Impulse to Rhyme

You move with such ease You bring jealousy to the breeze You spin away my whoas with grace That man even tornados can’t keep up the chase The Oasis of your hair The Hypnosis in the air i dare with every breathe To share a stare with you But I can’t, I try but I’m  Crushed by the wave of your eyes A momentary break of a blink I choke up and soak up another drink Every time I ride you make me think...

I’m finding it hard to balance myself  on this tight rope of life I have all this freedom to do whatever I like I can ride the mountains I can walk the trails I can paddle the rivers and listen to the news storm hail west indies droughts to floods kids spilling teachers blood politicians cant communicate morticians count hate ever day silencing journalist for uncovering the truth hey exploring nat...

This was inspired by my 6yo old niece and her father  we played hide and quiet in class today it was so much fun!!!... we got to hide under the desks and lock the doors!!!.... the teachers played too!!!!.... we had to be really quite.... we normally can’t ever run through the halls but we were having races to see how we could run the fastest the quietist!!!!! i’m so good at hide ‘n quiet!!!!!!!!!!...

Many of the acronyms here were adopted from Lupe Fiasco’s lecture at MIT . R. A. P. the now international allegory what does it mean to you? when i was young i used to think RAP stood for R eal A ss P eople or maybe even R hythm A nd P oetry then i heard other versions like R ooted A nd P acing this was spurred in the urban the Bronx R ecognizing A rtistic P atterning its stunning after you heard...

This piece was inspired by the documentary “ Lakota Nation vs the United States ”. For more information check out, blackhillsjustice.org Why July? You keep sayin Suppose to be independence  But some mostly be dependent On that confederate pendant Why July 4?  It’s a holiday or a day that’s hollow How low? I mean Not  Don’t remember November low  but still Just a Smoke filled anti-woke fireworks sh...

You and I,  perfection in opposition I embrace the I You embrace the We I don’t see eye to eye But does that make you holier than me? I can’t see that exactly You think about the planet and how we all need to panic That shit makes me manic like satanic without my xanax man I gotta have it. You like to dive deep with feelings Cause you’re scuba certified I might dip a toe in if I’m bleedin’ but the...

I can’t express myself as you rush to comfort I can’t tell you how my day really went for fear of judgement being crushed by your cum squirt When I shed tears, you drink to quench your thirst we always rehearse until all that’s left is the salty trail on my cheek. Why you so thirsty? I want to cry, without you drying my eyes of electrolytes, butterfly You got wings to fly, and as I try to win the...

This the obituary I should have wrote This the obituary I wanted to write  But I was too caught up I’m still caught up  caught in regret wanting to turn it back but I can’t You always knew what everyone else wanted but no one knew what you wanted or did they? did I? You got me a shirt that said arctic proof did that mean that the cold couldn’t keep me? if so, it was true did you mean my heart was...

I’m at the Sanctuary With a name like that I’m sure to be protected I head to the green room Where the other poets await This room s got two beds With condoms just in case? Signs all around That consent is respected Imagine what happens  In these public sex beds I’m told I’m on  after Mind Stateless I see them As they mouth their words  In memorized practice The crowd reminds me of new york city A...

This was entirely inspired by Qasim Rashid . A human rights lawyer on the gram and now recently announced that he's running for congress in IL.  1776 – all men are equal in this institution.  But no women shall, draft or craft  this constitution. 1848 – the married women’s property act – women finally have the right to own property – only white women tho, all women are u crazy? 1920 – beating...

This piece was inspired by a deeply moving movie called The Hate U Give . Special shout out to Marcus of the Father's Group for putting it on at COCC. 3 of us playing ball 3 shots you fall an instant bullet of hate 3 infant heart breaks We all know what happens to the snitch so I keep my lips stitched. and my fist is clenched Since high school in the Heights only graduated to fights, I took a...

It’s easy to get confused with so much barnacle language stuck to the walls. They started in my mind and found their way into my mouth. They like the shallow waters and the erosive saliva. They suction around my tongue and got good at whipping words with quick wit. I could command an ocean of slurs and words with these creatures until the listerine storm arrived and wiped them down the drain. That...

Thank you for triggering me these feelings arise  and consume my being  drowning but still breathing The pen becomes my weapon not weepin’,  not readin’  just packin’ all these feelings into verse to disperse words like shrapnel  then the music crackles and the jackal you see can now be released as the damage ricochets pierces a few ears on the way might have made you def can you feel what I say?...

This piece was inspired by Thoroughline’s episode called “Qatar’s World Cup”. I was a nobody, alone in the desert sands discovered liquid gold, now oil and gas in my hands the Saudi shadow was loomin over me but I’m rowdy bloomin with this new money 209 countries seekin into FIFA even the UN seems meek and weaker start recruiting for the under represented so we can poach these votes coast to coast...

I've seen the man, control my mother he had a badge, so he had the power I heard she tried to reset the game twice I’ve seen my sisters forced into marriage all they wanted was approval  and they traded that in for a prison 1913 in the UK   Emily Davison killed as a suffragette 1965 in the US Viola Liuzzo killed as an activist 2016 in Honduras Berta Caceres killed as an indigenous leader 2017...

This story starts in early 2021 We saw your rental is still available? Unfortunately it’s not. The rental supply is really low in Bend. I get people interested like a minute after I hit send. But you know what, we have another one coming on to the market this Friday. You might get it if you apply right away. Great, this place is so amazing! It’s everything we wanted. [A week later] Congrats you’re...

This piece was inspired by a book by Barry Lopez called of Wolves and Men. One of the most captivating, ugly truths of a book, I’ve every read. My apologies and respect to anything I may mispronounce.  Wolf Mirror mirror on the wall Who’s the wickedest of them all? From antiquity to modernity I’ve been blamed mercilessly From Aesop to Lancelot the hooded red death is all I got I was summed up in a...

As you describe the ways to kill and relieving free will, I feel ill You say nonchalantly “you first hang them on a tree see, they have to bleed out,  some you cut across the throat and some right through the heart” You give thanks before you eat a way to wash down the gluttony You say “I gotta eat” to justify the killing So let’s say it was just you and me And we only had each other And since you...

Man, I used to shop at that Safeway Now shoppin’s the unsafe way walking these aisles makes me prey I’m a sitting duck with my hands this way I used to shop at that Safeway Coulda been me getting PB and jelly coulda been me coulda been you coulda been you coulda been you coulda been anybody like flippin a coin or rollin’ a die that’s what we doin we all just rollin to die rolling a die when’s your...

This piece is called School Resource Officers, or SRO for short. It was inspired from an episode of John Oliver . I’m doing a science experiment, you know Where the bottle cap pops off? Yeah but what they heard was a guns chamber pop off So I’m arrested by my SRO Felony on the record I’m only 13 years old Not the best way to start a story I’m told I spell my sorrow - SRO Guns and a badge like ever...

9 minutes for George 90 minutes for Robb 90 minutes It’s how long a movie is It’s how long a commute is (in some cities) It’s how long a soccer game is It’s also how long police waited to intervene at the grizzly scene at Robb Elementary Months before, Ramos scratched this itch he’s postin-on IG, calling his mom a bitch The young teen was bullied for his speech bout so he posts on the gram how he’...

I’m so lucky to be a dog In Bend I feel like a god I have home with love a jacket when it’s cold and parks to play and meet my friends I’m so lucky to be a dog I think about my distant cousins In between insistent droolin’s so much love for me so much lust for them these animals lovers love me by loving me these animals lovers love them by eating them so free to be a dog Is it because I’m smart?  ...

Mild heart attack at the local CSA  Your body seemed to be made of that Goddess clay    You quads delts and tris, surprised my attention  Taut to perfection, taught my eyes affection    You found the owners manual on body sculpturing  I tried so hard to keep my iris from puncturing    Your sense of freedom and physical expression  I’m tense and dumb when you ask me a question    What’s your name?...

Just enjoy the sun, for one day we won’t see, Its rays, heat our face as masks are permanently Mandated, ever since we rose 5 degrees C, Now the wars for food and water are constantly In the 2020s, we lived with no real fear, Scientists, the Nobel’s, they’ll figure it out in the near Children are aware of our approaching planet’s doom, Industrious adults couldn’t fathom losing Zoom. Just enjoy the...

This was inspired by a recent Vipassana sit in Onalaska, WA Took Sila to the river with breathe as our bridge while crossing to samadhi Sometimes a hot tottie, Other times frozen frigid Panes of clouds shatter soothing rains of glass dew drops shimmer on blades of silent grass Weather changes like feelings erratic clouds come and go but nature - stay balanced The present dissolves to the past loos...