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Guest Feature: Waiting for Someone – Lamar Jorden
“Somewhere In the Northwest region of Seattle Washington There’s a homeless man, armed with a beer can Trying to drink away war memories Waiting for someone Self-less enough to lend him an ear He sits on the side of a Pizzeria on the corner of Queen Ann and Mercer In a chair, they probably kick… Continue reading
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Spoken Words for Silent Wars
I speak for the people in places where hope hangs its strings in the crack filled streets of Harlem where iron style floors and bronze heavens are polluted with “I told you so’s” morgues loitered with toy soldiers who died believing defending a street corner was keeping it real Continue reading
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“Don’t be stupid”
I have one simple message for you today: “Don’t be stupid”. What I mean is, don’t be foolish. Some of us are so “overtly intelligent” that we are unable to appreciate the little things, and the simplest of manners shoot past us like a bullet. We may know the intimate details of Pythagorean’s Theorem, but… Continue reading
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“What’s Your Truth?”
What’s your definition of truth? If someone walked up to you and asked, how would you define it? Why?” Continue reading
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The Mis-Education of the Negro
“When you control a man’s thinking you do not have to worry about his actions. You do not have to tell him not to stand here or go yonder. He will find his “proper place” and will stay in it. You do not need to send him to the back door; he will cut one… Continue reading
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Poetry’s Sorrow
Poetry’s a soldier a collection of Spoken Words in Silent Wars rarely do you see it pull back retreat it is no coward it’s weapons are raw yet healing but there is pain hidden behind the curve of personifications, alliterations and similes there is sorrow if poetry has one weakness it is this: that most… Continue reading
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