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Mason

Mason and the infamous Word...

About Me

Just a poet from Jersey sharing some work with a truly primitive recording system...

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Member Since: 3/5/2007
Band Members: J. Mason
Influences: Ursula Rucker, Jill Scott, Saul Williams, Alix Olsen, Staceyann Chin, The Last Poets, Amiri Baraka, Sonia Sanchez
Sounds Like: Poetry
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Erika Keels: I support you

March 22nd of this year, a 20 year old Black trans woman named Erika Keels was intentionally run over four times and killed in front of witnesses in North Philadelphia. Regardless of eye witness accou...
Posted by Mason on Wed, 13 Jun 2007 02:36:00 PST

A Lot Can Happen in 3 Minutes

A few days ago I went to a slam and a writer there said that sometimes poems force you to write them. They keep you up at night until that have their way. That message stuck with me, and this is what ...
Posted by Mason on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:49:00 PST

Working

"Southern trees bear a strange fruit,Blood on the leaves and blood at the root" "Pastoral scene of the gallant south The bulging eyes And twisted mouth Scent of magnolia sweet and fresh Then the sudd...
Posted by Mason on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 12:29:00 PST

Going Down South

A few months back at a conference on Diversity and Leadership, we got to talking about community service as it deals with multiculturalism and the funny way that biases play out among volunteers and t...
Posted by Mason on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 05:00:00 PST

Having A Hard Time Finishing This

And now a theater piece for the real world on the intersectionallity of oppression     (Open scene) Guest lecturer walks through metal detectors and barred doors Into a high school classro...
Posted by Mason on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 04:51:00 PST