Taking_Notes_from_Behind_an_American_Wall

Posted bySynnika Alek-Chizoba LoftonPosted inmailbox weekly, PoemsTags:, , ,

(Inspired by Darryl Moss’s “From Numbers to Power“)

Outrun hope. Sidestep hate. Allow
the people to see Resistance as

the new Golden Rule. I rule the space
between my ears. The American

puzzle is nothing more than a maze-
like trap. I test boundaries, inhale

limits, lean forward into grease, metal,
grind. Mr. Moss talks about leveraging

voting power in Springfield, Mass.
A voter’s alliance could shift power

back to the people and spark waves
of progress–institutional change.

Are voters ready to leverage their
power, Mr. Moss? Or are they quite

content with feeling the boots of
the status quo? I concentrate on

developing cosmos with words and
ideas. Climbing chain linked fences

is a pastime. These days, I examine
liberation with an Afro pick and

a bluesy disposition.

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Published by Synnika Alek-Chizoba Lofton

"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."

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