– Friday Night Dynamite the “Till Next We Meet Again, Mariposita†Edition
fun with RAC up in her crib. puff pastries. sayin bye to dawn. talking mad trash as i turn into the human history book and recount ‘a lil bit louder: the early days’ as told to me by guy
– rockin with ray at the nuyo for Words: Hip-Hop & Poetry Showcase
I may not have won over all the crowd (actually, i can practically guarantee i will not be invited back) but i had an awesome performance that saw me shed just a lil bit more of my inhibitions
– Spread the Word @ the Bowery
aka louderSUNDAYS(!) a fun time for sure with me havin mad fun on the mic as host (i told one of THE worst puns ever, got chewed out by the crowd)
– Picnic in the City
eating on fucked up grass surrounded by smog and highrises is NOT communing with nature. Sharing food and laughs with the people i love IS
– Pete’s Big Salmon
skipped the death match at 13 to check out Cynthia Cruz at this great Brooklyn reading. Ada Limon & Jen Knox hold it down but don’t expect to hear rants and diatribes, most of the poems are short and to the point, blink & you will miss the metaphor
– CHARMED!
this may be the last season so i gotta enjoy it while its here
– Las Gallas
do NOT call them hens. i get there late (like always) but catch the ladies rockin it out lovely. synonymUS is on a roll, kid! 3 yr anniversary is comin up, get ready for the hotness
– Wu-Tang is for the Children
wake up at six ay em(!) so that i can do a poetry presentation for the kids at PS/MS194 in the Bronx. talk about a rough crowd, these lil kids will eat you alive if you let em. i make some new friends and not only survive but hear this at the end of it
â€can we start a poetry club?†yeah, i am mad HAPPY wit mahself
– Martin, Jack, Mark & Me
i get to hang with not only Martin Espada but also Jack Agueros. these two are HYSTERICAL. i cant even tell you how hard they had us crackin up. speakin of- roger, rich and i were in ULTRA jackass mode. in the middle of all this i get to chill with Mark Doty and start asking him some crazy questions about poetry… and he answers all of them. (IMA ASK FOR THE Nth TIME ON THIS BLOG- WHY ARE ALL THE GREAT POETS SO COOL AND THE MOFOS THAT ALMOST(!) GET ON DEF POETRY SUCH ASSHOLES?!)
– Robeson
off to see Abena rock the party on stage!
– Go Shawdy!
then to Fiona’s B-Day Jam to read a poem i have still NOT written! new hotness? i don’t know but i am going to write ONE of these two poems
LETTER TO MY FUTURE EX-WIFE
or
POEM TO THE WOMAN I AM INFATUATED WITH IN THE HOPE THAT YOU WILL SLEEP WITH ME
love ya like climbing the stairs of the aztec pyramids