My name is I (1) Now that chaos is everywhere I hope our body smell of gunpowder & our prayer warriors become jehoshaphat for a start Every first name now has fire in it tonight I will ask my father why he named me I, I Sorry he died too. My sweat smell like a …
When Killing is not just Murder My body My black body Black body everywhere Everywhere I turn I ache in all corners of me Of the trauma of looting This body has suffered The land don’t care or share Let’s call it what it is A killing not murder We call it murder [Insert …
We are so tired. Our souls are wailing in pain. Why don’t you hear us? * We will honor them, with every protest, song, stand. You’re not forgotten. * Our hope will prevail. Defeat is not an option. Our joy will endure. * We can’t even breathe. You’re choking us with knees, fists. We just …
We Are The Ones We Have Been Waiting For We are the committed…We the Light of the darkness can’t forget it! We are the righteous…our message is a transcendental Hip Hop philosophy blessed by the Lords Of The Dance…We are free to rant with Tongues of our own…no MTV no Video Soul… We are a …
Phillip Martin: “We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For” Read More »
Untitled I saw this flick the other day where this black man died Same flick the other week, where this black man died Same flick the other month where this black mom cried Excessive force, plain view and the cops still lied I recall my football coaches stressing film don’t lie And we be running …
Still fighting (A tribute to Lives lost due to racial terrorism) Like my father before me I’m still fighting to be free With everything in me Hunted relentlessly…. I’m a slave To this land of the brave Caged In this home of the free. Fighting a futile fight! Cause I will NEVER be white! …
Those Who Came Before Us We dig in different places, fingernails on the packed earth of photos DNA tests stories of ancestors kidnapped from tribes; we search for the soil of family history to tell us about ourselves beyond the Irish Danish French German Native American Black and White that make up my sister and …
Soulidifly Productions, a film company with a mission to produce meaningful, uplifting stories that are entertaining and beautifully told, has partnered with Freestyle Digital Media to release 1 Angry Black Man, available to audiences everywhere on DVD and on-demand starting June 5, 2020. “The COVID-19 pandemic has forced us to amplify our film distribution in …
To: All Poets From: Northeastern North Carolina It’s just getting hot, dogwoods showering our shoulders with flowers. I saw dead baby birds on a trail so I know new life has arrived lost in the survival of pine and ash. I’ll say it plainly— we need you down here. Yesterday, my uncle put a …
Cultural Weekly’s 8th Annual “Jack Grapes Poetry Prize” begins on Wednesday, July 1st, 2020. This contest is FREE to enter. We will publish the submission URL and information in our July 1st edition. No submissions will be accepted before that date. 3 WINNERS will receive $250 each, plus publication. 6 FINALISTS will receive $75 each, …
A week ago the world was already struggling to find equilibrium as folk emerged from the Covid–19 shutdown facing the new choreography of social distancing and facemasks. Then things took another dark pivot with the videotaped murder of George Floyd. What has followed presented protesters raising their arms, chanting “I can’t breathe,” more police violence …
The National Beat Poetry Foundation, Inc. (NBPF), a not-for-profit organization founded in 2016, has selected Rich Ferguson to serve as the State of California Beat Poet Laureate for a two-year term from Sept. 2020 to Sept. 2022. In May 2020 the NBPF board members selected Ferguson based on his peers’ recommendations for his literary accomplishments …
RICH FERGUSON, LOS ANGELES SPOKEN-WORD POET, NAMED CALIFORNIA’S BEAT POET LAUREATE Read More »
Racism is inherently generational. We often mimic what our immediate family models, carrying bias onward in time to infect our own family or circle, much like a virus searches for a host. To break the chain, generational racism must be called out – named. Such racism often hides as a family secret. In private, it’s …
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