Dazed and Confused… #Poetry Guest Blog by Byron Walter.
Dazed and Confused Understand when I speak, that I’m just a realist, relaying poetic images from a broken society that’s in front of me. So contradictive gimmicks won’t be portrayed or defined as the mold of me. See I come from humble beginnings so understand that I don’t believe in the false concept of flash. […]
The Aphrodisiac of Power / Volume II
She was looking for a thug and she found one/ Amazed at how quickly her toes pointed to the ceiling above his bed/ Or should I say HER bed since she paid for it and he never gave her the money back like he said he would/ She was on his layaway plan/ laying a […]
An Architect & An Opportunity #REMIX
Somewhere between the blueprint & building the house/ Somewhere between the meal in the pot & the tasty food in your mouth/ Is an opportunity/To create the excellence you saw as a child/ And bathe in the sunshine of a lifelong dream/ Ironically fully awakened to divinity making sense of infinity/ Realizing that inner […]
Why #Slam is Important to the Culture of #Poetry
“Competition has been shown to be useful up to a certain point and no further, but cooperation, which is the thing we must strive for today, begins where competition leaves off” – Franklin D. Roosevelt I have heard many arguments, from many artists, who are for or against competitive poetry events. (Slams) I see both […]
Once Upon a Time…
Once Upon a Time a little boy was nine/ with a brain still soft intellectually/ His young perspective being shaped like freshly blown glass/ The little boy’s heart glows with passion in the same way/ he watches his elders entertain themselves with philosophy and tales of the times that were/ his little face beams with […]
The Horse & the Carrot. #REMIX
Use your mind for a moment and picture a carrot and then picture a horse/ Imagine the carrot represents wealth and the horse represents the citizens of the world/ Use your mind and place that carrot on a string which hovers just over the horse’s nose/ Now attach the string to a stick that hovers […]
There’s No Money in #Poetry (Why Is That?) #Collaboration
Graffiti Bleu… Poets are smart enough to locate 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 metaphors, pronouns and verbs/ haiku’s and testimonies/ shadowboxing with soliloquies/ stanzas, novels and sweet melodies/ Earth is the poet’s mother and we […]
21 Questions to ask Your Future Spouse.
21 Questions to ask Your Future Spouse. 21 – Do you feel with sincerity deep inside your heart of hearts that you and I can make each other better people? 20 – If yes how so? If no please go… 19 – In your eyes what are the roles of man and woman inside the […]
A Moment of Clarity… #Poem
So here I stand/ audience curious/ cameras rolling/ verses upon verses on the ready/ heart pumping blood furiously/ glands injecting adrenaline/ hands steady/ belly feeling better now that I’ve snapped into character/ Butterflies now fly away freely/ and my gut is resting easy/ No longer am I nervous although I embrace that energy/ I embrace […]
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 […]
Rape Culture…
Rape culture/ If it isn’t free they don’t want it/ Unless you flaunt your wealth in their face that is/ No matter how fake it is/ they feel rich by association/ Self-improvement is masturbation/for self-destruction/ In this case/ where your peers choose often not to look at your face/ People talk at you/ not to you/ Hey […]
Mahogany Mamma
Business before pleasure, unless pleasures your business. A meeting with a Diamond I must see to believe. Patiently I wait behind my desk to witness. She enters my office; I inspect the 4 c’s
