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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
