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/ […]
Keynote Poets
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..
An Open Letter to the Bride & Groom to be/
An Open Letter to the Bride & Groom to be/ you are in love/ I know the love exchange of yang & yin well/ It makes you weightless as it tip-toes through the both of your hearts/ Dancing like Fred Astaire & Ginger Rodgers/ Dancing like the angels do in space/ You […]
How Noble is a Fuckboy.. Really?
How Noble is a Fuckboy.. Really? By now I believe we’ve all at least heard the term “Fuckboy”/ For those who have not/ perhaps you’ll learn/ Right now I’m using it as a form of generalization/ Similar to the broad stroke of a paint brush/ a technique of a performance poet to gain a reaction […]
Invisible Bully
I sit between my parents on their wedding day/ I lay sleep in my mothers belly while their vows and promises whisper to my north/ I am in heaven on earth/ 6 months before my birth/ filled with peace, love, harmony, solitude and warmth/ With the love of both Father and Mother transferred to me/ […]
Godbody
Godbody is a slang name for the members of the urban, Black empowerment/ youth movement/ called the Nation of the Five Percent/ Or should I say Five Percenters/ who are considered/ to be a splinter/ Nation of Islam Group/ A troop/ fierce as any woman without make-up or sleep/ cold as midwinter/ At least they […]
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 […]
The Karma of Passive Aggression
At this point in time many of us have realized two basic truths/ The first is this fact/ How folks are/ and how folks act/ might not match/ like your two thumbs do/ Number two/ There is karma associated with everything we do/ Before your mind contemplates/ or deliberates/ the karma we make by being […]
An open letter to the N.A.W.A.L.T.
An open letter to the N.A.W.A.L.T. Not All Women Are Like That/ This is a an absolute fact/ Few acknowledge you/ Or the selfless things you do/ Even less acknowledge your very existence/
Once Upon A Time There Were 2 Lovers…
#OnceUponATime there were 2 lovers who were ordained to teach each other love’s true nature as well as the nature of people… One lover was a man who saw himself as invincible, the other was a woman who saw herself as broken… She hid her brokenness behind a mask of ego and lust. Keeping her […]
“She Fascinates Me” #poetry #remix
She fascinates me/She fascinates me with her relentless exploration/She is hungry for the flavors of passion/ If joy had a taste it would taste like her/ And after me being starved of love for quite some time/ I would experience a manifesto that was quite sublime/ She tastes life with me just before dripping wisdom […]
