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		<title>Substance Free Creativity, 17/30</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2015 04:24:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Simone Nikkole]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[sex, drugs, and rock &#038; roll
why does this threesum always exist
to create the sickest and illest cacophony on the art scene
when i don't need assistance being me
i create my existance
through phrases, lines and stanzas
notes,treble &#038; bass
only accompany
my greatness
drugs never sleep with my creative
alcohol is a bonus additive
Vino the true device 
to take me down
shut off the synapses
close the eyes 
opening the soul
making dreams my new reality

a substance free creativity
so easy in my being
i allow it as heavenly message delivery
substance free imaginative streak
why is that so hard to strive to achieve
when did it become strange to see
sex and rock &#038; roll with the Lucies and spliffs
Drugs &#038; creative consciousness
Such a common partnership
I begin to wonder
if creativity was never God's gift
But a seed to be watered
by temple damaging magic pills
liquids that get you lifted...]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>sex, drugs, and rock &#038; roll<br />
why does this threesum always exist<br />
to create the sickest and illest cacophony on the art scene<br />
when i don&#8217;t need assistance being me<br />
i create my existance<br />
through phrases, lines and stanzas<br />
notes,treble &#038; bass<br />
only accompany<br />
my greatness<br />
drugs never sleep with my creative<br />
alcohol is a bonus additive<br />
Vino the true device<br />
to take me down<br />
shut off the synapses<br />
close the eyes<br />
opening the soul<br />
making dreams my new reality</p>
<p>a substance free creativity<br />
so easy in my being<br />
i allow it as heavenly message delivery<br />
substance free imaginative streak<br />
why is that so hard to strive to achieve<br />
when did it become strange to see<br />
sex and rock &#038; roll with the Lucies and spliffs<br />
Drugs &#038; creative consciousness<br />
Such a common partnership<br />
I begin to wonder<br />
if creativity was never God&#8217;s gift<br />
But a seed to be watered<br />
by temple damaging magic pills<br />
liquids that get you lifted<br />
and awkward concoctions<br />
to get you wired</p>
<p>i thrive<br />
in substance free creativity<br />
haze is not what my bars crave<br />
chemicals are not what i need<br />
to make my trills and runs stay<br />
in your ears to marinate</p>
<p>all i need<br />
is<br />
me<br />
a god given message<br />
a heart for delivery<br />
a mode and method for my soul to speak<br />
and lines on a page that are not afraid to get dirty</p>
<p>is my free flowing proclivity<br />
for poet speak<br />
such a rarity<br />
i have become the minority<br />
the naturally unnatural of mercenaries<br />
called to bring peace and harmony<br />
to the country<br />
destined to succeed in world unity<br />
completely substance free<br />
while dispersing my projects<br />
for all to eat and digest<br />
resulting in a changed mission and personality<br />
to be change we want to see<br />
exude the positivity<br />
our youth yearns to be<br />
so our legacy<br />
stretches form sea to sea<br />
hilltop to mountain peak<br />
resting when all are unafraid to accomplish their dreams<br />
listening to their souls preach<br />
through unadulterated creativity<br />
tell me you see a possibility?<br />
Nothing is impossible when you believe</p>
<p>~17.apr.15~<br />
#napomo2k15</p>
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		<title>Ride or die , 5/30</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2015 11:57:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Simone Nikkole]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[::I&#8217;ve been hid-ing Afraid I&#8217;ve let you down, inside I doubt That You still love me But in Your eyes, there&#8217;s only, grace now:: Here I am Mt olivet Feeling the spirit wind Around all the languages My thoughts surround and inundate how you away from me, they take â€œWhoever fall upon that stone shall [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>::I&#8217;ve been hid-ing<br />
Afraid I&#8217;ve let you down, inside I doubt<br />
That You still love me<br />
But in Your eyes, there&#8217;s only, grace now::</em></p>
<p>Here I am<br />
Mt olivet<br />
Feeling the spirit wind<br />
Around all the languages<br />
My thoughts surround and inundate<br />
 how you away from me, they take</p>
<p>â€œWhoever fall upon that stone shall be broken&#8221;<br />
You still are my broken piece<br />
Nothing can equal your priceless worth<br />
The silver equals that of dirt<br />
H0w can they continue to quantify a soul of such a mighty birth<br />
You continued to serve<br />
When lead was your cause<br />
No matter how many times they were to do you wrong<br />
Peter thrice before the crow in the morn<br />
But judas, but judas with a kiss before the dawn</p>
<p><em>::I am guilty<br />
Ashamed of what I&#8217;ve done, what I&#8217;ve become<br />
These hands are dirty<br />
I dare not lift them up to the Holy one::</em></p>
<p>This shame your world did not have<br />
I walked alongside you<br />
Til the end of your time<br />
Beautiful robe worn for a short while<br />
Spiting on you m<br />
Hitting you<br />
Mocking you<br />
They made up their mind<br />
To kill you, the king of the jews<br />
Two acts of â€œmercyâ€<br />
At the place of the skull<br />
Man of cyrene<br />
Carrying your cross<br />
Vinegar instead of water<br />
Weakening you with every cost<br />
I wish I was at gethsemane<br />
Instead of you to take this on</p>
<p><em>::You plead my cause<br />
You right my wrongs<br />
You break my chains<br />
You overcome<br />
You gave Your life<br />
To give me mine<br />
You say that I am free<br />
How can it be yes<br />
How can it be ::</em></p>
<p>My hologram sat there<br />
Foot of cross<br />
Separated from my body<br />
The only way I could be<br />
Overcome by grief<br />
barely comprehending john was to take care of me</p>
<p>&#8220;For they know not what they are doing&#8221;<br />
As they gambled away the beauty you had adorned<br />
As you continued to be scoffed<br />
at by the crowd<br />
no sympathy they had for you now</p>
<p>Three hours of sudden darkness<br />
â€œMy god why has thou forsaken theeâ€<br />
My heart continues to break<br />
As the earth began to shake<br />
Take me lord, take me instead<br />
Filled with sin,<br />
 I see you lower your head<br />
Dreading what has to happen next<br />
â€œit is finishedâ€ trickled from your lips<br />
Your last cry<br />
I held on to ever whimper<br />
As You gave up your ghost</p>
<p><em>::Though I fall, You make me new<br />
From this death I will rise with You<br />
Oh the grace reaching out for me yes<br />
How can it be<br />
You plead my cause<br />
You right my wrongs<br />
You break my chains<br />
You overcome<br />
You gave Your life<br />
To give me mine<br />
You say that I am free::</em></p>
<p>Captive I was<br />
To grief<br />
To lose my most beloved Son</p>
<p>White was not pure enough<br />
To be your last outfit<br />
But I watched over you<br />
My eyes pierced to each. and every. single.move even natureâ€™s shift<br />
I indulged you in spices and ointments<br />
To show my care<br />
Even though I felt and knew your spirit had left me there</p>
<p><em><br />
::You plead my cause<br />
You right my wrongs<br />
You break my chains<br />
You overcome<br />
You gave Your life<br />
To give me mine<br />
You say that I am free<br />
How can it be  yes<br />
How can it be::</em></p>
<p>Still Here I am<br />
Mt olivet<br />
Covered in the spirit wind<br />
Around all the languages<br />
But all I can think<br />
is how you rose again<br />
on Sunday morning<br />
Thank you God for coming<br />
back to me</p>
<p><em>::You plead my cause<br />
You right my wrongs<br />
You break my chains<br />
You overcome<br />
You gave Your life<br />
To give me mine<br />
You say that I am free x2</em><br />
I am free yes<br />
I am free::</p>
<p>5.apr.2015</p>
<p><em>Italicized Song/lyrics by lauren daigle, â€œhow can it beâ€</em></p>
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		<title>Sept 30 in 30 is complete</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Sep 2012 17:34:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Simone Nikkole]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It took: 2 prompts, 6 guys, 2 fights with my mother, 1 heavenly father, 1 fallen angel, 30 days observing NYC subways, 1 historic day, 1 challenging concept, 3 future propositions, and 1 forgetful parent moment ("dissent of a college grad" will b tweeted tonight) to lead to 33 poems in 30 days! ]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So i started the challenge from Mariel Pauline on Sept 5th and i was worried that i won&#8217;t be able to catch up&#8230; it is now Sept 30th and i completed the 30 poems in 30 days. I actually wrote 32 poems in 30 days! </p>
<p>It took: 2 prompts, 6 guys, 2 fights with my mother, 1 heavenly father, 1 fallen angel, 30 days observing NYC subways, 1 historic day, 1 challenging concept, 3 future propositions, and 1 forgetful parent moment (&#8220;dissent of a college grad&#8221; will b tweeted tonight) to lead to 33 poems in 30 days! </p>
<blockquote><p>
1. SazÃ³n Sensitivity<br />
2.Open Your Mind<br />
3. Forever Praise<br />
4. Armas Malas<br />
5. Heavyweight<br />
6. Declaration<br />
7. Our Song<br />
8. Bitter taste<br />
9. Lesson plan<br />
10. Reverence<br />
11. Mayday<br />
12. Mixed Dreams<br />
13. Honey bunches of sidepiece smoke<br />
14. Nuestro RincÃ³n<br />
15. Sauvemente besame<br />
16. Accept me<br />
17. Enamorada<br />
18. 6th sense<br />
19. Just a Friend<br />
20. Epiphany<br />
21. Giddy confusion<br />
22. Other half<br />
23. Addicted<br />
24. Reverb<br />
25. The final 2<br />
26. Short end of stick<br />
27. Muted Mind<br />
28. Smooth Criminal<br />
29. Oxymoronic &#038; ironic<br />
30. Dissent of a college grad
</p></blockquote>
<p>Tomorrow the snippets will go live in one webpage</p>
<p>Poetically blessed,<br />
AzÃºcar</p>
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		<title>Jazz and Poetry Night Affair</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 20:24:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night, it was Mila&#8217;s Birthday and she planned a Jazz and Poetry night at Montclair State University with Alpha Kappa Psi. It was such a great event. Great talent of all kinds&#8230; I hope I can get some of these great artists for my showcase in a few weeks&#8230;. I loved performing and getting [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Last night, it was Mila&#8217;s Birthday and she planned a Jazz and Poetry night at Montclair State University with Alpha Kappa Psi. It was such a great event. Great talent of all kinds&#8230; I hope I can get some of these great artists for my showcase in a few weeks&#8230;. I loved performing and getting inspiration from other performers. There was the A.V.E.N.G.E.R.S.(Articulating Verbal Expressions Naturally Giving Everything Rightful Sentencing) crew in the building and <a href="http://www.wix.com/simonenikkole/sinikpro">Si.Nik Productions</a> artists&#8230; Everyone working together to bring forth boundless art.</p>
<p>Shout outs to <a href="http://www.facebook.com/PureMusiq">PureMusiq</a> who killed it with the music for the night!</p>
<p>Pictures coming soon! I cannot wait until all you Si.Nik&#8217;ers can experience the art that comes from the collaborations made from this event! Stay tuned.</p>
<p>For more information about Mila (Lady Eclectic) check out her <a href="http://buildingdreamsinspired.wordpress.com/">blog</a> and <a href="http://www.wix.com/simonenikkole/sinikpro">our company website</a>.</p>
<p>happy birthday to the Chief Marketing and Public Relations Officer, MilaRose!</p>
<p>1 love,<br />
Simone Nikkole</p>
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		<title>Take 2 @ Moca</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 04:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Simone Nikkole]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AzÃºcar Morena]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[More AzÃºcar Morena at Moca tonight! It was so much fun. We had some new artists such as Singer Marcus Allen! I loved his sweet sound&#8230; hopefully he can perform at my Showcase in October&#8230; &#8220;Thirsty&#8221; was ridiculous! JP Justice is always funny. He also speaks the truth! Especially about President Obama&#8230; But my secret [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>More AzÃºcar Morena at Moca tonight! It was so much fun. We had some new artists such as  <a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=714503868">Singer Marcus Allen</a>! I loved his sweet sound&#8230; hopefully he can perform at my Showcase in October&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8220;Thirsty&#8221; was ridiculous! <a href="www.blogtv.com/people/jpjustice">JP Justice</a> is always funny. He also speaks the truth! Especially about President Obama&#8230; But my secret favorite is &#8220;Blue&#8221;! (Not so secret anymore! lol) He is so conscious with his pieces despite all the erotic and raunchy pieces that others have. He makes it more comfortable for me to read my sensual work. Another favorite is Mona Bode. I love the confidence and stage presence she has. I like her pieces too; she has a talent with timing and vocabulary. I can&#8217;t wait to work with her on an Erotic Poetry CD. So excited! AzÃºcar making moves!</p>
<p>I performed just English pieces from &#8220;T.O. Love AzÃºcar&#8221;. I am learning I have to command the stage a bit more so that they are hanging on every word&#8230; I&#8217;m gonna try something different when I go back on the 18th&#8230;I&#8217;ll let you know if it works..</p>
<p>Pictures coming soon&#8230;</p>
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		<title>AINY Art Festival</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 01:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After my internship, i got wind of an art festival that the hospital does for it&#8217;s patients. I couldn&#8217;t wait to get in on that. So I helped set up the art show by gathering the art and cataloguing it. Finally I got to perform at the opening ceremonies today. I performed &#8220;Broken Angel&#8221; and [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After my internship, i got wind of an art festival that the hospital does for it&#8217;s patients. I couldn&#8217;t wait to get in on that. So I helped set up the art show by gathering the art and cataloguing it. Finally I got to perform at the opening ceremonies today. I performed &#8220;Broken Angel&#8221; and the patients told me that they were touch by the performance. Music to my ears.</p>
<p>The patients also performed and touched me more than they realize. It is both a blessing and a curse that great art comes from struggle. But it is a great inspiration for all that can witness it.</p>
<p>Inspired Pheonix,<br />
Simone Nikkole</p>
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		<title>St Agnes&#8217; Guild</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2011 01:41:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This afternoon, I was blessed to perform at the Annual Luncheon for St. Agnes Guild at the Riverview Pavilion. It was a fun luncheon with music and prizes. I was inspired by the youth that performed with their own religious songs. It was a great atmosphere to give reference to the Lord and to raise [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This afternoon, I was blessed to perform at the Annual Luncheon for St. Agnes Guild at the Riverview Pavilion. It was a fun luncheon with music and prizes. I was inspired by the youth that performed with their own religious songs. It was a great atmosphere to give reference to the Lord and to raise money to keep spreading the Word.</p>
<p>I was able to sell some my books there and inspire the Guild by performing some poems from &#8220;My Journey through Poetry&#8221;.</p>
<p>Pictures are coming soon.</p>
<p>Poetically blessed,<br />
Simone Nikkole</p>
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		<title>Back to School Fun in Bx</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 02:02:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Simone Nikkole]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AzÃºcar Morena]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inspiration]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I went to Joyce Kilmer park yesterday and performed for a &#8220;Back to School&#8221; event. I loved it. The children were so receptive and had so much fun preparing for school. I read a new piece called &#8220;Make Room&#8221; inspired by the movie &#8220;The Help&#8221; and &#8220;Shine&#8221; by John Legend and the Roots. The poem [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I went to Joyce Kilmer park  yesterday and performed for a &#8220;Back to School&#8221; event. I loved it. The children were so receptive and had so much fun preparing for school. I read a new piece called &#8220;Make Room&#8221; inspired by the movie &#8220;The Help&#8221; and &#8220;Shine&#8221; by John Legend and the Roots. The poem will be featured in the second volume of &#8220;My Journey through Poetry: a teenage catharsis&#8221;. I also previewed a poem from my next series of chapbooks, &#8220;T.O. love, Azucar.&#8221;</p>
<p>I made some great connections and plan to grow my business with the help of these great artists.</p>
<p>Pictures from the event are coming soon.</p>
<p>1 luv,<br />
S.Nikkole</p>
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		<title>Dog Days of August</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:50:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Simone Nikkole]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[my journey through poetry]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[TO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AVENGERS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Book tour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[G-$moov]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HLS Restaurant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lady Eclectic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lizze Martinez]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had so much fun at HLS Restaurant last night. I love being around budding talent and passionate people. The Avengers are making waves. Despite the rain, we were able to inspire each other to keep writing. We had a newcomer to the stage last night to the HLS stage, Lizzie Martinez. Although she was [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I had so much fun at HLS Restaurant last night. I love being around budding talent and passionate people. The Avengers are making waves. Despite the rain, we were able to inspire each other to keep writing. We had a newcomer to the stage last night to the HLS stage, Lizzie Martinez. Although she was a little hesitant, her words were so refreshing and perfect together. I loved her poem, &#8220;Juxtaposition&#8221;. Just as the title would suggest, the stanzas had lines that painted a picture of opposites that flowed together and created a syncopation that was soothing and intense. I hope the two of us can work together. Her honesty is a breath of fresh air.</p>
<p>Mila aka &#8220;Lady Eclectic&#8221; always has something powerful to say. I loved all of her <a href="http://buildingdreamsinspired.wordpress.com/">pieces</a> as usual. G-$moov never ceases to amaze me. His ability to write from different perspectives is such a gift. He challenges himself so much and I admire that. Shea was funny as usual but still sentimental at that same time. Carlton was funny too but I&#8217;m glad he led us with a true story. Randall shocked us all with a song&#8230;. I&#8217;m dead serious; He will be singing &#8220;Flaws and All&#8221; at my wedding&#8230; the only way he can get out of it is if BeyoncÃ© agrees to sing it herself. Then he had to go on an announce his project, <a href="http://baroquephoenix.com/">Baroque Phoenix</a>. Another Organization I will gladly support!</p>
<p>I was so happy to finally hear McIntyre read his work. There has been so much hype around his verbal gymnastics that I was jumping out of my skin to hear him when I saw him walk into HLS. He too, like Lizzie, was candid and intense. He has a way with words and an art with vocabulary that amazes me. I am not sure if he saw my jaw on the floor as blessed the airwaves with the ink from his Blackberry. I am a Blackberry Poet too so I understand the soothing buttons of the keyboard.</p>
<p>Since I was inspired by the other Avengers, I decided to unveil AzÃºcar Morena and some work from my next book, T.O. Love AzÃºcar Morena. Everyone loved her, others preferred her but she and Simone Nikkole are both Me.<br />
To see AzÃºcar Morena come to another one of my readings&#8230; check out the <a href="http://poeticrain.simonenikkole.com/myjourney/booktour.html#two">book tour page</a> and <a href="http://www.simonenikkole.com/events">my events page</a>.</p>
<p>1 Luv,<br />
Simone Nikkole</p>
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		<title>Delta&#8217;s New Brunswick</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 18:10:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Simone Nikkole]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I went to Delta&#8217;s Restaurant and had a small book signing. The resaurant was packed with people supporting another event. Despite that traffic I was still able to sell some books and help a man surprise his wife with a gift. The food was good and the music was right. I really enjoyed myself. This [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I went to Delta&#8217;s Restaurant and had a small book signing. The resaurant was packed with people supporting another event. Despite that traffic I was still able to sell some books and help a man surprise his wife with a gift.</p>
<p>The food was good and the music was right. I really enjoyed myself. This definitely will be a venue that I will revisit in the future.</p>
<p>1 luv,<br />
S. Nikkole</p>
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