Articles / Poems
Just breathe.
It gets tough I know
and I've been there.
Discouragement is becoming a norm, I understand.
Some of us have been played too many times for a...
This new year.
It's been a long year
It's been a tough steer
Some situations have not been clear
Some have not been fair
Knuckles for those that are my peer
Hat...
Def Poetry’s Public: Spoken Word Poetry and the Racial Politics of Going Mainstream
by Susan B.A. Somers-Willett
It’s imperative that these spoken word artists be catapulted to the mainstream and be recognized. Finally the marriage between hip-hop and...
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU
The Greatest Birthday
'Glory to God in the highest
And on earth peace good will toward men'
Born unto a virgin was God's only begotten Son
Emmanuel (God...
WHEN YOU ARE GONE
When you say goodbye,
I definitely will not cry;
I'll only drown in the salt sea
that will endlessly
ebb from the wells of my eyes.
I'll command the...
The Eagle Is Gone #RIPMANDELA
The streams fled backward
The hills became valleys
The cloud birthed sunrays.
The sun rained and rained
The lions crowed and crowed
I smiled to cry.
The sky opened its...
MY WORST BLOW JOB.
I didn’t mean to do it
I'm shaking
and my fist is clenching
I’m biting as my lips get swollen
My mind is racing
& profusely I’m sweating
Excitement jerks...
I am a prisoner.
by Adedayo Adeyemi Agarau
I was defiled
By the flow of the street.
Lost. Found.
But found by the rhythms
Of The puffs I sniff.
No free education.
Hooliganism is a craft...
A Stitch on a Little Flag
A Stitch on a Little Flag by Frank Onuoha
Weeks ago,
I bought a cute little flag
From a kind little lady
Deep bright greens adorn its two...
Spoken word as an art of poetry.
BY CHANTAE KNUCKLES
Spoken Word has taken the poetry scene by storm since the 80's and 90's. You can hear the earthy, raw, erotic, exciting, and honest...
