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Gale the Poet

Poetry In Motion

About Me

a poet who hails from a lineage of wild women who run with elephants, swans, gorillas and giraffes...traveled and wandered many many lands in becoming a worldwide advocate for women with full lips and hips to love themselves.

My Interests

Stories of who, how, and when....politics, emotions, language, history, geology, ecology

I'd like to meet:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehrvRw6_sRs..

Music:

HAIRDOO for the People is a new refreshing sound with a message needed today to see us into tomorrow. The giants have lead us and I've been blessed to have learned to embrace them: Charlie Parker, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Coltrane, Gerswin, Billy Holiday, Nina Simone, Sarah Vaughn, Dinah Washington, Ella Fitzgerald, Betty Carter, Maxine Weldon, Phoebe Snow, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Mozart, Bach, Beethoven, The Drifters, The Platters, The Temptations, ZZ Hill, Van Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Joan Baez...music is so vital to our souls as we move on down the lines.

Movies:

Wag the Dog, Bird, Syriana, Goodnight and Good Luck, I:Claudius, Stormy Weather, Black Orpheus, Cabin In The Sky, Carmen Jones, Ghost Dog: The Way of The Samurai, The Godfather (all), Mo Better Blues, I Tina, Hotel Rwanda, City of Gods, When We Were Kings, Lumumba, A Bronx Tale, Boys from Brazil, Junior Brown's Planet, Drylongso, Cosmic Slop, Dogma

Television:

PBS

Books:

Yusef Komunyakka (all). THE KNOWN WORLD - Edward P. Jones. RATTLEBONE - Maxine Clair. THE INTUITIONIST - Colson Whitehead. KMT: IN THE HOUSE OF LIFE - Ayi Kwei Armah. CONFESSIONS OF AN ECONOMIC HIT MAN. THE CELESTINE PROPHESY and THE ALCHEMIST. SONG OF SOLOMON, JAZZ, and BELOVED, SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE.

Heroes:

Harry Bellefonte, Oprah, Sweet Alice, Randal Robinson, Danny Glover, Alice Walker, Toni Morrison Ancestors: Gandhi,Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, Fannie Lou Hamer, Adam Clayton Powell, Richard Pryor, Jack Johnson, Einstein, June Jordan, John Hope Franklin and all parents and grandparents of the world who struggle to make the children a better world.

My Blog

Did You Hear? George Bush Admits He’s a War Criminal

On 4/11/08, George Bush told ABC News he personally approved of the approval of torture - including waterboarding - by Dick Cheney, Condoleeza Rice, Donald Rumsfeld, Colin Powell and George Tenet. Bu...
Posted by Gale the Poet on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 04:22:00 PST

and, the wicked go on...

Sludge tested as lead-poisoning fix By JOHN HEILPRIN and KEVIN S. VINEYS, Associated Press WritersMon Apr 14, 4:40 PM ET Scientists using federal grants spread fertilizer made from human and ind...
Posted by Gale the Poet on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:14:00 PST

A Million Tears and Cranes

  if a million tears helped then i'd cry fly over earth's beautiful land all the way to Japan and back over and over again and again  do a woman size multi-task create&nb...
Posted by Gale the Poet on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 11:59:00 PST

Open Your Eyes

The next time you hear a politician use the word "billion" in a casual manner, think about whether you want the "politicians" spending YOUR tax money. A billion is a difficult number to...
Posted by Gale the Poet on Sat, 15 Dec 2007 09:51:00 PST

A Man of Great Character

The following is a speech delivered by the Mayor of Salt Lake City.  He is indeed a man of great courage to atate what many honest, hard working, patriotic citizens of this co...
Posted by Gale the Poet on Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:20:00 PST

Megan Williams Petition

..> The Megan Williams Case 2160 Signatures ..> Created by Grace N on Sep 27, 2007 Category: Civil Rights Region: United States of America Target: America Description/History: According to pr...
Posted by Gale the Poet on Wed, 14 Nov 2007 06:56:00 PST

If,

feminists are progressivesdedicated to humanity, arts,good sex, the disappearance of color lines and a pursuit  of intelligence and happiness,then how come they vote to make all these warsfor dif...
Posted by Gale the Poet on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 04:02:00 PST

In Time of War

Bullet chased a fleeing man around  corner as though name was etched in shaft gone for supper no curfew   bullet caught him in backDays later bullet returned full blown destroyed villag...
Posted by Gale the Poet on Sat, 24 Feb 2007 09:28:00 PST

introduction

gale, is a poet who hails from a lineage of wild women who run with elephants, swans and giraffes.  she has made footsteps in this incarnation as student, teacher, geologist, mother and spir...
Posted by Gale the Poet on Wed, 19 Jul 2006 12:14:00 PST