Category Archives: Poems

To Honor Her Bold Walk w/ Video

To Honor Her Bold Walk is a poem that was written for beloved art teacher Melinda Vooss. She transitioned on October 23, 2022. This video is a tribute to her love, passion, and dedication to arts education. A special thanks goes out to everybody who was involved with the creation of this video, including film maker, Alexander Jay, percussionist, Greg Lee, educator, Julieta S. Grey, engineer, Drew Norvella, the brilliant dancers, Marilyn Pablo, Leah Hilliard, Anusa Pernic, and artist/ business owner, Ukwensi Chappell for allowing us to use Gallery Ukwensi to film this video.

Morning Coffee on July Third

Projecting BluesProjecting EnergyProjecting Confidence The Matrix is unforgivingis savageis insatiableis another doorfloating in the Americanparadigm The game is realI eat protein oatmeal Headlines blur The familiar suspectspopulate the feed Downstairsthe neighborskeep sliding the glass doorshaking the floorwith hip hop It’s 8am81 degrees outsideGoing for a walk at sundownsounds better than earlyhostile sweat thatrequires daysof restContinue reading “Morning Coffee on July Third”

July Fourth Isn’t Worth Admiration

Heavy ideasHeavy whispersHeavy dreamsHeavy movementsbehind closed doorsThey use creedThey use beliefThey use countryThey use PatriotismThey use law as a methodof violenceA Black studentfrom Schenectady saysCRT is good religionand PWI’s don’t serveBlack and Brown studentsYou feel me?July Fourth Isn’t Worth Admirationisn’t worth the timeisn’t worth backyard barbecuesisn’t worth trips to the beachto hang out with yuppiescelebratingContinue reading “July Fourth Isn’t Worth Admiration”