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Walter “Wally B.” Jennings is a native of Tampa, FL and has been writing poetry for 19 years and performing publicly for the past 9 (be sure to read his blog "When and Where I feel in love w/poetry/spoken word/slam"). He is the founder of “Black on Black Rhyme-Tampa”, one of Tampa’s largest and longest running poetry shows.Wally B. has shared the stage with some of the nation’s most popular entertainers, including: K-Ci & Jo-Jo, Chrisette Michele, Silk, Dave Hollister, Comedians Steve Brown, Marvin Grooms, Def Poetry on Tour, and the legendary Last Poets.Wally B.’s poetical talents have allowed him to perform in several venues, such as: St. Louis, MO (Legacy Bookstore), Birmingham, AL (22nd Jazz Café), Charlotte, NC, Miami, FL (Funk Jazz Lounge), The University of Florida, The University of South Florida, The University of Tampa, & Florida A& M University.Wally B. is an original member of Back Talk Poetry Troupe, one of the most respected and well known poetry collectives in the nation. The troupe is responsible for the creation of Black on Black Rhyme, Incorporated (www.blackonblackrhyme.com) and produces shows in: Tallahassee, Tampa, Miami, Jacksonville, Rochester, NY, & Atlanta, GA. He is also a member of the Nation of Poetry (www.nationofpoetry.com)His accomplishments include: 2006-2007 Underground Poetz “King of Poetry” Slam Champion 2005 House of Poetz Poetry Slam Champion A member of the 1st Place team at the 2003 Hot Air Slam in Delray Beach, FL 3rd Place-Individual at the 2004 Southern Fried Poetry Regional Slam in Miami, FL 6th Place-Individual at the 2006 Southern Fried Poetry Regional Slam in Birmingham, AL “Poet of the Week” on www.blackonblackrhyme.comWally B. has produced 2 spoken word CD’s: “Millennium Psalms” & “He Said What?!”…however, he has elected to make both unavailable.Currently, Wally B. is the founder and host of “Heard ‘Em Say”, Tampa’s only Teen Spoken Word Poetry Show.

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What Is We Gon Do?!

I've always had a healthy respect and appreciation for history&and I think a lot it came from the history teachers I had throughout my life.  They were always very passionate ...
Posted by on Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:47:00 GMT

Random Thoughts from Black on Black Rhyme-10.07.08

This was my first time at Black on Black Rhyme since it moved to the Hip-Hop Soda Shop, so I was kinda amped to see what it was gonna be like.  Also, it was the first night of the "Spotlight Poet...
Posted by on Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:05:00 GMT

The Resurrection of Babylon

Chuck E. Cheese is like Vegas for children...and I don't mean that as a compliment.  It is the playground of anarchy and the adolescent 7th circle of hell.  I think I may have seen Satan's ...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Sep 2008 00:38:00 GMT

The Adventures of Rufus Chainsaw...

Two weeks ago, I got a call from home saying that a portion of the tree in front of our house had fallen.  Now obviously, this is Florida...and the summer rain and wind is NO joke...so falle...
Posted by on Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:50:00 GMT

Random Thoughts while on Vacation-2008

The setting: Vacation from work-Friday, July 4th-Wednesday, July 16th... -I think Jacksonville is a beautiful city.  I really dig going there. -So, I decided it would be a good idea to ...
Posted by on Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:05:00 GMT

Survey I jacked from Lizz...

...because I need a break from this hurricane I seem to be in the midst of: Finish the sentence I live: in a house full of women...and it's not all it's cracked up to be. I work: 'harder', but learnin...
Posted by on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:24:00 GMT

Random thoughts while experiencing Fathers Day Weekend...

...the prelude: -Ladies-Have you ever had a dude pick you up for a 1st date smelling like weed or hennessey or both?  Fellas-Have you ever picked up a woman for a 1st date from the projects ...
Posted by on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:16:00 GMT

How I spent National Poetry Month...

A few months ago, I decided that I was going to make plans to take a trip down south to the Literary Café and Poetry Lounge in Miami, FL&which is operated by my homeboy, Will Da Real One.  I had ...
Posted by on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:28:00 GMT

The prayer...the car accident...the miracle

I had a couple of people that saw my tagline regarding the car accident that my oldest daughter and I were in last Thursday...and I figured it was in order to blog about it because there's more t...
Posted by on Sat, 23 Feb 2008 08:46:00 GMT

Coming this Summer...

" target="_self">Southern Fried '08 You should already know...if you don't, you better learn about it!!!  
Posted by on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 04:18:00 GMT