I count among the things I suck at performing poetry. I mean, I guess it's all a performance when we present it orally. But despite what pictures may suggest; I've won a slam before even, I see myself as a reader, a storyteller; I don't perform my poetry. As I head back to the mic [...]
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Breathing Lessons 101 — Coming to a City Near You!
Ah, book it! Ooh baby, babeh ba-babeh, babeh... Get up on this! [props to Salt-N-Pepa] Breathing Lessons 101 is building a 2015 calendar and can be in your city, at your venue in 2015! Let's talk. (Click on photo to enlarge) Can't come to any of the events? To order Breathing Lessons through 1. Go [...]
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Breathing Lessons 101
1. Go to your PayPal account. 2. Remit payment (20.00) to darleneanitascott@gmail.com. (Or just email me). 3. Send your mailing address to darleneanitascott.com. 4. Get book.
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Monthly Meter: November
I forgot to post this... fellowship/publication submissions: 2 fellowship/publication acceptances: 2 fellowship/publication rejections: 0 books: are nice. To read and stuff. Secret Shame: My triceps Mantra of the Moment: If your dreams aren't scaring you, you're not dreaming big enough.
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Monthly Meter: October
fellowship/publication submissions: 4 fellowship/publication acceptances: 1 fellowship/publication rejections: 1 books: are nice. to read and stuff. Secret Shame: Hello Good Morning - Dirty Money Mantra of the Moment: It's all temporary.
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Throwback
Throwing it back real quick right here... #yesallwomen_____________________________________________________ BEYOND EVERY CEILING IS THE SKY she came in peace, left pretense at the door let her baggage lose itself on his secret closet’s floor. among the baggage and the skeletons, she knelt to say her prayers, but no matter how she tried to sort them her [...]
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Maafa
So I wrote this new poem. Maafa on a Monday Ride Through the City in Which I Decided I Should Just Go Ahead And Die Alone You have things but say you do not value them, well only my clothes which I keep because they’re quality but I could get rid of if I needed [...]
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Collateral
Collateral 80% civilian. Let that sink in a sec. I don't have the answer to the equation but I think the equation needs to be on the board. Stare at it; the problem may be on your next test and the answer may well cost you your life.
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Monthly Meter: June
fellowship/publication submissions: 5 fellowship/publication acceptances: 2 fellowship/publication rejections: 2 books: Black Mamba Boy - Nadifa Mohammed Secret Shame: My b-girl alter ego. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2isZtjIOVRo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkoeNLuMbcI Mantra of the Moment: "Graves grow no green that you can use. Remember that green is your color. You are Spring." --Gwendolyn Brooks, "To the Young Who Want to Die"
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Monthly Meter: May
fellowship/publication submissions: 3 fellowship/publication acceptances: 0 fellowship/publication rejections: 2 books: Etude - Tiffany Austin How To Read the Air - Dinaw Mengestu Secret Shame: Averageness. Mantra of the Moment: Like there's no tomorrow.
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