spoken word
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There’s a Poem Somewhere
There’s a poem somewhere waiting to be heard. There’s a child out there confused and afraid so he waits and she waits to be heard. There’s a man out there who wants to know truth but this world is so tempting that his dreams he’d rather pursue there’s a poem out there somewhere that speaks… Continue reading
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I Love You
“I love you in a language that I don’t fully understand…in words that I haven’t found enough courage to forklift out of my chest.” – Rudy Francisco Continue reading
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The Day You Give Up
“The day you give up the fight is the day you have lost the battle.” Continue reading
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Memories
Dear memories, how dare you stalk my past, shackle my thoughts to your smile, and then ground my mistakes into a trembling apology as if anyone escapes history. Continue reading
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You Can’t Leave…
You can’t leave me not now not ever not while my kiss is in your bloodstream and not when your tongue has danced on the insides of my mouth not when your teeth have carved “I luv u’s” on my heart like hieroglyphic images to remember when were far apart from each other like long… Continue reading
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Guest Feature – Exerpt from Ntozake Shange
i can’t hear anythin but maddening screams & the soft strains of death & you promised me you promised me… somebody/anybody sing a black girl’s song bring her out to know herself to know you but sing her rhythms carin/struggle/hard times sing her song of life she’s been dead so long closed in silence so… 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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