Archive for the ‘Poetry’ Category
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AVENGERS Finally!
Thursday, January 20th, 2011
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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Happy Birthday Aaliyah!
Sunday, January 16th, 2011
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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Happy Birthday Martin Luther King, Jr
Saturday, January 15th, 2011
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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Videos! and “My Journey” Book tour
Wednesday, January 12th, 2011
I have added the videos from some of my performances. Check out Spoken Word section! There are more events added to the “My Journey” Book Tour. Check out Book Tour Schedule! 1 love, Simone Nikkole