For moonlight, breaths
off river’s surface
I surface
like energy
child-like
phoenix-like
Black man
with stranglehold
on system
on propaganda
on Purpose
Tired
hungry
and therefore
FREE
Drawing lines
and surveying
hostile turf
The earth
is not pleasant
I celebrate—a panther’s
love
conviction
rage
trying
to be Renaissance
or something
like it
"Synnika Alek-Chizoba Lofton is an award winning poet, the president and CEO of Guerrilla Ignition LLC, host of a Nationally Syndicated radio show, and an educator, teaching literature at Chesapeake Bay Academy and English courses at Norfolk State University. Lofton has recorded more than one hundred and fifty CDs, albums, CD-singles, and mixtapes of poetry, including his highly praised debut, The New Breed. He is the author of twelve books and the founder of Riot Speech, a musical genre combining performance poetry with traditional musical forms, such as Rock, Jazz, and Hip Hop. His poems have been published in Experience Reality Magazine, Quay: A Journal of the Arts, UpStreet: A Literary Magazine, and, in 2014, Lofton has been featured in Blind Sided Magazine. He is a regular on Virginian television programs such as The Hampton Roads Show and Chesapeake’s Thinking Out Loud on WCTV. He teaches World Literature, British Literature, and Composition, while touring the country, performing at literary festivals, musical festivals, poetry readings, open mics, concerts, high schools, and colleges." View more posts
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Hey Synnika! Love your work. It always makes me think. Keep it coming. Hope all is well.
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Hey, Robert!!! Hope all is well brother!! Give me a call when you get a chance!!
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