Archives for the ‘April is National Poetry Month’ Category

April 23rd, DuEwa

By • Apr 23rd, 2008 • Category: April is National Poetry Month

NIGHTMARE This is a nightmare the nightmare that never stops and there are NO heroes only victims, victims, victims Welcome to the terror dome waking up to the first day of the rest of your life when you lose your home your job your babies and everything that made you feel secure secure secure Mother [...]



April is National Poetry Month, Starr Lisa (4/22)

By • Apr 22nd, 2008 • Category: April is National Poetry Month

INVISIBLE LADY I know you see me standing here and yet you keep walking pass as if I’m Invisible.. I use to have my own home I use to have a career not just a job I was once someone’s wife I was once someone’s mother And yet although you see me sleeping under this [...]



April is National Poetry Month–Pam Osbey, April 21

By • Apr 21st, 2008 • Category: April is National Poetry Month

Mocha Sistah is the author of Eroticies, A Language Of Love. She has appeared in a number of texts including literary magazines and online publications. She is the host of Hot Poetic Shots under the Literary Pizzazz Blog Talk Radio show format. She resides in Chicago . CLICK HERE to Mocha Sistah’s podcast for Sweet [...]



April is National Poetry Month–Onika Pascal, April 20

By • Apr 20th, 2008 • Category: April is National Poetry Month

Since the tender age of nine, Onika Pascal’s love for writing blossomed over the years, into something that she allowed to become her way to express herself. Her motivation stems from the writings of her all time favorite author and Poet Laureate, Dr. Maya Angelou, along with Nikki Giovanni and other poets who have contributed [...]



April is National Poetry Month–Poet Matthew Horne

By • Apr 20th, 2008 • Category: April is National Poetry Month

Thoughts of inadequacy Plague internal dialogue Do I have the courage? Do I possess the resolve? To actualize my dream So far out there it seems Capable to fulfill it Before creation you’ve been deemed You have the tools And they’re perfectly measured To your assignment here on earth Even the storms you must weather [...]



April is National Poetry Month–Ebony Farashuu, April 19

By • Apr 19th, 2008 • Category: April is National Poetry Month

BLACK BUTTERFLY is Ebony Farashuu! As a spoken word artist, Ebony has touched the eyes, ears, and hearts of all who have been exposed to her uniquely sensual and emotion provoking style of poetry. From the novel Slow Burn I’m contemplating The theory of fornicating Anticipating your touch It’s just too much For my mind [...]



April is National Poetry Month, Poet akai (4/18)

By • Apr 18th, 2008 • Category: April is National Poetry Month

Forgiveness’ Throne http://www.discoverkai.com/podcast/forgiveness.mp3 Where is forgiveness and why does he elude me avoid me try me with hopes of peace and possible redemption, insinuating a resolution for long desired completeness  Like a wild horse he bucks me, throws me I grasp with both hands, desperately throttled and thrown while forgiveness seeks to dethrone and deflate [...]



April is National Poetry Month–Poet Abiola Abrams, April 17

By • Apr 17th, 2008 • Category: April is National Poetry Month

Abiola Abrams– author, filmmaker and TV host– comes from a Guyanese-American family of poets. Abiola’s debut novel DARE (Simon and Schuster) is about a sociologist / jazz poet who goes undercover in the world of hip hop. The book features several selections of her poetry. For the past two years 28 million viewers have tuned [...]



April is National Poetry Month–Poet Marc Lacy, April 13

By • Apr 13th, 2008 • Category: April is National Poetry Month

Marc Lacy is a gifted and talented Spoken Word Artist. Click on the Links below to sample his works. If you like what you hear, purchase his CD and don’t forget to let him know that you heard about him via APOOO. Marc Lacy MySpace Marc Lacy Website Poet Marc Lacy was born in Huntsville, [...]



April is National Poetry Month–Poet KL the Writer, April 12

By • Apr 12th, 2008 • Category: April is National Poetry Month

I Love You Queen(Dedicated to my Mother and the single mother’s out here trying to raise their sons into men.) The essence of what I am started deep inside you when the Lord set me into place. Your choice to have me was the first of many that would lead my steps. Those late night [...]