something beautiful something slow something careful as wide as this space something soft something calm something you won’t forget a secret you’ve known a phrase that means enough something between its lines more than just clues answers better chances more than i should tell you but this pen won’t move. and i can’t won’t can’t [...]
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i want to write
Posted in poetry, tagged building a mystery on September 10, 2009 | 15 Comments »
heroine
Posted in Free Verse Fridays, family, lyrics, music, poetry, video on May 22, 2009 | 16 Comments »
Gimme an F: “F!”That’s right an R and then two E’s.I need a Verse: “Verse!”Just soul clap and sing with me:“We want it Fri, day! ‘Cuz Friday the Verse is Free!”Welcome back, ya’ll, to the Change I Wish to See. _____________________ So, I probably should’ve posted this weeks ago; you know, somewhere around Mother’s Day. I wrote it years ago, [...]
science fiction
Posted in Free Verse Fridays, NaBloPoMo, lyrics, music, poetry, tagged Free Verse Fridays, Soul Glo + Sexual Chocolate + Color Me Badd = ? on April 24, 2009 | 13 Comments »
Gimme an F: “F!” That’s right an R and then two E’s. I need a Verse: “Verse!” Just soul clap and sing with me: “We want it Fri, day! ‘Cuz Friday the Verse is Free!” Welcome back, ya’ll, to the Change I Wish to See. _____ It’s gorgeous out, at least in DC. So let’s just get to the goods, [...]
politics as usual
Posted in Free Verse Fridays, NaBloPoMo, fireside chat, journal, photo, poetry, politics, tagged Free Verse Fridays, politics as usual, read my lips - this house is not a home for anything with wings, so glad this is a little less relevant on April 3, 2009 | 12 Comments »
Gimme an F: “F!” That’s right an R and then two E’s. I need a Verse: “Verse!” Just soul clap and sing with me: “We want it Fri, day! ‘Cuz Friday the Verse is Free!” Welcome back, ya’ll, to the Change I Wish to See. ______ Mornings, mornings. A few administrative items before we get [...]
classroom ramblings
Posted in Free Verse Fridays, journal, poetry, video, tagged education, Free Verse Fridays, Harold Melvin and his notes so blue, is that - is that Teddy Pendergrass? on March 27, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Gimme an F: “F!” That’s right an R and then two E’s. I need a Verse: “Verse!” Just soul clap and sing with me: “We want it Fri, day! ‘Cuz Friday the Verse is Free!” Welcome back, ya’ll, to the Change I Wish to See. ______ Mornings. It’s Friday which means I try a little [...]
even if i’m never black enough
Posted in Blacks, Free Verse Fridays, fireside chat, journal, participate, poetry, tagged matters of race and class and sex and gender and..., oh we're back on THAT again, what i am is what i am - are you what you are or what? on March 6, 2009 | 10 Comments »
¡Bienvenidos a Free Verse Friday! It’s the day when I share something different than banter and prose and hope it reads wherever you are as it sounds when I hear it, here, on my side of the interwebs. But before we get to the content… You know those moments in which you expect noise and [...]
… the whispers ring
Posted in Blacks, Free Verse Fridays, family, homelife, journal, poetry, racism, tagged Free Verse Fridays, i'm gonna meet some bloggers today, thanks on February 20, 2009 | 5 Comments »
It is Free Verse Friday (FVF), but first I want to thank all of you for yesterday. It wasn’t my moment, and so it feels selfish to admit how much it mattered to me. But it did. And if you plan on being at Marvin tonight around 8, I’ll thank you in person. — [...]
V-Day?
Posted in Free Verse Fridays, lyrics, music, poetry, tagged Free Verse Fridays, Valentine's Day on February 13, 2009 | 3 Comments »
It’s still Free Verse Friday, but in a second. — Not that this joke hasn’t been told before, I’m sure. But there’s something about a holiday that confuses me when it comes dangerously close to sharing its nickname with historic military accomplishment. This isn’t to say I think it’s bastardized commercialization, or Violence Against Singles [...]
when clubs were cotton
Posted in music, poetry, tagged an actual poem on February 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
You may have noticed today’s (first) post was shorter than others have been lately. That’s because I’ve finally become word economical there’s a second post today. Thanks to a great referral, I heard about this* and am joining in on the fun. You should, too. — “when clubs were cotton” He crosses M, 15 seconds [...]
only sometimes
Posted in Free Verse Fridays, hello it's me i've thought about this for a long long time, journal, lyrics, music, poetry, tagged did my voice crack?, Free Verse Fridays, it feels really really naked around here, oh my god - my voice cracked didn't it?, only sometimes, where are those pants? on January 30, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Welcome back to Free Verse Fridays, where I share something different than witty banter and prose and cross my fingers that you do the same. But today’s FVF is a little different. This is a song I wrote years ago, about ending a relationship with a genuinely limited bit of animosity. Not that there was [...]
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