The E-Posse

left to right: Sagacious Bear, DaPoet, Queen IgJust a reminder to check out the flyest, freshest, funniest, foolishest bloggers in the game known as the E-Posse, we da bess!... The PBG: Hey, You Asked! Fifty-Two (52) Flavors See, What Had Happened Was... Luvvie:Awesomely Luvvie The Red Pump Project House of IG Me: The Latte Mug: The Evolution of the Cubicle Crusaders ...

Hooray Spoken Word!

I will be featuring at Mansion 462 in Chapel Hill, NC on May 18th... check flyer out below!Visit their website: www.mansion462.comListen live on Monday's at 8:30 pm: www.unheardradio....

Blog Poetry Slam 15: Social Networking

Hey poets and poetry lovers... this weeks topic is Social Networking, so fitting, as you are engaging in social networking as we speak.... So let's see what ya got... look forward to the poems....Ode to Love Social NetworkingIf they only knew what this life can do to you, they would leave it alone...let it go extinct, but they can't!It keeps callin like the scent of antelope blood to lionesses...

Haiku Warmup: Social Networking

I couldn't think of an idea for a topic this week, so I asked my buddies on twitter and the fabulous, beautiful @reporter4651 (http://www.cynthiacolemanfranklin.blogspot.com/) gave me the idea of making "Social Networking" the topic... how apropos... so let's get to flexing our creative muscles to get ready for the Poetry Blog Slam on Tuesday! So let the haiku roll!I need to slow downBut Drugs are hard to give upTwitter is my crackmyspace is the hoodi stepped on a used syringewhen i clicked the...

Poetry Blog Slam 14 - Badu

Hey, this week let's just write a poem that is inspired by a song over to your left on the Erykah Badu playlist or anything from her catalog... Be good y'all, I'll drop a little something below as well.... hope to see your fabulous poems in the comments... Muah!inspired by "Next Lifetime"I'm a little sad.I'm a little happy.and mixed emotions weigh more.than the sum of their parts.so right now.don't...

Haiku Warmup

Since Tuesday's are the Poetry Blog Slam, I think we should warmup a little bit before, and also give you a little extra time to prepare... the topic will be the same, I'll be writing a bunch of haiku, and I hope you do the same.... this week's theme is: Erykah Badu... here's my first one...more to come:things ain't perfect nowbut we'll figure it out soonforget next lifet...

Twitter Foolery with The PBG: ANTM

Last night after watching America's Next Top Model my E-Sis and I went in on the judges. It was all my fault for starting it..... Please finish all liquids you may be consuming before reading this, don't say I didn't warn ya!naturallyalise: I had a dream that Tyra's baby hair stole my soul.....ThePBG: @naturallyalise I dreamed Ms.Jay's bowtie jumped offa his neck and choked the shit outta me.naturallyalise:...

Blog Poetry Slam 13: Speed...

Welcome to the 13th installment of Naturally Alise's Blog Poetry Slam.... so the rules are the same as every week:I will present a word/theme AND picture. In the comments write a poem (no matter how short or long, serious or silly) that:Uses or relates to the word or themeOR Relates to one of the picturesORinspired by a song on the playlistIsn't that simple!?!? After the word and picture will be...

Haiku Warm-Up 2

Since the haiku warm-up was such a hit AND pleasure last week, I decided to keep the party going...... here's a recap of the instructions:since Tuesday's are the Poetry Blog Slam, I think we should warmup a little bit before, and also give you a little extra time to prepare... the topic will be the same, I'll be writing a bunch of haiku, and I hope you do the same.... this week's topic is: SPEED....cliches be lying.early birds don't get the worm.the fast bird gets itone night stands , jump offsi...

...give the drummer some

fragment of a poem i am working on.... sneak preview of sorts...i write...to the beat of a perfect drummermy heart.divinely produced beats.kicking freestyles over palpitations...

Poetry Blog Slam: Colors

Welcome to the 12th installment of Naturally Alise's Blog Poetry Slam.... so the rules are the same as every week: I will present a word/theme AND picture. In the comments write a poem (no matter how short or long, serious or silly) that:Uses or relates to the word or themeOR Relates to one of the picturesIsn't that simple!?!? After the word and picture will be an old poem of mine for an example...

Haiku Warm-Up

Hey, did you know that April is National Poetry month? Well, now you know.... So I decided to try a little something... since Tuesday's are the Poetry Blog Slam, I think we should warmup a little bit before, and also give you a little extra time to prepare... the topic will be the same, I'll be writing a bunch of haiku, and I hope you do the same.... this week's topic is: COLORS....i dream in colorbut the saddest thing of allmy life's black and white.......................................sure...

stir crazy

i'd say i'm stir crazybut that ain't quite rightbc my crazy is sitting stilland i sure could usesome stirring up.....

punks jump up.....

I'm a punk-ass Poet:Hot on the page, but not in the streetsI am analytical and criticalSo, yeah, I'm a haterI am imaginative and use my poetic licenseSo I guess I'm a faker, a perpetrator i supposeI call shenanigans on nonsensical bullshit...Will I speak up , and get beat down?Will keeping it real go wrong?I wonder do lyrical snitches get stitches....

talib kweli....

Talib kweli def poetry jamby homhomswo...