Love unrequited

Unfortunately,
I guess he'll never see me
the way I do him.

The Essence of Infinity

And then there was me,
an artistic soul with a
heart for poetry.

The Muse

I Want You to know
that Dichotomy's Truth makes
you Think For Yourself.

Lady Liberty

Jessica Care Moore's
Black Statute of Liberty--
art personified.

Nerd Alert

I have to confess--
when I read your haikus, I
check the syllables.

3 Stacks

Andre Benjamin--
To some an Outkast, for me
he's the Prototype.

101

Tommy Bottoms schooled
Educated Gangsters on
black America.

So Sick

Ne-Yo's Non-Fiction
showcases his gift of song
and talent to write.

Intoxicating

From his cubicle,
Cocktail's made Commentaries
from life and poems.

The Voice

Even the angels
cross Berryz Bridge just to hear
Bridgette Levi's voice.

Freedom Cost

Would give Saul Williams
all my change for the change in
Penny For A Thought.

It's Always Sunni

Sunni Patterson--
the light in the world that shows
how far We Made It.

Cheers

Celibacy Blues
got Jill and I getting by
with shots of Crown Royal.

Verbal Slick

This may be Off Key...
but I love the way Spinxx can
Tell Me Something Slick.

X Chromosome

Female Janette...ikz
cause women to rush love when
on God they should Wait.

Journey

On Journee's journey
you'll learn what women want to
say but often don't.

Slippery When Wet

Proceed with caution--
the streets of Philly are known
for its Pure Black Ice.

RIP Mel

August Alsina
proved that through Testimony,
life can come from death.

Mos Def--initely

My Umi Says that
Mos Def definitely is
Something The Lord Made.

TamikaFest

Here to Soweto,
Georgia Me reigns globally
as a Ghetto Belle.

Hot Chocolate

Hank Stewart's poems
ignite positive change in
the community.

Olubowale

Wale can write an
Album About Nothing and
still be poetic.

the B.O.S.S.

Taalam Acey's piece
'Sex On The Table' should be
taught to today's teens.

Lady Lauryn

Lauryn on texting:
"Miscommunication leads
to complication."

Me thinking of You

I want a muse that
will inspire poems like
Shihan's, This Type Love.

Illmatic

It Ain't Hard To Tell
he's half man, half amazing.
Nas-- Street's disciple.

'Like' it or Not

The 'like' button has
taken away people's sense
of humility.

Acid Gospel

If These Blocks Could Talk
they'd tell us that light shines from
the deepest Abyss.

Nikki Knows

Ms. Giovanni

said if we were all poets,

the world be better.

Makaveli

In heaven's ghetto,
The Rose That Grew From Concrete
will forever bloom.

Mother Maya

Phenomenally,
this caged bird taught us to sing.
-Maya Angelou

Dear Harlem

Through his jazz poems--
Montage of a Dream Deferred;
Langston Hughes lives on.

Scott-Heron the Hero

This poet once said,
"you can always turn around."
Thanks Gil Scott Heron.

#ThrowbackThursday

I don't usually do this but today I'm feeling a bit nostalgic
sitting here reminiscing on some of my childhood magic.
Like when I could turn mud into pie
and how I would climb the highest tree
because I believed I could fly.
When cartwheels were my only transportation,
and how I you couldn't be caught in a game of tag
as I quickly raced back to the station.
When my baby brother was my only true friend,
and though he may not know it,
I would trade in my adulthood,
just to grow up with him again.
But all we have is today and the present is all we got,
so I use these Thursdays to throw back to a time once lived
that we may have forgot.

The Pursuit of..

Had my sissy pooh
come through
and she decided to tell me all the reasons
she thinks I'm without a boo.

Started by saying,
"it's this game men be playing..
It begins when we look and then look away
it's something about ignoring a man
that makes him want to stay."

Said, "girl you gotta act a little stuck up
trust me on this,
and you'll see wassup.
Give him the cold shoulder
and I bet an attraction with soon begin to smolder."

But I told her,
"I've never been the one to act
or do magic and pull rabbits from a hat.
So why should expressing my interest have to take
all of that?

If he doesn't speak and I do
what's wrong with me approaching him with a,
'Hey there, I think I may like you.
Or, I wanna get to know you.
Or, maybe we can get together and chat.
Or, if you wanna call me sometimes,
I think I may like that.'"

Yet, if in fact
this is the way to attract
I ultimately feel sorry for him
because in order to gain his attention
she's saying my light has to dim.

And I just wanna play above the rim,
give him
authentic me from the very start,
even if I'm the one to ignite the spark.

Not from a turned back or a false dislike
but from being courageous and going for what I like.

Cause I think this is absurd
and if I could give a quick word
to the sirs and the misters,
'it would be that I hope you guys don't mess around
and miss her..
From taking part in this game
because if a woman approaches you and asks for your name..

Know she did it after careful observation
and with great tact.
No batteries included; no strings attached.
She possibly was moved by you and your essence
and standing before you is a women who left foolishness
in her adolescence.

So if she looks
don't become shook
if you see she doesn't look away,
take in the moment
to hear what her eyes have to say.

And keep in mind this interest that
she's not afraid to express
it doesn't mean that she's desperate;
and it doesn't make her pressed.
It actually says less
about her and more about you
because you're the lucky gun that she has chosen to pursue.

Just 2B Close 2U

I think I'm becoming jealous
of his pad and his pen.
Somehow got me wanting their places
so I can witness his words come to life,
the moment they come from within.