Definitively Vocab

No one reads my blog anyways sooo why not post?? Reading over my past blogs seems so much has changed in my life. Wowers!!! You look up and the people that you thought would never leave you have scurried like rodents when the lights are turned on. You hear older folks say things like that all the time and you blow them off... Thinking to yourself "that will never be me." Boy was I wrong. Heeding the wisdom of our elders would save us so much grief. Why is it that we don't listen more often? I am just checking to make sure this thing is still on. Mic check 1, 2!

So this poem is written for a special friend who has encouraged me to begin blogging again. What will be hilarious is if she never even reads this... Foreign Exchange Project She was a hacky sack type of hyper when I spotted her Oozing with salutation and smiles as she puffed her cigarette and exhaled Giggling like a child with a gleeful glimmer in her toasted almond eyes I was excited to meet her and She couldn’t have been more happy to see me (and everyone else) Like a bumble bee was buzzing in her panties She was painting my evening a brighter shade of blue And I was thankful for the unfamiliar warmth her smile held I was ungluing all my misconceptions of her from the moment she spoke to me “Hi, I’m Digh” is all she said. Nothing exotic or foreign to it. An exchange so matter of fact and bold that I will always remember that moment for what it was… unexpected and real. So many things had been expressed to her about me, and to me about her from mutual friends; but we had never met....

"silence and panic are synonymous. lashes flutter, heart beat stutters, a collective internal gasp... a frozen moment burned into my mind." -Vocab So this is my status statement on facebook right now and this moment describes how my sisterhood circle was broken. Names will be omitted to to protect identities. Here goes... There I was sitting at Jim's about 4 a.m. Saturday night going into Sunday. My 4 closest female friends that live in the city and I were all eating out after dancing and celebrating my bday . I kept feeling like all night that the night would end disastrously even though lovely moments had occurred throughout... nothing could prepare me for the glass shattering rock that would break the beautiful image of lovely female bonding before me. I had just been basking in the glow of warmth that friendship brings when out of the box... one of my friend looks up from her phone and drops the proverbial bomb. She announces to the table that she has been receiv...

Tonight I opened for Rosa Clemente OMG!!!!!!!!!!! I didn't even know what I was walking into and boy was I nervous. She is the most wonderful and intelligent down to earth person. MAN!! Pic coming soon hopefully if she emails it to me. She said she would. SO I took the liberty of posting some info of hers I got from WIKI!! MAN I am floored is all I gotta say. Rosa Alicia Clemente (born 18 April 1972 ) is a United States community organizer, independent journalist and Hip-Hop activist . She is the vice presidential running mate of 2008 Green Party Presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney . [1] Clemente was born and raised in South Bronx, New York . She is a graduate of the University of Albany and Cornell University . Clemente has been delivering workshops, presentations and commentary for over ten years. Clemente's academic work has focused on research of national liberation struggles within the United States, with a specific focus on the Young Lords Party and the Bl...

October 10 was another successful night of poetry under our belt. SO far so good!! 2nd Verse has become the answer to my prayers, supplication, and intercession all that WOOSAA! I must say again how good it is to have a local poetry spot I can come to and feel at home. No drama just good vibes and love. Tonight we still had a packed house despite having to move our regularly scheduled program to a Friday night… further proving that San Antonio loves it’s poetry. So here’s How, Who and What of the night in no particular order: I (Vocab) kicked off the show accompanied by Zach on the drum with Speak of Woes. Chris Ford read 2 and came back later with another piece later in the night Zach read 2 Vunique read an excerpt from her up and coming book and came back with a short piece Candice read 2 and man she was preaching to me with that second poem Monique (Purobaby!) read 2 and came back for 1 more later in the night @ my request Glo with A Womans Scorn ( I love that damn poem) Isis Blue c...

Cleaning Haiku #1 Wipe down the toilet Spray bottle clicking so quick. Cleaning can feel gross. #2 If I have to haul one more bag to the dumpster I will just collapse! #3 I discovered me!! plastic bags filled with poems these words are my life. #4 Tears frenchkiss my eyes we have a makeout session full, deep... without lips #5 My sister walks in catches me crying and thinks poems cause the pain. INSOMINIA HAIKU Keyboard in motion TEN O'CLOCK I'M STILL AWAKE I WILL REGRET THIS Why I don't write more haiku... haiku I hate counting you! Syllables are tricky things I messed up haiku.

Greetings Loved Ones , I just wanted to thank everyone that came out to make The Official opening of 2nd Verse a success!! We were packed with standing room only our opening night… despite hurricane and evacuations. The turn out was a blessing from on high and Glo, Kinton, and I are overjoyed by the response from the community. God held the rain from San Antonio but words flooded our souls and the wind of wisdom blew from poetic lips with ease. Special thanks to DJ Scef, Element 615, Edwin, and Angie G for enduring the possible threat of bad weather to be with us from out of town. Shout out to our microphone “virgins” Camille and Liz for enduring the jitters and speaking from your soul. Kudos to my band Midnight Radio for gracing us with music AND with the accompaniment of Rene Ford on saxophone I would venture to say we rocked the house soulfully. In no particular order this is what happened: Midnight Radio opened the show with our new song Belvedere, and Angel: Poets read NOT IN T...