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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
Tag Archives: North American African Perspective
A Song of August Wilson or The Lion’s Roar, Parts 1, 2 and 3.
There is no return from this baptism by Wilson. Nothing will ever be the same again. I have been caught by the piper. I follow the roar of the lion.
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Tagged august wilson, ayodele wordslanger nzinga, black arts, gem of the ocean, Joe Turner's Come and Gone, lower bottom playaz, nation building, North American African Perspective, the ground on which I stand, theater, warrior art
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A writer writes. 2
I thank the ancestors, my parents, my children, the spirits that walk with me for the gifts given. I remember. I am here. I am not done. I remain a willing vessel. I plan to run on until my day is done and when I get to my maker may she say, ‘Well done.” Continue reading
Dirt – From That New Millennium Dime
Advertisements the people /slowly returning/to the land/ slowly/ slow food /looking for sustenance in the sustainable green ways/leaning on unknowing/relearning/undoing re/remembering what we never should have forgotten/ from dust to dust/how we forget that/2/3’s water/how we forget that/god alchemy/mimic nature/ … Continue reading
Posted in Black Arts, North American African Perspective, Poetry, spokenword, That New Millennium Dime, work in progress
Tagged ayodele wordslanger nzinga, blk arts, life lessons, lyrical poetry, narrative poetry, North American African Perspective, that new millennium dime, work in progress
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The Lower Bottom Playaz; Full Metal
Advertisements Bullets are usually made of lead. If you cover a lead bullet with copper you get a Full Metal Jacket; an armor piercing projectile. It is our intention to wound you with art. You will leave feeling something. You will be moved … Continue reading
Posted in Black Arts, Craft, INK, journal, Life., North American African Perspective, Performing Arts, Poetry, spokenword, Theater, work in progress
Tagged aspirations, august wilson, ayodele wordslanger nzinga, blk arts, creativity, gem of the ocean, journal, life lessons, lower bottom playaz, lyrical poetry, marvin x, narrative poetry, North American African Perspective, opal palmer adisa, poems, spokenword, theater, warrior art, work in progress
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June 2011, & X @ 67
Advertisements June 2011 Superman went home followed by Geronimo Pratt Tears and struggle from Harlem to Tanzania Souls set free from heavy bodies X’s wisdom brightens the midnight sky in Babylon as we remember Sun Ra in the laughter … Continue reading
Unwritten (From the collection INK)
Advertisements unless you can write food on a plate words on paper have little to do with empty bellies bloated as if hunger were a being growing in the vacuum drawing flies to eyes puckering brows painting something that … Continue reading
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. it don’t signify
like blue black wrinkled old men
in stingy brims
teeth clenching 5 dollar cigars
breath smelling of gin and knowing
from a distance
whose eyes grin
as they eloquently explode
divine curses
like corks from aged wine
you gotta shake ya head
so it don’t hit ya Continue reading
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Tagged ayodele wordslanger nzinga, black arts, lyrical poetry, narrative poetry, North American African Perspective, poems, spokenword, wordslanger, work in progress, writing
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A Poem for This Day — (General Poetics 2011)
Advertisements this day demanded a poem a free poem that dont cost nuthin and dont owe nobody a damn thing copy this left i give you the right this poem dont belong to a collection it belongs to itself and … Continue reading
Light–A 2011 New Year’s Wish
Advertisements the better to see my dears open doors and third eye windows clean closets and soul remove spider webs from heads and hearts unwrap fears and fly (From Allegories of Altars, We Inhale Press, 2008)
That New Millennium Dime, Dreams, Installment 18
Advertisements the dead visit often/i no longer fear them/some i know at once/even if i never knew them /others introduce themselves/ they bring things/ riddles/secrets/dreams of fire/memories/instructions/prophecy & the keys/they warn/they rail & rant at the bedside/they wander through the … Continue reading
