Spiraling
downward
to take a peek,
aiming
my beautiful
beak at this tiny
sliver of earth,
sniffing creation
before climbing
toward night
sky.
Beneath
listening stars,
I allow this urban
tale to fill lungs
and weave through
dimly-lit trees,
like tender
shadows,
whispering sweet
noise.
To be alive
in this place
(this reality)
is to allow
this bright
dragon to carry
me on her
beautiful
back
around this
section of the
Trail.
"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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