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RoTuN

About Me

(RoTuN) Clifford K. Watkins, Jr., is a rapper/poet/writer/lyricist from Jacksonville, Florida. He currently resides in a one-horse town in the mountains of Virginia. Some of his publishing credits include: Underground Window, Endzville, Infinite Glass, Prism Quarterly, Cynic Magazine, Seeker Magazine, Oracular Tree, Poetic Voices, Ygdrasil, Poetry Stop, Zygote In My Coffee, Wildchild Publishing, Forever Underground Magazine, Muscadine Lines, Poet's Haven, Lit Vision, Interpoetry, Canopic Jar, Winamop, Long Story Short, TM Poetry, The Toe Tree Journal, The Persistent Mirage, A Darker Vision, Emptiness Spills, Red Fez, Words Words Words, Vain Glory, The Voyager, Tears For Eternity, Green Brier Review, True Poet Magazine, The Taj Mahal Review, From A Common Spring: Volume II., decomP, Flutter Magazine, Lily's Review, Lit Chaos, Locust Magazine, Lowe Prose & Poetics, Facets Magazine, Ramble Underground, KuPoZine, The Friction-Fiction Show & Pocket Change ~Poetry & Art Journal.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 25/12/2005
Band Members: Lyrics and vocals: RoTuN** Music produced by: Jethro Dupree
Influences: The Doors, Eric B. & Rakim, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Sylvia Plath, Dylan Thomas, Velvet Underground, Geto Boys, Fly Boys, Beastie Boys, Kansas, Bob Seiger, REM, U2, RUN DMC, Grand Master Flash & The Furious Five, Newcleus, Jungle Brothers, Fat Boys, Black Sabbath, Danzig, Misfits, Dead Kennedys, Jethro Dupree, Rock Master Scott, Violent Femmes, Nirvana, Alice In Chains, STP, Margaret Atwood, Bang Bang Bunny, Blondie, The Runaways, Joan Jett, Just Ice, MC Shy D, JJ Fadd, Chubb Rock, Biz Markie, Big Daddy Kane, Boogie Boys, Mantronix, Twisted Sister, Radiohead, Barry Manilow, Brother Cane, Beach Boys, Leonard Cohen, The Monkees, The Beatles, Mazzy Star, The Cars, Styx, Hall & Oates, The Police, Huey Lewis & the News, The Bangles, The Clash, Sex Pistols, Wire, Ramones, Bee Gees, Soft Cell, James Brown, Michael Jackson, Damned, Mudhoney, Billy Idol, Cranberries, Germs, Metallica, Dickies, Dills, Descendents, Black Flag, Pantera, Dead Boys, Above The Law, The Carpenters, Genesis, Three Doors Down, Ice T, The Real Roxanne, Roxanne Shante, Kid Poet Jazz, Schoolly D, Smashing Pumpkins, Africa Bambaataa, Public Enemy, Electric Kingdom, KRS-One, LL Cool J, 2 Live Crew, White Boys, Big Men On Campus, Salt ’N Pepa, Doug E. Fresh, Sir Mix-A-Lot, EPMD, UTFO, Special Ed, King Sun, NWA, Tupac, Biggie, L.A. Dream Team, Prince, Talking Heads, Men At Work, Midnight Oil, The Pretenders, Sugar Hill Gang, Modern English, Queen, Kenny Rogers, Charlie Daniels, Willie Nelson, Hank Williams, JR., Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, Captain and Tennille, Pink Floyd, Air Supply, Foreigner, Neil Diamond, REO Speedwagon, Christopher Cross, Smokey Robinson, Survivor, The Human League, John Cougar, Chicago, Toto, Toni Basil, Journey, Irene Cara, Eurythmics, Garbage, Culture Club, Duran Duran, Van Halen, Yes, Kenny Loggins, The Romantics, Billy Ocean, a-Ha, Guns n’ Roses, MC ADE, MC Hammer, MC Shan, Marilyn Manson, Elvis, Depeche Mode and Phantom’s Divine Comedy, part 1.
Record Label: Unknown Indie
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Fiery Graffiti & Stars

Fiery Graffiti & Stars~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  With a gait that yearned for consolationYou descended into a vale with a derelict soulOur eyes met as shields of armor vanishedLeaving my heart defenseless in abs...
Posted by on Sun, 15 Feb 2009 22:50:00 GMT

Semi-sightlessness

Semi-sightlessness ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   When I find myself lumbering in gloom I think back to my disbelief in your exhilaration And your essence delivers me into peaceful luminosity As I fluentl...
Posted by on Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:05:00 GMT

Crazy-quilt Sunrise

Crazy-quilt Sunrise ~~~~~~~~~~~~~     Heedless to a medley of covetous tongues I know that time is incidental And all the rapid-fire dreams merely vanish into actuality Yet the sound of you...
Posted by on Sun, 16 Nov 2008 10:15:00 GMT

To Fathom Tranquility

While his faint voice reverberated in tedium A craven mime scarcely hovered above the abyss With a roving psyche that conveyed drafts of lunacy Then on a whim the racing thoughts Were razed by the fle...
Posted by on Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:59:00 GMT

Broken Silences Voice

Broken Silence's Voice ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~       There was a flash of obscurity when our eyes met And our meager strands soon shuddered in puddles of regret Yet we reached for the f...
Posted by on Mon, 20 Oct 2008 05:33:00 GMT

Clear-headedness

Clear-headedness ~~~~~~~~~~~~   Brisk with sobriety Imagining your awe-inspiring aura As I hopscotch through a kingdom of heartwarming dreams Savoring every morsel of your creativity Ecstatica...
Posted by on Sun, 07 Sep 2008 05:31:00 GMT

Nonpareil

Sained Infidel Languishes Earnestly! Nonpareil Coveted Endlessly!
Posted by on Tue, 05 Aug 2008 01:24:00 GMT

Solitary Star

Solitary Star ~~~~~~~~     Accompanied by a voice of divine reverberation I dusted off an antiquated book of mildewed verse And ventured into the shadowy boondocks   Mustering up ...
Posted by on Sun, 27 Jul 2008 23:24:00 GMT

A Voice

A Voice ~~~~~~~   As I grieve for yet another fallen friend Her rousing voice echoes throughout my sanctum Where a vanilla-scented candle melts into the brass holder And dribbles downward on...
Posted by on Sat, 26 Jul 2008 06:12:00 GMT

Health-giving Rays

Health-giving Rays ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~       I contemplated nothing in relation to affection Until stone-fisted realization urged me upward  Into the face of a melodious venture Where...
Posted by on Sun, 20 Jul 2008 02:36:00 GMT