Smoke_is_Normal

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

Hop and skip over social debris. Pursue
the daylight, hovering toward the East.

Oceanfront got them good vibes. Play
Kind of Blue and let me lose track of

the noise, the talking heads, and the
mindless chatter, the characters without

characters. Different Breed. Green tea
with protein is the brew. Stevia pulls up

to chill for a moment. Thinking about Dr.
King and Dr. Huey P. Newton, standing behind

lecterns, painting forward progression
and enlightenment with words, with ideas,

with loaded phrases, with methods that
make America’s skin itch, crawl for safety.

Jazzy. I hit the pavement with Rage,
perched above an eyebrow, like a raven.

To belong is not necessary when charting
a course at this altitude, kissing clouds.

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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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