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 […]
Is This the “Time For Women” & if so Why?
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 my official co-host Carolyn Blakey. We discuss the dynamics of women & men as well as debate if this indeed is the “Time For Women” on this episode of Just My […]
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/ […]
The Boy, the Bird & the Box
A bird soars high amongst the clouds. A bird soars over vast oceans, jagged rocked cliffs and man-made buildings. The bird is experiencing its first spring that it can fly. The bird is young, strong, fast, colorful and joyful. The bird has known freedom its entire life all be it a short one. The bird […]
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 […]
My Speak Easy Experience
I have been on many stages in my lifetime, visited many venues and participated in many events where poetry was the common thread that bound the souls in the room. (So have some of you) Rarely…
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 […]
How Is It Possible for Love to be a Loss?
Aye Yo Jazz, Coon the poet & Graffiti Bleu perform the Spoken Word
The Faithful Few “Fear and Love #Poetry Cypher”
Six of Sacramento’s finest Spoken Word artists collaborate for this special event.
“A Moment of Clarity” performed by Graffiti Bleu at the Queen
Graffiti Bleu performs the title track of his “A Moment of Clarity” Album, under the Queensboro Bridge in NYC.
