Before I Cut the Check
Once upon a time I was in a situation/ where I was having a great conversation/ with a goddess that had great powers of persuasion/ She also had more game than Allen Iverson/ Venus Williams, Serena Williams, Laura Robson/ Micheal Jordan in 91/ or a hand of spades about to run a […]
wisdom itself
If wisdom itself is infinite, how naive must I really be?/ Exhibit A/ my views on loyalty/ You see/ I love in the ride or die fashion/ with the riding being towards the glory and the dying happening while walking through the flames/ How can anyone be loyal to passion when passion wasn’t meant to […]
Love, Acceptance, Inclusion & the Black Response. (Part 2 of this Series)
I walk in spirit with God’s wind at my back… I think out-loud and I share those thoughts with critical thinkers. Today’s thinkers are Author Jacki Howard & Phillis Clements of Sunshine Solutions. Today we chop it up about Love, Acceptance, Inclusion & the Black Response. (Part 2 of this Series)
Racism is Green.
I walk in spirit with God’s wind at my back… I think out-loud and I share those thoughts with critical thinkers. Today’s thinker is good friend, confidant and historian Khalid Francis.
There’s No Money in Poetry.. (Why is That?) #writtenverse
Poets are smart enough to locate the seeds of inspiration/ Wise enough to prepare those seeds for cultivation/ Clever enough to harvest the words/ Seasoned enough to roll up the herbs/ and blow smoke into pronouns/ metaphors and verbs/ Haikus and Testimonies/ Shadowboxing with soliloquies/ Stanzas/ novels and sweet melodies/ The Earth is the […]
A Moment of Clarity #FreeVerse
A Moment of Clarity #FreeVerse So here I stand/ audience curious/ cameras rolling/ verses upon verses on the ready/ Heart injecting blood furious/ glands injecting adrenaline/ yet my hands are steady/ Butterflies now fly away freely/ and my gut easy/ No longer am I nervous although I embrace that energy/ […]
Black Love & the State of the Human Condition.
I walk in spirit with God’s wind at my back… I think out-loud and I share those thoughts with critical thinkers. Today’s thinker is Poet – Author – Activist – Essence Mahogany..
Motivation 4 Artists by Artists Who Are Motivated..
3 The Hard Way
3 sides/ 3 angles/ + 1 dimension/ circumvention of closed doors/ is my intention/ not to mention/ one unified verse with 3 inflections/ warriors angels for your protection/ 3 voices registered as deadly weapons/ Inside skin we fit comfortably/ Balancing between the 3/ mind, body and spirit/ Boom, bap and lyric/ mic, stage and speaker/ crowd, host […]
What Is Your Favorite Rapper Feeding You? #poetry
What is your favorite rapper feeding you? / Do you believe it’s true? / Is it soul food? Do they tell a truth that gets you in a mood? / Is he good dude? / Or a dope chick? One hell of a lyricist? Or the type to keep diamonds on top of their wrist? /
New York City Hip-Hop Music Mash-Up from #Graffiti TV
Graffiti Bleu takes music from the “For The Love” & the “A Moment of Clarity” albums and mashes 4 songs into one video filmed in NYC.
New York State of Mind…
Location, location, location… New York City. I grew up in this city. I left this city because the world was spinning too fast at the time. Now I’ve come back to make it stop. Life can throw you into a storm; on what was seemingly a very sunny day. I have learned to adapt to […]
