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Queen D

"The Femilutionary: Change women&change the world"

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QUEEN D, writer and poet, was born in Miami, Florida and raised in Sacramento, CA. graduated from San Francisco State University with a BA in Liberal Arts and a BA in Black Studies.---------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ ----"Poetry saved me and I am here to give you what poetry gave me--------LIFE" ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------- I AM A POET: Not because anyone asked me to be, not because I thought it looked cool or because I thought it would impress some people, not because I wanted to get famous or because I wanted to drop an album, not because everyone else was doing it or because I wanted to make it on Def Poetry, not because I wanted to slam, not for bragging rights or four play, not to feed my ego or to find love, not to hear the sound of my own voice or have people clap and ooo and aaah about me, not to make friends or enemies, not to sell product or sell myself...--------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ --------I AM A POET because when fear and anger make love inside me/I ejaculate poetry from my pen/ I give birth to my emotions/ cut the umbilical cord and hand you my infant/my hands are blood stained/no epideral to ease the pain/I'm delerious/ trying to keep from going insane/ you are my midwife/telling me you can see the light/so I push/ push like god has created heaven/ inside me/push like your flame is out/ and you need me to ignite thee/I push until all the daddy's come home/and kiss their babies/ push until mommy's start teaching/their daughters how to be ladies/push until our little boys learn/ what its like to be a man/ push until little girls feel beautiful in their own skin/ I push... and after birth leaks from my lips as I spit/ my flesh is wide open/ there is no shame as I vent/ I let you see the hell inside me/ and the terror that guides me/because I know that you/ identify with me/ you've got hell inside you/ just like I do/ but if I am still beautiful/ then so are you /I am just a surrogate mother/ to your inspiration/ I carry the fire in me/ only to deliver your motivation/ I give birth to poetry because FREEDOM is my destinaton...----------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------Queen DYOU'VE GOT TO KNOW THE GAME, TO PLAY THE GAME AND I KNOW IT WELL YOU'VE GOT TO RUN THE GAME, TO WIN THE GAME AND THEN YOU'LL NEVER FAIL TO PLAY THE GAME, YOU'VE GOT TO BE THE GAME YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP IT TIGHT IF YOU PLAY THE GAME, AND YOU LOSE THE GAME YOU'LL LEARN TO DO IT RIGHT I'VE MASTERED THE GAME BECAUSE I AM THE GAME AND MY GAME WILL NEVER END SO, IF WE PLAY THE GAME AND YOU LAST IN THE GAME THERE IS NO QUESTION--- I WILL WIN
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Queen D and Miss Ashleigh: The Baddest Poets in SAC"Speak now... or forever hold your piece!"(Moody Blues Poetry Series)Prentice----Queen D----- J. Meyers (Soul Experience)Danger and Anger---- Amir Sulaiman and Queen D (Mouth Off)Queen D and Kevin Sandbloom-- If you don't know about him... Where have you been?Queen D and Chas from LA slam team and F/X show Black/WhiteQueen D and Jamie DeWolf at Touretts without Regrets!ShadoKat from Jersey in the BAY with Queen DWho is AJ Jamal's Fav poet? QUEEN DMalcolm Jamal Warner is the business!!! Can you say Scorpio Blues, Georgia Me, and Queen D? TRY IT!!

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Member Since: 10/12/2006
Band Website: For booking info email: [email protected]
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Influences: LADIES First:FLO REAL, HEATHER CHRISTIAN, PATRICE, IFA, MARIANNASCORPIO BLUESOTHERS INCLUDING: Maya Angelou, Nikki Giovanni, Iyanla Vanzant, Oprah, Erykah Badu, Lauryn Hill, Aaliyah, Angela Davis, Bessie Smith, Minnie Ripperton, Sista Souljah, India Arie, Jill Scott, Halle Berry, Rosa Parks, Corretta Scott-King...ISE LYFENER CITYRODZILLAPRENTICEAmir SulaimanMalikSpeaksMY DADDYOTHERS including: Talaam Acey, Ainsley Burrows, Saul Williams, Dr. Cornel West, SuperNova, Michael Eric Dyson, Common, and KRS-1
Sounds Like: Ladies out at Spoken funk in LA---Thanks PoetriTHIS IS WHERE I BE... COME SEE ABOUT ME!!!!!!!!Who I'd like to meet:Dahrio Wonder!!
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My Blog

LOVED

I have dreams of remaining loveless/ petrified love like wood/ placed in museums to be studied/ use scientific formulas to figure out love's simplicity/ wander aimlessly on love's wayward path/ on...
Posted by Queen D on Sun, 22 Apr 2007 12:27:00 PST

How I got here...

I plan to write a book about the amazing journey that I have been on this past year. I have grown more in this one year than I have in my whole life. I met some amazing people, traveled, tried new foo...
Posted by Queen D on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 01:14:00 PST

Queen D is the BUSINESS!!

I am the featured poet for the February issue of the on-line magazine THE SCRAMBLER... go to www.thescrambler.com click the symbol then click my name for an amazing interview, video clips of me slamm...
Posted by Queen D on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 03:22:00 PST

Lost Girl

LOST GIRL I wanna know you find out what language you speak and speak volumes find out your secret wishes and be a genie for you find out what moves you then move through youconcerned tongues fall on ...
Posted by Queen D on Wed, 17 Jan 2007 03:08:00 PST

Ground Zero

I want to steal rainbows and replace them with dreary earth tones/ kidnap leprechauns and fill that golden pot with rocks/ my rose-colored glasses have been replaced with cloudy stunna shades/ I cant...
Posted by Queen D on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 10:29:00 PST

Loveless (A Love Poem)

LOVELESS I'm a ghost lost in the land of the living searching for the place that love used to live but my chest is empty my heart has condemned me I search violently but love has left me so I fill thi...
Posted by Queen D on Sun, 31 Dec 2006 12:00:00 PST

My first thoughts on my birthday...

2006 snatched up a host of legends: James Brown, Luther Vandross, Gerald Levert, Ed Bradley, Coretta Scott-King and others including my daddy,  Larry Black--- 1972 Olympic Gold and Silver me...
Posted by Queen D on Tue, 26 Dec 2006 12:42:00 PST

Murder is Cool

This is dedicated to the 120+ (and counting) homocides in Oakland, CA and to the family, friends, and others that have been devastated by the loss of life in our communities. "Save our Children"  ...
Posted by Queen D on Wed, 01 Nov 2006 04:42:00 PST

My Ode to the Microphone

Titanium sorcery painted with black souls she stands calling touch me caress me with your metaphors tease me with your similes your double entrendes tickle my electrons her voice is deafening the thou...
Posted by Queen D on Sat, 28 Oct 2006 06:23:00 PST

Nothing more beautiful...

Kindred spirits... soul sisters... God's personal favor to me... no words can capture her slendor... Amber... Thank you! ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------...
Posted by Queen D on Sat, 21 Oct 2006 08:42:00 PST