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If anyone lives close to NYC I will be reading my work at three Inspired Word open mics. Come and share your work as well! Great artistic community. Monday – Tammany Hall in the Lower East Tuesday and Friday – Funkadelic Studios Check their website for more information. Www.inspiredwordnyc.com
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Make those notes Kiss the sky Jimi Send them beyond The universe’s limits Your art cannot be Confined to an exhibit The power of love Still hasn’t overcome, Seems like a new era Of chaos has begun. I’m in the reincarnation Of a foxy voodoo child Soaring from healed Broken wings You set my spirit…
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This is a video of me doing a spontaneous reading of my latest poem “Identity” at Riverview Park in Jersey City, New Jersey with people playing the conga.
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I’m more than rice and beans Soy latina but what does that mean? Spanish is what I speak but it doesn’t define my ethnicity Roots Part Indigena European African All come together in one tree Accents unique in 20 countries some leaving it all behind in pursuit of the American Dream Spanglish starts to…
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Eyes on the prize because I stumble but don’t fall best believe I will have it all. Eyes on the prize you won’t see my demise I’m set to rise rise RISE far beyond the sky This is destiny Following Maya’s legacy Phenomenal woman can’t you see? don’t give a shit style Don’t care for…
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Fabricated reality muted dreams mouth sewed with black thread so caught up in routine you’re dead Doubt the assassin Capped potential in the masses Talent transcends social classes. Take ownership break the social script because life goes by too quick just flow with it Chase your destiny defeat monotony fulfill your purpose be a whole…
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Leaves droop down Before it rains First lesson before We were friends. Learning a new code Of how to live Helping me to grow wings. Now understanding the Moon its cycles and how it affects an attitude. Voice etched with Honesty, describing how music defines the Universe. Practicing to love Without it being Reciprocated Giving…
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Changes happen quicker than you can say them After you settle in, it’ll take you on a different spin Grounded like a tree to carry on with grace and dignity Let go effortlessly You’ll win and lose Dance in the rain then sing the blues Feel all kinds of hues Hold…
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The struggle is real but I refuse to accept that fates are sealed. when reality is harsh it becomes surreal. Violence and poverty are steel like chains causing inequality to remain. Shootings on street corners believed to be the hood’s epidemic but history proves it’s a repetitive pandemic. Death left to rot in the streets…
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Inspired Word event at Tammany Hall 4/14/14. Photo Credit Mike Geffner
Yesenia Guerra 