Mantra of the Moment: "Some books are bound tightly for years for reasons. Some books are burned for their own good Love."
Category: poetry
Paradox: Remembering the Million Man March/Day of Absence On Its Twentieth Anniversary
I was 21 years old, 20 years ago, on October 16th 1995. That was the day of the Million Man March/Day of Absence. In what I named "solidarity," I refrained from attending class. I was a solid student. Mostly. So I doubt any of my professors batted an eye. Besides, almost half of the campus [...]
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[vintage UtR] Let That Be the Story
Digging in the crates for Flashback Friday.
September 4, 2010
” Don’t forget who you are…and where you stand in the struggle.”
So Much Things to Say — Robert Nesta Marley
Long time; no talk, yeah? Still on my overly punctuating game you’ll notice from the three pieces of it in that short not-really-a-sentence. Pardon my geekiness: that ain’t changed. My address has—whew-ew! Fat stats have—whew-ew! On the other hand, Kashi still rocks my socks. And alas, it turns out I am still 13, unsure, and putting on a serious show that suggests I just might be. Of course there are some things I have always known: that one day you would forget me, that trouble don’t last always, and right is right and never wronged nobody (as Grandmommy says). And sadly, for what I don’t know I spend an inordinate amount of time talking out loud to myself trying to create formulas and work out equations that will make…
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Breathing Lessons 101
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Monthly Meter: August
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day's troubles are sufficient for that day.
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[vintage UtR] Club Bangers are Made Not Born; or
It’s always interesting to watch the evolution of my own thoughts and ideas. It wouldn’t read the same if I wrote it today. Similar but not the same. Anyway…
Personal Responsibility and the Ways We Bullshit Ourselves Into Believing We Practice It
Last night I found myself at a club with a group that is well educated, well spoken, well traveled and eat well for all of those reasons among others. They are DuBois’ Talented Tenth but instead of bringing the other ninety percent of the race to the same prosperity of material, mind, and spirit; they make maybe the most severe contributions to what keeps them from it.
How does a trip to Club 609 in St. Louis’ Loop suggest such a big premise? Well just imagine the kind of music that was playing there to which we were supposed to mindlessly dance because, well, we wanted to dance. As the circle of women tightened on the semblance of a dance floor, a sort of 80’s mix of “It Takes Two” and the “Humpty Dance” made me…
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Monthly Meter: July
fellowship/publication submissions: 7 fellowship/publication acceptances: 1 fellowship/publication rejections: 4 books: Black Rage - Drs. William H. Grier and Price M. Cobbs Pym - Mat Johnson Secret Shame: I see dumb people. Mantra of the Moment: "Do not thin yourself. Be vast. You do not bring the ocean to a river."
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Myth Maker
maybe something like but not really mythological--I probably can't judge for myself because I believe in myself (at least my existence) on most days...
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Forgiving the Dark
Sleep can never be the enemy; not the medicine unless it’s supposed to last forever.
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Monthly Meter: March
fellowship/publication submissions: 1 fellowship/publication acceptances: 1 fellowship/publication rejections: 1 books: 0 Secret Shame: Spring please and thank you. Mantra of the Moment: Spring please and thank you.
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