courage is taking the mask off♥ we all on the same path of evolution.. In LaKech (Mayan) “I am Another You” ♥ria.takharu. ———————————————————————— Seductress (Oshun), theRed Queen (Maat), the Real Me is Standing, Naked!! (So Who the F@#$ Are You?) irony would have us in the same place; the same path of evolution; shoulder to … Continue reading
Chickens He said will not run once tied and the coop is cleaned. /She is held by the rope that no longer exists in the absence of Liberation. Excerpt from “Uprising Underground, Sketches of an Urban Venus in Scorpio” by Ria Takharu. (c) 2009.
I AM THE REVOLUTION, she told her mother Over cornbread and fried chicken organic greens and spirulina Pine trees and honeybees shining love in the midst. I am She. I was afraid to look in your eyes that you’d find something I wasn’t ready to share. Funny i dont have songs overflowing in this awkward … Continue reading
But there are blades that cut across the minds of her children ripped from the womb who know not their name. “We have been genetically modified”, she whispers seeking to spread her wings upon the dawn. Folding and unfolding rays of violet in the dance. “She said a flower once grew in the middle of … Continue reading
even thoughts buried deep in dark places earthen pots casting shadows below the ocean surface; release the anguish worn and tattered in the recess of memories weeping angel oak. i am awakening at the dawn to time beyond the hanged -man hour; stringing together a crafter’s wheel of time upon my waist: I carry all … Continue reading
‘Poetic Voices: Hip Hop Here and Now’ w/ Fred Joiner @ Phillips After 5 ___________________________________________ Event InfoHost: R. Scott Heath Date: Thursday, February 5, 2009 Time: 6:30pm – 8:00pm Location: The Phillips Collection: www.phillipscollection.org Street: 1600 21st Street, NW @ Dupont Circle City/Town: Washington, DC PHILLIPS AFTER 5 A lively mix of jazz performances, food … Continue reading
From CARLOS ANDRÉS GÓMEZ (events):: DATE: Wednesday, February 4th, 2009 TIME: 6:30pm – 8:30pm (SHARP!) WHERE: The Point in the Bronx, 940 Garrison Avenue, (718) 542-4139 DIRECTIONS: http://www.thepoint.org/aboutus/aboutus.html COST: FREE! But please support The Point by purchasing food and/or beverage at the event RSVP: lisa@governessfilms.com In solidarity with: The Point in the Bronx Urban Word … Continue reading
hip hop is NOT dead… To ‘free’ hip hop is to free Ourselves; control our art, language, voice, vision and destiny. The legacy of resistance and freedom is not won. Moreover, argues Potter, hip-hop is a resistance which has had “more crucial consequences than all the books on postmodernism…(Brent Wood – Review Essay: Resistance in … Continue reading
TO ALL THE WARRIOR WOMEN BEFORE ME! I THANK YOU FOR OPENING THE WAY FOR US ALL! MY AUNT TIYE ESPECIALLY…KISSES HUGS & KISSES, DARIA —————————————————————————————————– POEM::(UNTITLED) Just studying <Flash> and in a flash for the fist time, I’m reading Shankar’s work and I’m speechless.. (thanks for nudging me awake) Sift through emails to find … Continue reading
It was 7:11am on my way to work this morning, when I looked at the clock in front of me, right below the golden spider dangling from the dashboard of the green minivan. I was writing in my book all the things I’m thankful for. When I started I didn’t think I’d write so fast … Continue reading
