Is “success by any means necessary” the best strategy? #rant
This rant is less about Nikki or her CD. It’s about what the image represents and what it embodies. For whether it be Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake having a “wardrobe malfunction” at the Super Bowl. Whether it be Britney Spears and Madonna open mouth kissing each other at the MTV awards, Whether it be […]
In Her Time… A Guest Blog From Poet David Reaume Demola
In Her Time… A Guest Blog From Poet David Reaume Demola An old woman once told me that life was so much more simple, in her time. Because all she ever learned was reception, working the front desk for a local businessman, welcoming guests into the house of her husband – She said she can’t […]
I’m Too Pretty to Fight…
I’m not speaking in terms of perfect skin afraid of the inevitable scars of life/ Nor am I speaking like a man who carries guns after his previous loss in a fist fight/ This isn’t the fast talk of a pimp with Jedi mind tricks that depends on clean suits and verbal abuse/ This is […]
Punk Sh*t… The growing philosophy of fear.
“Without courage you can’t practice any other virtue consistently” – Maya Angelou Speaking on the ways of the fearful or those who lack courage could take up to a week. We don’t have that kind of time and I don’t have that kind of patience. However in honor of the great poet who I quoted […]
I’m Done With You
Sometimes you have to lose your mind before you come to your senses/ Life lessons are expensive/ Especially when we try to make sense of the senseless/ My wisdom was Cazals with scratched up lenses/ Can’t accept how you got past my defenses/ Even though I know that the Devil’s relentless/ Engine running good/ here […]
That’s That Shit…
That’s That Shit Poets saying the same poem every time/ Looking at you funny when you spit some different lines/ He’s 30 speaking on being tired/ With 30 years to go before he’s retired/ Cats acting thirsty and out of order/ On a planet that’s mostly made up of water/ Emcees that […]
She Fascinates Me…
She fascinates me with her relentless exploration for the flavors of passion/seasoned with the syrup of joy/ She tastes life with me just before dripping wisdom on my core self/ from balls to bone marrow/flesh and spirit we dance forever/ Like the edges of 2 galaxies spinning besides each other/ Harmonious we are beyond what man can […]
The Poetic Anatomy of the Perfect Host.
It’s a typical week night, and 5 minutes before I go on. My palms are sweaty. My neck feels stiff. My heart is beating out of my chest. All the while my mind visualizes a poetic victory. Anticipation can be a motherfucker. Especially when you’re waiting your turn to spill your guts to a room […]
The “Big Head” Theory…
I was at my 1st real job, walking with my head high and my shoulders back down a long hallway. I was at Mary Immaculate Hospital in Queens N.Y. (now closed) A young woman about the same age as I was walking toward me up the same hall. This hall was amazingly long and narrow, […]
Who He Really Was… (Sincere)
6 foot, 2 inches/ long reach/ Orthodox or southpaw with his speech/ The type to lay silent and make noise/ The type to get challenged and stay poised/ A fighter/ a graffiti writer/ Similar to me he was an outsider/ Not afraid to scrap/ but afraid to fail/ […]
The Unfortunate Missteps of the Woman Without a Name.
In a great town, in a great home, we find a not so great woman. this woman is without a name. Yet she represents many women, men and adolescent teen. She is the poster child for all who take shortcuts in life. She was cut from the molds of privilege, entitlement and lack of […]
A Moment of Clarity
A Moment of Clarity How should I start this?/ how should I go in?/ What should my flow be?/ how should I begin?/ So much to discuss?/ before my time ends?/ Mind steadily scheming on just how to win?/ What should I speak on?/ how do I innovate?/ How do I brush off followers that love to hate?/ […]
