Just because my tongue rolls in a different way that don't mean I'm dumb...
Have you had the pleasure of dancing to the rhythm of the drums?'
A poem about the effects of war
Africa's relationship with the rest of the world is marked by silence
They too are the earth
The dying distant deaths
Women battling centuries
Maleficent slavery
'Look
on me and be
renewed'
say “wepa” and a stranger becomes your hermano.
say “dale” and a crowd becomes your family reunion.
Langston Hughes, 1902 - 1967
'How does it feel just knowing that wherever you go, the Holy of Holies is present in the form of you?'
A video essay on the spoken word poetry that changed my life.
A short but exceedingly powerful poem