FreeThought: The Black Verb

About Me

Performance Poet - Who knew? Until July 2005 Leo had never been moved enough to actually get on stage. Since that time he has competed in numerous local fund raisers, competitions and slams. His first regular performance stage was Soulicitations, a stage that he helped develop at his home church. He then found himself moving on to be co-host of Speakeasy, the long standing stage of Faye Sikora. FreeThought in conjunction with Platinum Productions then went on to help establish TAWC (The Alaska Writing Collective) and to host a six month standing youth slam "Stage II" at the Anchorage Museum of History and Art as well as teaching a workshop entitled "Writing as a Weapon". At the completion of that project "FreeThought" then moved on to developing a creative writing program for youth and is diligently working to get it implemented into the schools. A kid at heart himself, Trey enjoys working with kids, educating not only their minds but encouraging their imaginations. "If you can think it, it is possible"Spoken word has opened many doors in this young performers life and he has had the pleasure of working with many talented artists and community professionals, Corinna Delgado, Kima Hamilton, Faye Sikora, Shihan: The Prototype, Gabriella Medina, Joe Francisco, April Karper, Ashoki Rutledge, Kokayi Nosakhere and Ma'o Tosi just to name a few.FreeThought quickly realized that spoken word coupled with music gave his words a different feel. He then ventured out to start creating his own sound. His music will take you on a journey, if you will just sit back, relax and enjoy the ride.FreeThought has published 3 books: Good words from that guy with the towel, Heads or Tails and Remix the Invention. He has also produced two CD's: Soundtrack of my Life vol. 1 and Remix the Invention. FreeThought has new stuff in the mix all of the time.FreeThought has also taken the umbrella of DBD a step further by not only performing, but by allowing his humorous personality to reign on the Mic as co-host of Spoken Words. He inherited the nickname "That guy with a towel" because he always has one, and for those that have seen him on the Mic know why. He is also known for wearing Tshirts that he designed. Even with all that he strives to do in the spoken word community he does not take lightly his duties as a father and devoted husband. This loving father of two beautiful children already has a son eager to follow in daddy's footsteps as he has graced the Mic at the age of four with his freestyle flow.Trey has a love for words, a thirst for knowledge and the desire to teach. He is prepared for the journey ahead. Thank you for your support.

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Member Since: 10/17/2006
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Check out this event: First Annual High School Invitational Poetry Slam

Hosted By: FreeThought: The Black Verb When: Tuesday Apr 22, 2008 at 7:00 PMWhere: Anchorage Museum121 W. 7thAnchorage, AK 99501United StatesDescription:FreeThought: The Black Verb Click Here To View...
Posted by FreeThought: The Black Verb on Sat, 12 Apr 2008 04:39:00 PST

The First Annual High School Invitational Poetry Slam

..tr> The First Annual High School Invitational Poetry Slam Uniting the Voices of the Last Frontier Greetings As many of you may know April is National Poetry Month. As poets ourselves, w...
Posted by FreeThought: The Black Verb on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 05:51:00 PST

New Blog

I think I will stop being lazy and start a blog. Long overdue. I’ll start it Tomorrow, definitely. Unless of course I wake up tomorrow and decide that this was all a really bad idea. I’m...
Posted by FreeThought: The Black Verb on Fri, 14 Mar 2008 01:16:00 PST

Black History Month Celebration Feb 15th in Anchorage

Anchorage you really don't want to miss this!Black Feather Productions and Anchorage Museum of History and Art will be honoring Black History month on Friday, Feb 15th from 7-9P in the auditorium at 1...
Posted by FreeThought: The Black Verb on Sun, 10 Feb 2008 02:49:00 PST

Black History Month Celebration Feb 15th in Anchorage

ADP Urban League Fundraiser Oct 4,2007

This time, we're doing something Diff3r3nt...by D3sign.The Alaska Democratic Party & Diff3r3nt by D3sign invite you to a night of Dance, Spoken Word Poetry & Vocal Performance.If you are 21+, ...
Posted by FreeThought: The Black Verb on Thu, 27 Sep 2007 08:21:00 PST

"Listen" and the Jena 6

Listen to the words that I speak as I speak the words that I listen to. Listen to the words that I speak as I speak the words that I listen to. Listen to the words that I speak as I speak the wo...
Posted by FreeThought: The Black Verb on Sat, 22 Sep 2007 10:10:00 PST

Youth Poetry Writing Workshops- After School

For those who don't know I am teaching poetry writing workshops for school age youth Mon-Thurs, with some Fridays. These workshops are free of charge, you would just be responsible for your own transp...
Posted by FreeThought: The Black Verb on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 03:38:00 PST

6 Degrees of Separation

Six degrees of Separation ..:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> 1 A child laughs as he playfully runs about his mother Who is now busy contempl...
Posted by FreeThought: The Black Verb on Fri, 14 Sep 2007 12:47:00 PST

Stop the Hits 9/22/07

KFAT 92.9 FM, in conjunction with the Mayor's Diversity Month and NAACP's Freedom Fund Weekend Celebration, will hold the second youth forum, Stop the Hits, on Saturday, Sept 22 from 1pm to 3 pm at th...
Posted by FreeThought: The Black Verb on Fri, 14 Sep 2007 10:48:00 PST