January 21st, 2011 by Simone Nikkole
I had so much fun last night at the kick off celebration for Rahfeal Gordon‘s Birthday! I met some interesting people and I am glad that some of them are coming to the Jan 30th book signing! I was happy to reconnect with Great Scott and Isam from A Nu Day Media. See you at […]
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January 20th, 2011 by Simone Nikkole
Last night I went to an Avengers meeting. I had so much fun sharing our work, commenting on each other’s work, talking, eating (Thanks Mariam! Yum), and just reminiscing about Brooklyn (I love you!) ie Old School Coney Island. I read some poems I wrote on my Blackberry because I am still trying to recover […]
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January 16th, 2011 by Simone Nikkole
I was so touched by Aaliyah‘s music and her light that I wrote a poem for her after she passed away. I was in Jamaica when the plane crashed… only a body of water away and in such denial. One of the first popular songs I learned on the piano was her song, I refuse. […]
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January 15th, 2011 by Simone Nikkole
I just performed at the Martin Luther King, Jr Birthday Celebration at Aberdeen Matawan Middle School. Today, He would have been 82. The theme was “Speak Up, Speak Out”. I truly enjoyed everyone’s performances especially Morgan’s ASL performance of my favorite song, “Imagine Me” by Kirk Franklin and the mine performances from Second Baptist Long […]
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