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PoetryTelevision.com
is a video based, multi-cultural online
forum that celebrates the word and
its voice. |
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Poetism
Poetry Resources: submissions, links,
news, and more. |
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Jill Scott will be
releasing a book of poetry, entitled
simply, The Minutes, The Moments,
The Hours (St. Martin Press) |
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Rhymes
The original poetry of Huny
on thatbitch.com |
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Terry
ONeal,
poet and writer, author of children's
books. |
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She
Rhymes
Spoken
Word and Poetry Resources strictly
for women |
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Lips
An
Msoy Original collaboration between
animation and poetry |
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SpokenWord
An
msoy original animation feature sound
tracks for Def Poetry Jam (temporarily
down) |
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The
Nuyorican Poets Cafe
Founded circa
1973, The Nuyorican Poets Cafe began
as a living room salon in the East
Village apartment of writer and poet,
Miguel Algarin. Algarin, a college
professor at the center of this blossoming
arts community, was dedicated to bringing
new work into the public eye. By 1975
it became clear that there were many
poets and too much energy for Algarin's
living room. William Morrow Inc. had
just published an anthology titled
“Nuyorican Poetry”. Miguel
Piñero's “Short Eyes”
had just won two awards as best play
of the 1974 season. Poetry, the vital
sign of a new culture, needed to be
heard live. So Algarin rented an Irish
bar, the Sunshine Cafe on East 6th
Street, which was christened The Nuyorican
Poets Cafe. By 1980, the overflow
of audiences led the Cafe to purchase
an “in rem” building at
236 East 3rd Street to expand its
activities and programs.
A
non-profit organization, the Cafe
has emerged as one of the country's
most highly respected arts organizations
and has become an acclaimed forum
for innovative poetry, music, hip
hop, video, visual arts, comedy
and theatre.
The
mission of the Cafe is to create
a multi-cultural venue that both
nurtures artists and exhibits a
variety of artistic works. Without
limitation, we are dedicated to
providing a stage for the arts with
access for the widest public. |
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| Poetry
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Poetry
Submssion : Upon picking
up my lost journal from a police station
in Japan
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In
the space between
ギリギリ-ness
[barely-ness] and an address
for web-order knits
stretches weeks of separation,
non-communication,
thoughts that were
but will never be again
because of
a lack of proof
of their having
metaphysically existed
and
broken into the physical
realm
of penstrokes.
Much
about me has
changed,
but I can't pin it to
any one thing
any more than I would want
to be able to do so
or know
the content of my changes.
(The
knowledge of change somehow
would mean
its negation.)
At
the moment,
I'm content with this reunion
of selves:
Past
and passing.
Present and presence.
Thumbing
through these pages
offers me glimpses into
the person(s)
I have been
this summer, and,
seeing as I haven't quite
accepted that
summer days are gone,
I don't think
I'm quite ready to let go
of the
"beatiful summer chrysalis."
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I'm
not quite set to
stop
thumbing through these mental
years
that occured
in a matter of months.
I'm
not ready to stop remembering--
just as I'm not yet ready
to begin
to forget. |
| m\(arvin\)
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submissions
are welcome :: click
here to send your work |
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