door of no return — … Continue reading
lifted measure one
Advertisements sometimes it gets hard to lift something must be shifted can’t go on this way even if youre gifted can’t drift in the game twisted i insist i get a grip i know the story flip the script stealing … Continue reading
Posted in Black Arts, Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged ayodele wordslanger nzinga, black poems, liberation art, poems
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Rendition
Advertisements i grew in the shadow of the tales of her the shining mistress with open arms who crowned the good on streets of gold with a chicken in every pot a job for every man & no child left … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged American violence, awareness, ayodele wordslanger nzinga, government, policing, politics, systemic violence, torture, war and peace
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How to Ground One’s Self on a Moving Train
Advertisements Meditation One: Stay in Your own Lane Stay in your own lane. Everyone and everything has a purpose. It is important to find one’s purpose. Not connecting to purpose is a recipe for lifelong frustration. It is like being … Continue reading
spider woman and twin war Godz
Advertisements riding with spider woman and twin war Godz born into a state of war divined to be she who remembers shield carrier spear chucker hard to duck her up right in storm moving forward like water persistently … Continue reading
