FAREWELL TO NATIONAL POETRY MONTHVIRTUAL SPOKEN WORD SHOWCASE UPDATE! Voting occured! Polls closed! We have winners of the first-ever APOOO/Urban Echoes Virtual Spoken Word Showcase. Thanks to all the participants as they were all very, very good and a special congrats to the FIVE winners! Without further ado and a DRUMROLL PLEASE…the winners are: Fourth [...]

 Biography: The precision and elegance of a poets words can make readers pause to appreciate their own perceptions or examine their feelings. This can surely be said of one new poet Mikaylah Simone. Mikaylah is an emerging African-American poet whose simple, yet visceral, style brings poetry back to its basics as a social art through [...]

Only in My Empire by Elissa Gabrielle These Visions of Grandeur Promote deep-seeded, uncultivated feelings That sorrowfully soar throughout my soul Awaiting you Debating you Resisting you, yet missing you. Is it wrong to love you? Because damn–I do. And my sweet Visions of Grandeur Have me struggling in a world where Time and Space [...]

Kim Miller was born in Brooklyn , NY . She resided in New York for 34 years and later moved just outside of DC. She has a passion for writing nonfiction, (real life issues) and thought provoking poetry. She has a fun, spirited, sense of humor that is evident in her writing. She speaks and [...]

Poem: “I AM”I AM by Latorial Faison (from 28 Days of Poetry Celebrating Black History Volume 2) I am somebody on my way somewhere I am she who interrogates those who stare I am too much for this wayward world to digest With pen and paper, I paint pictures with frankness I am the pages, [...]

Vernon J. Davis, Jr. has been writing poetry since the early seventies. Davis’ very first published poem,”Beautiful Black Woman”(the basis for his poetry book) came out in 1978 in a magazine called Black Forum. Mr. Davis has also taught Creative Writing and recited his poetry in talent shows, church gatherings and open-mic forums.His creative collection [...]

Charles L. Chatmon is a native of Los Angeles, California. He is the author of The Depths of My Soul and The Voices of South Central. Also, he has written articles for colleges and community newspapers. In addition to his writing talents, Charles has performed in various spoken word venues in the Southern California area [...]

Alyce Wynn is the author of Come Joy! It is the personal testimony of a spiritual journey in progress. Written in varying voices, its four chapters represent what the author considers to be the main components of life that all people experience. It is a relationship piece, between self, loved ones, nature and God. They [...]

WE We are the wind the waves Life’s sun rays, because we are Women. Our living waters are blessed our minds conscious of our yesterdays and tomorrows…and we are happiness displayed in spite of past sorrows. We dare to be bold from the young to the old. We are bursting at the seams living our [...]

Little Colored Boys (Part I  Kamilah’s Prayer) Lord, I wish my boy could grow up to be a king or an emperor or even President even though I know he’s really gonna be born with one arm tied behind his back just because You happened to make him a little darker than everybody else– but [...]