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BENJAMIN HUGHES: WRITER, POET

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About Me

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i AM... an individual who loves to dance, sing, write and live. Dancing is something I would love to get better at! A born citizen of San Francisco, Benjamin Hughes, a writer FIRST, began writing in the fall of 1999 after attending an open mic. Since then, he's never looked back. Consistently inconsistent and vice versa he loves to test boundaries.
Reciting his words on the same stages as M1 [Dead Prez], Talib Kweli, Nikki Giovanni, Sonia Sanchez, Patricia Smith, Mike McGee, Mo Browne, the band IsWhat!?, Susan Taylor, The Last Poets, acclaimed Carnegie Soprano Angela Brown, etc, etc. He has been an individual competitor in the 2003 and 2004 National Poetry Slam's.
Along with being a Corporate Training Director, Benjamin is also a freelance writer with contributions in poetic works, opinions and a published a chapbook, and has performed his work throughout the United States and Canada.

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Member Since: 2/17/2005
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Influences: INFLUENCES:- GOD
- MY FAMILY
- POETRY
- KAPPA ALPHA PSI FRATERNITY, INC - Spr 96
- FRIENDS
- JOB
- Poetry
- Spoken Word
- HIP HOP
- Any poet who is truly saying something!

Sounds Like: Alexandre Dumas, Langston Hughes, Pablo Neruda, Sonia Sanchez, T.S. Eliot, Billy Collins, the Roots, De La Soul, Cold Play, System of the Down, Rage Against the Machine, Travis Tritt, Reba Macantire, Garth Brooks, Eminem, IsWhat, Saul Williams, Jay-Z, NAS, Jill Scott, Floetry, Ray Charles, Count Basie, Charlie Parker, Sinatra, Johny Cash.... I guess you can get the picture of my musical interest!
Type of Label: Major

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INQUIRIES FOR COMPANY, ORGANIZATION, COLLEGE & UNIVERSITY BOOKING

Contact/Book Benjamin Hughes If you would like to inquire about professional services, workshops, booking feel free to view the booking information page or CONTACT ME by entering your...
Posted by BENJAMIN HUGHES: WRITER, POET on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 07:21:00 PST

Song to my Son

I sing this to him in the morning knowing all he can have is milk "Sausage, Egg and Cheese Pancakes if you please but I will take milk if you have it!"...
Posted by BENJAMIN HUGHES: WRITER, POET on Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:57:00 PST

for this we have sacrificed

for this lifewith youi have decidedto change habitsi have made sacrificesno longer do i run in parksacross concrete and sit to witnesschess tournaments with old men talking shitas if the table were a ...
Posted by BENJAMIN HUGHES: WRITER, POET on Tue, 27 May 2008 08:15:00 PST

my words

my wordshave been kickeddragged in the dirtscraped and scabbedwounded from the pain that life bringsheal from broken perceptionsmy words are not prettymy wordsforget their nameslook in thesauruses and...
Posted by BENJAMIN HUGHES: WRITER, POET on Sat, 17 May 2008 08:50:00 PST

senryu - benjamin believes that

we sometimes break ourselves so others can find pieces... of who we are
Posted by BENJAMIN HUGHES: WRITER, POET on Thu, 15 May 2008 07:37:00 PST

poem "scars" this is a w.i.p. so be gentle

just wrote this 10 minutes agofeedback definitely welcome"scars"- Benjamin Hughesi have scarsin secret placesthey tattoo themselves across the soulbut i want the wholenot just partsso i want to live i...
Posted by BENJAMIN HUGHES: WRITER, POET on Sun, 11 May 2008 07:03:00 PST

letter to my future son

letter to my future sonhelloi know we have yet to be introduced formallybut I have to saythat i am anxiously awaiting your visitbeing able to meet you for the first time sit andmarvel in your eyesjust...
Posted by BENJAMIN HUGHES: WRITER, POET on Sat, 29 Mar 2008 08:29:00 PST

Barack Obamas Complete Speech on Race Relations

Barack Obama’s Complete Speech on Race RelationsInstead of listening to the rhetoric, pundants’, watching news clips and snippets.... watch, read and listen the his response in its entiret...
Posted by BENJAMIN HUGHES: WRITER, POET on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 07:02:00 PST

OIL Thoughts: Repsonse to all the "Don’t Buy Gas" and OIL Price Emails

Hey everybody I get these emails all the time and they really bug me... here are my thoughts:Wait... Let’s Really Think About ItThe funny thing that many people fail to realize is that American ...
Posted by BENJAMIN HUGHES: WRITER, POET on Sat, 15 Mar 2008 09:23:00 PST

The Wire

comments are always welcomei wishthat everyonecould watch 'The Wire'you can't understandbut you can empathizeyou can't empathize but you can try hard but watching is not tryingit's just sitting on you...
Posted by BENJAMIN HUGHES: WRITER, POET on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 07:13:00 PST