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Idea Vilarino

LATIN WOMEN AND WORDPLAY ARE TIGHT AS TREE TRUNKS AND VINES ... And the more I own the Bori and XX components of my SELF, the more drawn I am to the women poets of this particular heritage ... To the ...
Posted by UNDER CONSTRUCTION on Thu, 30 Nov 2006 02:49:00 PST

Pirate Jenny

The oppressed of the Earth, rising, make their own law.        - Joyce Carol Oates      For the down trodden and the weak ... For abused and benevolent cr...
Posted by UNDER CONSTRUCTION on Fri, 01 Sep 2006 10:15:00 PST

Jazzy Words from Staceyann Chin ...

I had the pleasure of watching Ms. Staceyann Chin perform her poem JAZZ a few months back ... she literally put her WHOLE BODY into the recitation ... she shook, she contorted, she dripped with sweat...
Posted by UNDER CONSTRUCTION on Fri, 25 Aug 2006 08:05:00 PST

Baldwin ...

JAMES BALDWIN ... in times of great apathy, of utter indifference ... will break my heart and mend it ... will make me acutely aware of its chambers ... will remind me of how warm it can be, ...
Posted by UNDER CONSTRUCTION on Sat, 19 Aug 2006 10:21:00 PST

Foundation ...

Mos Def just may have written the best love song of all time ... a hopeless romantic I am not ... shit ... Im not even a regular ass romantic ... but this joint is so sweet ... all drippy like agave n...
Posted by UNDER CONSTRUCTION on Tue, 20 Jun 2006 02:36:00 PST

To the Broken of Heart ... Remember ...

Time is money. Money is time. So, I keep seven o'clock in the bank and gain interest in the hour of God. I'm saving to buy my freedom. God, grant me wings. I am too fly not to fly. Eye sore to look ...
Posted by UNDER CONSTRUCTION on Sat, 17 Jun 2006 11:54:00 PST

The Anthem

Sometimes you hear a track and it makes you realize that there's this collective life we're all living ... you know ... those joints that relay the details of your life ... huh ... even your...
Posted by UNDER CONSTRUCTION on Wed, 14 Jun 2006 01:52:00 PST

Between Me, You & Liberation

COMMON I will forever adore ... Many clown his "Electric Circus" release, but with a track as poignant and thoughtful as this on it, his least celebrated effort will, for me ... spin eternal. &nb...
Posted by UNDER CONSTRUCTION on Thu, 08 Jun 2006 10:54:00 PST

Preface to a Twenty Volume Suicide Note

Reading Amiri Baraka is SYNAPTIC ...   Preface to a Twenty Volume Suicide Note (For Kellie Jones, Born 16 May 1959) Lately, I've become accustomed to the wayThe ground opens up and envelops ...
Posted by UNDER CONSTRUCTION on Mon, 05 Jun 2006 12:12:00 PST

Warrior of Love

I pasted an artical from "Whole Life Times." It is about Amma ... a woman changing the world with love and self sacrifice ... NO guns, NO threats, LOVE. If you're not down to read the whole piece, PLE...
Posted by UNDER CONSTRUCTION on Sun, 04 Jun 2006 08:49:00 PST