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Tag Archives: Spoken word
the jazz of my words
I want to roll with the jazz of my words popping lightly– finger snaps or high heels on concrete tapping a beat that makes me sway spoken music let strength and snap pour from my mouth in a cadence felt from the … Continue reading
Faking it
There’s no twerking in this commercial by the fish by the cakes by the light bulbs. It’s the new Walmart they’re selling now: the squeeze cheese glows Chernobyl yellow, stocked by a simulated employee who talks about paid for education and … Continue reading
Posted in New Free Verse
Tagged experimental, false advertising, poetry, Spoken word, twerking, Walmart
37 Comments
skank/goddess (not a nice girl)
this is raw woman, unfiltered like her Pall Malls and not quite housebroken sharpening her acrylics on the good furniture the kind you don’t give your address because you just know she’d drive across a continent without restroom breaks shouting … Continue reading
Posted in New Free Verse
Tagged female, goddess, humor, poetry, power, skank, Spoken word
70 Comments
Why I hate school but love education/spoken word
Love it when Facebook friends forward me something this good. Enjoy.
Words: Beyond and before words
by Noel Ihebuzor and Susan Daniels before Babel maybe there was a word for this me you raise not from anything dead but sleeping & deep this me that answers & opens throating every word ever spoken in any … Continue reading
Posted in New Free Verse
Tagged Babel, duet with Noel Ihebuzor, feelings, language, Literature, poetry, silence, Spoken word
43 Comments
the jazz of my words
I want to roll with this the jazz of my words popping lightly like finger snaps or high heels on concrete tapping that beat that makes me want to sway with spoken word let strength and snap pour from my mouth … Continue reading