https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZF1uNxJjpxE Introduction: Rap is poetry, is it not? Poetry set to music! So, here are my second* bars ever to be shared publicly with any seriousness or intentionality in their writing. My goal was to capture the experience of dancing, free of self-consciousness, in words. I wanted to avoid using the word ‘dance’. I wanted... Continue Reading →
the ensemble (revised)
This is the significant revision of my piece that I originally published to lalouvealalune.blog on July 25, 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_OjixesdoA if you cannot follow my train of thought it does not mean that a train does not exist it does not mean my journey and my testimony of what I’ve seen and known and lived is... Continue Reading →
Sanguine
28 days and blood let run independent of any decision on my part but I run out of temper, out of hindrances to the words behind my tongue and these days, you know exactly how I feel multiplied by as honest as I should have been two weeks ago when you shared the news now... Continue Reading →
I was given a seed OR the difficult recipe for fruit
Revision, January 28, 2021 "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit." John 12:24 one seedone deatha prospect of new lifeof new mornings from fresh mourningif first, I make it through good-bye--through this night, throughthis winterpast... Continue Reading →
Say ‘Ah!’
Attention: If you’re embarrassed when your doctor asks you to describe, in words, the symptoms of the very ailment that brought you into her office, you may blush at this. If you’re cool with that, I think you may have fun :). If you’re unsure, I dare you! This piece is intended to be performed. ...... Continue Reading →