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Crucial

Poetry Is A Journey.....

About Me

http://www.piae.org/view_video.php?viewkey=a3e988c2af215d4e5 44dWhere do I begin, when speaking about me, ..Crucial... A Poet who is Blessed each day I wake, at another chance for me to get it right, and even more to write about my experiences, whether Good, Bad, or Indifferent. .... Poetry is Me, and I am definitely Poetry. I also am the current Host of the Oldest, Longest, Running Poetry Venue here in the City of Philly called "Panoramic Poetry." Poetry and I, have always had a relationship, it..s just that in the beginning I didn..t accept Poetry for what she represented in my life. Poetry was always there for me, when I needed to retreat to a place of privacy, to totally become consumed in my thoughts, and better understand, and then eventually deal with what was going on in my life. In my Formative Years, all the way through College, I had always had Football as my way of expressing my frustrations, as well as my joy, being Blessed to be good enough to have Football take me through College was an experience. But upon graduation, and completion of my Football playing days, is when Poetry emerged more in my life, as the only way for me to express what I truly felt deep within....... Still wasn..t comfortable enough to share my Poetic Art publicly, but the gift inside of me was becoming stronger, to where in my daily routine, I always needed to write, or had a deep urge to create via Pen and Paper, in the form of a Poetic Prose. So write is what I did, filling up my Journals with my Poetic Perspective, but it wasn..t until I met this Progressive Woman named Ms. J. Dean, and within our relationship, Love, along with our feelings grew, and trust between us became strong, to where I trusted her in my place alone, and like any Woman I guess, she started to check things out when I was away, and she eventually found my Poetry Journals, and once she started reading my Poetic Stylings, she became my Number One, and First Real Fan of my Poetry, and she continually pushed me to get out and check out the Poetry Venues here in the city of Philadelphia, with hopes of encouraging me to get up and perform in the end. But in time our relationship ended, but her support for my Poetry never wavered, even after we broke up, to just become friends. And if you ever heard that saying when one door closes, another door opens.... Well, that..s what happened..... I found courage finally, with the end of our relationship, to follow up, and see where this Poetry could lead me. So I started to check out the Poetry Venues here in Philly, still wouldn..t sign up, but at least finally I was out there following my Poetic Compass. To where finally I signed up on the Open-Mic List to perform at WarmDaddy..s, which was being hosted by The Arpeggio Jazz Band at the time, but it took me until my 5th time coming out, before I was finally called up to perform, and from there it has Been On!!! Which led me to ..Blue Funk.. and performing there, Thanks Johnnie B., for giving me that chance, to represent on the same stage as Gil Scott Heron that night. Then of course there is Panoramic Poetry thru October Gallery, Jus Words @ Dowling's Palace, Poetry @ Art Noir, Speak to Me @ The Clef Club, First Friday..s with Sista Azziza, & Mantra...... Then there is Zion Train @ Pearl Of Africa, Say Word @ The Arts Garage, as well as Vice Verse @ The Arts Garage, then there is Words & Rhythm @ The African American Art Museum, and many other venues that are blowing up here in the City of Philly. Not to mention being fortunate to travel outside of PA, to other states where I have been asked to perform my Poetry. So as the Host of the Poetry Venue here in Philladelphia called "Panoramic Poetry" which is sponsored thru October Gallery. It happens ever 2nd & 3rd Friday of EVERY Month, so please check my Calendar, to come out to enjoy the show, or to perform. So now, I will follow this gift of Poetry where she may lead me, humbled to have a audience that will listen, and a venue to perform my craft.If interested go to this site: http://www.arttvnetwork.com/ Then click the line entitled ..Crucial.. for my performances of (4) seperate Poems, as well as the other Poets who performed at "Panoramic Poetry".... Thank You, and I hope u enjoy the show....http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s122/hendrixlives 64/panoramicscan.jpgHTML Tag:

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Member Since: 1/16/2007
Band Website: octobergallery.com
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Influences:“Wishes”High Imagination, Marinating Day Dreams, My eyes passed a note your smile checked yes whether standing in reality or floating on my sub-conscious, It’s the aroma of your familiar scent that leaves a lasting impression, Taking my time to carefully pick and sort through all that does not belong Slowly, as I get to know you accepting totally the good and bad of all that is left, There are those who claim they definitely have better while others do covet what I wish to call my own so no matter their unwanted perceptions, Wanting to inhale you is all I really desire. There are times I call just to hear your voice not that I want anything it’s more about wanting to know you are there to listen to your soothing melody because when I have you, I can never get enough of you like an insatiable addiction eating away at me from the core, And when you are around no longer I yearn to be in your presence dancing on the positive karma you unknowingly leave behind, A trail from one person to the next as I follow aimlessly drifting over to the left, Understanding if I had to live all of my days like today with out you in my life I would rather wake up to yesterday eyes wide with anticipation just to have the hope of knowing you might be in my tomorrow.I look at you with nothing particular on my mind just mentally sketching your image so when I am alone at night surrounded completely by darkness my heart the only beat I hear, I vividly replay your picture believing one day soon next to me you will snuggle, Where in this mellow haze cloud nine is the lobby the only place to go is up, Experiencing your mental intimacy feeling the heat from your body’s pulse shows growth from my heart’s past, So sit and share with me exchange stories with our true self which brings realness of all we have in common, That together we see higher than my imagination, And marinate sweeter than my daydreams."Crucial" © 2002
Sounds Like: “Righteous Hustle”Living in a world constantly on edge everyday seems like the brink of destruction, People in a rush to see the final days, As if we weren’t moving there already fast enough, Bodies falling in the streets like rain drops from a Turbulent Thunderstorm, Kids killing one another as if it’s a new age generation childhood game, Bloodshed coats the asphalt making Crimson the new age paved color, Politicians elected to be leaders to make life better for the people only add to the decline, Lining their pockets to compromise their office auctioned off to the highest bidder, To eventually sell their soul, The more society moves to the future we’ve forgotten important principles from our past, Simple respect for human life has become an extinct quality, The Have’s have more while the Have Nots, Are left to live day to day from the scraps that fall from the Have’s table, Leaving the reward in the Have Nots race, Is getting the last vent on the worst corner all the while adding to the Homelessness rate, Continuing to ignore the knowledge that the older generation holds, Taking for granted their experiences as if they have no more lessons left to teach, Not understanding they won’t be around forever, Resources untapped to help guide us thru the present, Because they’ve already lived thru the faults from the foundation that make up our past, So now you have the Not Knowing having Babies that in turn lead to Babies having Babies, A cycle that continues like an addiction hard to break, Re-gentrification in such a way got people loosing their minds amongst the moral decay, Cats too busy hustling backwards pushing that poison to our own in the hood, Thinking they know it all too busy to listen to the intelligent and hear what they might have to say, They don't seem to realize they doing a better job to castrate and kill our own more efficient ever than the KKK, Brothers occupying corners looking down on me while I righteously go out to hustle the 9 to 5, Then using the free time I find afterwards to push this Righteous Poetic Vibe, Yet to some…. I’m considered the dumb one because I don’t possess a criminal rap sheet, Nor have I served any time, But the Truth & Knowledge comes in many different Prophetic Forms, We got a President, Voted by the People but not the Mass Majority of People, Who then lies to the People To then sacrifice up the People, This President got Bodies from the Gulf Coast to the Persian Gulf, Only to then unlawfully spy on the People, While claiming all in the name of the people, He does all of this to protect the People, Then there are some religious leaders abusing the people, Whether taking advantage of their pockets or their innocent children, Playing on the congregations Faith to fulfill a personal agenda, I’ve seen death too much in my lifetime like death and I are age-old friends, Not to mention the many young souls given up to death pre-maturely before their light ever had a chance to shine, Now I realize in life things happen because death has even come after me Five Times already in my life time, And only from God’s Grace do I stand here to one day knowing I have to see a sixth, And I’m not even sure if even then it will be my time, So in between time I gotta keep doing me, Pushing this poetry spawned by the things I see, Telling my Personal Poetic Stories for as long as God’s Gift continues to flow thru me, Cause in the end I’m no more than just a Poetic Vessel, Hoping to move at least one Soul before the end of my poem to push them to find their own, “Righteous Hustle.”"Crucial" © 2006
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