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About Me

THE FOUR-ONE-ONEBorn in Birmingham, Alabama, and currently living in Southern California, Bridgette Alyce Wynn is a poet, author, and composer of songs that range from Gospel to contemporary jazz. Her debut title, "Come, Joy! Songs from the soft of night", was released in June, 2005 and has enjoyed wonderful reviews on Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, African American Literary Book Club, Rawsistaz.com, MidWest Book Review, and Makasha Dorsey Publications. Ms. Wynn was featured "writer of the month" in May of 2005 on Timbooktu.com. On January 14, 2008, "Come, Joy!" received the Reviewers' Choice Award for Best Work of Poetry in 2007, on Blackrefer.com.Known online as "Alyce" (pronounced a-leece), Ms. Wynn's poetry can be found on IHOPoets (International House of Poets), Mr. Africa's Poetry Lounge, Timbooktu and Destee. Her work was also published in "X-Magazine" 2004(UK), "The Aurora Review"2005, "SpinDrifter Literary Magazine"2004, and anthologies "Songs of Hope"2006, "The Heart of Our Community" 2006.In 1999, Bridgette Alyce was baptized into the fold of spoken word artistry when she joined "Roni's Baaackstreet Poetry" posse, hosted by Poet Roni Walter, and performed on stage at the Comedy Store in Hollywood, California. Ms. Wynn is currently performing poetry from her debut title and her second book, "This October", at venues across Southern California."This October" is a collection of short stories and poems inspired by the need for the preservation of the family, by the restoration of the "sisterhood". Ms. Wynn is an educator and human services provider, and through real life observations, she has witnessed the decline in trust, respect and love among the caregivers of our culture, which has taken its toll on the way we interact with our men and our children. With humor, wit and sensitivity, Ms. Wynn speaks to the issues that plague our communities, an outgrowth of what has gone wrong in our homes. It is a candid portrayal of us at our worst and our best. "This October" is a call for us to return to our first love, and heal our generations, by the grace of God. Release date to be announced.This profile was edited with MiSpaceTools.comThis is my first work, of which I am extremely proud. My daughter, Ashley J., is the cover artist!! READ REVIEWS AND PURCHASE A COPY OF "COME, JOY!"

My Interests

Avid reader, music composition and performance, travel, lover of the arts, i.e. theatre, art museums, collector of vintage R&B, jazz and pop music, hiking trails and rock collecting...

I'd like to meet:

I'm interested in meeting people who enjoy the arts - music, writing, dance, painting, theatre. My tastes in these areas are wide and eclectic, and I'd love to meet and network with individuals who share the same interests.Speak Your Mind

Music:

World musik...I'm a native of the universe. My favorite is contemporary and traditional gospel, classic soul and easy listening/jazz; I also adore (Broadway)show tunes and movie soundtracks!

Movies:

The Matrix - first episode - The Color Purple, Crash, The Green Mile, The Shawshank Redemption, Set it Off, Wait Until Dark, Gone with the Wind, A Bronx Tale, Breakfast at Tiffany's, A Chorus Line, 42nd Street, All That Jazz....and so many others!

Television:

Law & Order...all versions... the weather channel...CNN, MSNBC, the Food Network!

Books:

powered by frazy.comThe Bible, The Art of Loving, The Color of Water, Borderlands/La Frontera, Cotton Candy on a Rainy Day, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, Shake Loose My Skin, Not Without Laughter, Go Tell it on the Mountain, The Fire Next Time, If Beale Street Could Talk, Blink, From Slavery To Freedom, Even the Rat was White, The Blessings of Brokenness, Mere Christianity, The Lovely Bones, The Red Tent, Waiting in Vain, Their Eyes Were Watching God, The Seduction of Mr. Bradley, Are You Satisfied Yet?, The Act of Marriage, Trying to Sleep in the Bed You Made...everything by Alice Walker, and many...many, many more!

Heroes:

Jesus Christ, Martin Luther....(the 'father' of Protestantism), Martin Luther King, Jr., Mohandus Ghandi...

My Blog

And the evening and the morning was the 26th day

The Biblical "day" is from sunset to sunset, according to Genesis 1. With that in mind, I just wanna take this moment to wish Brotha Wynn "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" This man is quality from his ri...
Posted by alyce on Thu, 26 Jun 2008 06:48:00 PST

- Baja, Mexico

In a week I'm headed south of the border, friends! Unsupervised Time for some R,R, R & R : relax, recharge, regroup so I can rejoin society with a fresh outlook and positive energies t...
Posted by alyce on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:38:00 PST

Lunatic Logs - A word about the moon

It is a scientific fact that the moon has a direct effect upon the earth... For me, the pull of the moon has been evident since I was in my early 20s. And I've been tracking this phenomenon for years....
Posted by alyce on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:21:00 PST

Message to the good fathers - poem

*for the good ones, you know who you are* Message to the Good Fathers You are not a myth as some adverse propaganda would have us believe And if your stories were told more o...
Posted by alyce on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 08:41:00 PST

31 years later

So anyway, on this date in 1977, I marched across the stage and got my nice lil leatherett folder that represented I'd successfully completed 4 years of college. (I'll have some ...
Posted by alyce on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 10:52:00 PST

Food for life!

We've all heard the saying...that we don't want to live to eat, but eat to live. And I can testify that I've belonged to that first category. LOVE ME SOME FOODAGE! Over the course of the past 2 ...
Posted by alyce on Thu, 29 May 2008 12:40:00 PST

I Am My Sisters Keeper - a trilogy...part 2

*Dear readers, this piece is part of a larger project, titled "This October" - and the trilogy features 3 unrelated stories..I posted story 1 recently, and some have requested the sequel or concl...
Posted by alyce on Tue, 27 May 2008 09:34:00 PST

outside the reach of time

*inspired by my children growing up and moving on....and other cherished memories* originally written 1/3/01 - re-mixed 5/26/08 life moves from 'then' to 'now' with such precision and stea...
Posted by alyce on Tue, 27 May 2008 08:22:00 PST

What I love about Harvey - a story (remix)

(inspired by a character/idea from a story written by my friend D-Ramon) The thing about Harvey is that "je ne sais pas que" he has about him; the way he moves through a room almost unnoticed...y...
Posted by alyce on Fri, 23 May 2008 07:35:00 PST

I Am My Sister’s Keeper - part 1 of a trilogy

A Trilogy I It was 1:30 a.m. and the lingering affects of caffeine found Eileen still wide-awake and restless in her bed. ...
Posted by alyce on Wed, 14 May 2008 08:05:00 PST