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Tag Archives: spokenword
spider woman and twin war Godz
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 efficient … Continue reading
Dead Poets
some say all great poets are dead they lie for true poets never die never they say all great poets are dead I say they lie for poets live in the words are the breath of Godz are the eyes … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, spokenword
Tagged ayodele wordslanger nzinga, black arts, lyrical poetry, narrative poetry, spokenword
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lynching tree memoy
there are things I can never do i do not take certain things for granted no rose garden only grey tinted glasses blessed with memory too many people afraid to remember least the scars come open pus all over the … Continue reading
Human
this is my body as god made me in the image of man human hued like the dirt we all come from complete perfect divine skin bones dreams interrupted intercepted impeded pressed into the service of others pressed like roughly … Continue reading
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Tagged #blackboys, #ellison2014, #invisible narrative, BAM, lyrical poetry, spokenword, struggle songs, warrior art, wordslanger
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God as a Wild Woman with Stars in Her Hair
god as a wild woman with stars in her hair they told me god was a wild woman with stars in her hair i have seen such women sun glowing in their eyes wind pouring from calloused finger tips still soft … Continue reading
Pragmatic Optimism
The figs did not ripen this year nor did the dreams of democracy in the land of the free the hard green fruit only skin and seeds absent the flesh necessary to sustain the living who are left with only … Continue reading
Posted in Life., North American African Perspective, Poetry, spokenword
Tagged ayodele wordslanger nzinga, blk arts, life lessons, lyrical poetry, poetry, spokenword
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techno mecca
walkin in a new garden technically colored flowers grown in medicated minds stress elevated to art bleeds on concrete freedom sought in recreation of is tagged on trains transient society sold fathers house took a trip to paris to see … Continue reading
Un-naturalized
are we the ones we
so need someone
when I was little
I waited for some one
to come then I decided
to be someone
The Lower Bottom Playaz; Full Metal
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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The Last Laureate of Newark
The Last Laureate of Newark: Oakland Local Article- Remembering Amiri Baraka. The Last Laureate of Newark (A Love Supreme) There is no laureate poet in Newark as he ascended to jam with the out and gone went to where the lore … Continue reading →
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