You ask me why I smilewhen you tell me you intendin the coming national electionsto hold your noseand vote for the lesser of two evils.There are more than two evils out there,is one reason I smile.Another is that our old buddy Nostradamuscomes to mind, with his fearful400 year old prophecy: that our worldand theirs too(our “enemies” – lots of kids included there)will end (by nuclear…
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Aja Monet performing a poem for the W.O.W. Festival R.A.P. Party at Southbank Centre, London march, 2013
“Weathering”by aja monet When the earth shatters beneath usand we are broken open, picked apart by the silence—Let me tell you:you are unrehearsed laughter between the murmur of my lips,an unconscious love,a man dippedin midnight lightening.I will fix my body for youand fold in the bend of your arms,a tortured jewel.You are a freedom songhumming in the shadow of my soula healing heartache that kisses woundsand sets free tornadoson my…
Cook County Commissioner Jesus “Chuy” Garcia for the 7th District sent a Newsletter out yesterday with this excerpt… #chicago #poetry #antiviolence #initiative
The Invocation: Courage in Cook County(a late night/early morning draft) by aja monet Downtown is behind us and we’re driving up the Dan Ryan to 63rd and Stewert where therein lies a block of a building called, a school just after the train tracksI look out the window from the passenger seat to observe a refined man the color of shimmering hooves,the Sears Tower of the South side,a chest…
On Tuesday, April 9, 2013 Nobel Peace Laureate Jody Williams and I were invited by Marquette University Center for Peacemaking program to speak with peacemaker students in the Pilsen and Little Village communities on Chicago’s Lower West Side. We engaged youth in two presentations about the importance of peacemaking in the world. It was an honor and a beautiful afternoon of smiles and reflection. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwHmSKj8Ujw
“Weathering” by aja monet When the earth shatters beneath usand we are broken open, picked apart by the silence— Let me tell you: you are unrehearsed laughter between the murmur of my lips, an unconscious love, a man dippedin midnight lightening. I will fix my body for youand fold in the bend of your arms, a tortured jewel. You are a freedom song humming in the shadow…