I made this video for my poem "A talk with my Mother" in hopes that it may help us build a better world and it might reach the hearts of all powers that be. It stars Queen Mother Fatima as Mother Earth, a long-time educator and activist of New York and Florida fame. Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12D1NVsLe_M
This is not a poem about Nikki Giovanni This is a poem about a spicy spirit so bodacious, it bites like fresh red hot pepper mixed in a signature sauce Tongues become numb that is the cost The taste is clearly bold So rare it reminds you of big red diamonds or pure black gold [...]
That tree over there, That tree you see, That tree keeps whispering knowledge to me. It's a mover and a shaker yet grounded by its maker I can see its roots are long. How many lifetimes has it seen? I know the weather must have been mean because that tree knows my name and my [...]
“Beware of the slinking devil!” The slinking devil whispers whispers into the hearts of men. The message is so faint it slowly slithers from among the gin. It slithers and slowly slinks in whispering, ‘hate.’ “Don’t get bit by the bitter snake!” The bitter devil bites into your soul. The symptoms: a sour stare, grinding [...]
You are progressing and your path is clear. If your purpose was fulfilled you would no longer be here. You are in the right place and everything is just fine. When you stay open to possibilities, the process is the reason and the rhyme. Everything happens in perfect time. Everything happens in perfect time. When [...]
I can do bad by myself, I don't need nobody else. I work day and night night and day to pay the bills of yesterday. It's ok and it's all right, you know I can make wrong right without a fight; understand I need a complete companion. I need someone who's down for the grand [...]
I was born to run./ The first time I kicked in the womb./ My race had begun./ And I’m running / a temperature that will leave a blazing trail / beneath my feet. Even if the rivers in my eyes turn cold, /I have a promise to keep./ I was told to run, so I [...]