Archive for the ‘Poetry’ Category
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Día de los Muertos 2011
Saturday, October 29th, 2011
Although I don’t celebrate Halloween, I love celebrating Día de los Muertos! Tonight I will be with Coalition for Latino/a Scholars and the Chicano Caucus honoring those that have passed on… I am so excited to read “Bristle Blessings” as a “calaverita” to honor one of my great teachers as she passed away this summer! [...]
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Third time’s a charm
Wednesday, October 19th, 2011
So I went to Moca last night. It was good as always, JP Justice was funny as ever… although some of the poetry can be uncomfortable, I believe that the poets have a gift of expression. It takes a lot of courage to stand at the Moca mic and read whatever you have whether it [...]
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To Be Heard
Wednesday, October 12th, 2011
Today I was fortunate enough to see the documentary, “To Be Heard”. I was so inspired by the fight of three best friends to find their voice with poetry and spoken word. I was so moved by Pearl and her wall of words especially. I am working on becoming a Power Writer and helping others [...]
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Cafe Shebach
Saturday, October 8th, 2011
oh-my-goodness! last night was crazy! church on a Friday night at an open mic at Cafe Shebach in Newark! Who knew those existed? It’s kinda like… where have you been all my life? I had so much fun praising the Lord and reading my religious poetry… I finally had the leap of faith to read [...]