May 30, 2012
Learning from Past Battles and Ideas

There are two things that often come to fruition:  History and fiction.

We repeat things we have done and conceived what others have written.

Conceptualization plays abstract notes but conductors lay everywhere;

Idea born in one man’s mind is destined to live again in another’s.

Consequences lie in what is translated into reality and how.

Novels can help us prevent the darker secrets in our minds.

Stories can assist us in what we can develop in time.

As always, the present perpetually comes down to the hearts

Of the humans birthing possibilities; be they wicked or just.

May 30, 2012

I wrote a new poem this morning in between waking up and waking up again (and missing an interview somewhere in between.  I can’t share it just yet because I want to debut it at my show tonight and some people read this blog… or at least the version that posts to my Facebook.  It is mostly based on information from today’s Washington Post and it deals with the tough decisions regarding when saving many lives costs some lives.

I’m looking forward to the show tonight.  It looks like turn out should be pretty high.  I’m off now to prep my set list.  Wish me luck.  =)

May 30, 2012
Addicting Info Article: A LONG List of President Obama’s Accomplishments! With Citations!

A bit misleading since the article is titled with “Accomplishments” and lists several items that were attempts and voted down/not taken up.  However, it’s still a quality list of things getting through and ever single item is supported.  An overall grade of very well done on the article and considering all the obstructionism and filibustering, for the President as well, in my opinion!

May 29, 2012
"The new bumper-sticker: ROMNEY-TRUMP IN 2012. YOU’RE FIRED!"

— Robert Reich (http://robertreich.org/)

May 29, 2012
Zombie apocalypse coming soon

laughterkey:

sourfruitlyman:

stfuconservatives:

missworded:

ihopericksantorum:

5/16: McArthur High School HazMat Situation
Students, Teachers Decontaminated After Breaking Out In Rash


5/19: No confirmation on chemical at Fort Lauderdale International Airport

May 29, 2012
Lyricist Lab Presents: Words & Expression f/ Robert Owens


I will be the featured poet at “Words and Expressions” on May 30th. I’ll be performing a mix of political pieces and new poems.

It came to my attention that the Lyricist Lab’s event page for this show is a “friends event” so all the invites I sent for that couldn’t be accessed. Sorry if you get a double dip. Here is the show information for tomorrow night. Hope to see you there!

Sign-up at 8:30 for the open mic portion.

May 28, 2012

poetrysociety:

The Day the Audience Walked Out on Me, and Why.
Denise Levertov, May 8th, 1970

(via bostonpoetryslam)

May 28, 2012
Memorial Day

If prayers stopped conflicts, I would wear out my knees and convert.

If pleading swayed emotions, I would humble myself and beg.

If reason controlled actions, I would spill only logic from throat.

That they do not, I cannot, so I shall pay forward my thanks

To those who have died so that others may continue to live.

And as I also find important, I will mourn all those whom

Had to give up their lives wearing a uniform of skin.

The victor and the defeated.  The friend and the foe.

Those meeting their demise without any justice.

Death is acquiring eternal slumber, we wish those whom have passed

“Rest in peace”; yet this is not our goal for those who still live.

Please place priorities in people to propel us into peace.

May 27, 2012
-Looking- Within is Not Enough

If we lose the universe due to an inability to be at peace,

History lost will have another chance to be misconstrued.

It is more than bushes that are burning, it is Rome.

A spiritual river runs within but few quench the flames;

It is much more acceptable to fan them in the name of God,

In the name of self, or in the name of progress.

Those desires cannot be described as advancements.

None have granted scintillating significant existence.



Life is but a struggle from first cry until day we die.

There are never guarantees.  Fortune and timing

Alternate adjectives:  Good, bad, right, wrong.

Up, down, left, right; decisions and directions collide.

Collisions lead to corruption of matters.  Man lives

Fighting head on, headstrong, headlong into trouble. 

Ignoring similarities and family ties which have

Long been twisted into snakes when the secret is

Eve’s apple unleashed sweetness into the world.

It tasted like the dreams we were never allowed.

We can find peace in slumber’s beliefs; why not

When awake?  Imagination proves positive possibilities.

In shutting down projections of hope found in sleep,

We risk emptiness in our minds.  Commonality found in

Deities, dreamlessness, and “the big bang”:  Nothingness

We will return to this state if unable to reconcile

Our similarities.  If not improving upon what is laid before us,

In this dreamed creation we call reality, does it matter,

The intentions of any god?  Are our opportunities meaningless?

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May 27, 2012

I hang out with people.  Not their clothes.

May 26, 2012
Slam Richmond Open Mic Stream

The weekly FREE open Mic poetry and performance series rolls on. In person and online at 8:30!

May 26, 2012
Deifying: Our Father, Mothers

I.

If a God saves only those dressed in certain book title

Then I shall partake in hunger strike of soul.

I will refuse to fill myself with spirit’s sustenance

Until God is able to give raises to all his creations.

I do not accept discrimination from people

And I sure as hell will not accept it from a Deity.



If Hellfire is used to adjust behavior by instilling desire

To change after we no longer have the ability to do so,

I will help form a human chain amongst the burning.

We will turn charred eyes towards the God

Playing gatekeeper and stare hard enough

To carve an impression upon his memory

Regarding all the souls He couldn’t save.



If the Gods employ a caste system throughout creations,

Placing angels and animals and demi-gods and devils

Into imbalanced roles, I shall organize a sit-in.

Our protests will occupy churches, hospitals,

And wombs.  All places consecrated by life.

Each prayer will give birth to hopes for equality.

Each birth will be a prayer to human will.

New lives and times conquering old divides, customs.



II.



Theological belief of a divine perfect being means

Accepting everything in Her created realm as the way

It should be.  If it is not, to whom does God pray?

I believe God would pray to all of the mothers.

He would give alms to moms as they pass by.

Mothers accept their children wholeheartedly,

Would ask their own damnation instead of their child’s,

And always place their babies up as the greatest.

Yet their holiness is ignored.  Help is not rendered.

Focus is on a deity who watches His children bleed out. 

Too few eyes or stories dote over the inner grace

That has repeatedly given life since time began. 

Women birth creations and worlds into being.

The next time you pray to a divine entity, turn to family.

May 26, 2012
"It is true that there is only one path to the afterlife; it is death."

— A lead in to one of my newest poems.  —P.I.M.W.

May 24, 2012
wnyc:

via Indaba Music“Indaba and Radiolab want you to remix one or more of their episodes using the stem packs provided. Re-edit them, re-score them, change the narrative structure, turn them into an opera, or do whatever you feel inspired to do….. Enter the contest to download the stems and get started.” Read more.

A bit of a producer challenge for those whom I have known to enjoy such.

wnyc:

via Indaba Music
“Indaba and Radiolab want you to remix one or more of their episodes using the stem packs provided. Re-edit them, re-score them, change the narrative structure, turn them into an opera, or do whatever you feel inspired to do….. Enter the contest to download the stems and get started.” Read more.

A bit of a producer challenge for those whom I have known to enjoy such.

(via newshour)

May 23, 2012
Being Successful

People have different versions of what it means to be successful in life. The way my days have been progressing tells me I am going down the path of having a positive life. 

In the last several weeks I’ve been told I inspired a young lady to start writing (she’s going to be a teacher, btw… maybe VCU class of ‘24?).  I’ve been invited to events of people making a difference. I’ve had very talented people take the time to tell me about my improvements in performance poetry. I’ve garnered a support network of a bunch of wonderful people. I’ve been propped up and advertised for by people who are very good at what they do. Most importantly, I’ve been given several platforms to go out and share my thoughts and have an opportunity to get people thinking about the state of our country, our world, and ourselves.

2012, you are quite the friend. We have been achieving success together.

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