National Poetry Month: Day 1

April is National Poetry Month.  I knew I loved April for a reason!  For this month I will write and post a poem every.single. day.  Hold me to it.  Also the second week of April I will be featuring some of my favorite poets.  i already have 2 lined up, drop me a line at naturallyalise (at) gmail (dot) com if you are interested in being featured as well!  So since this...

Blog Poetry Slam 45: Natural

Hello fellow poetry lovers! Since my stage name is Naturally Alise, and I have natural hair, and I am just generally naturally awesome; I decided for today's topic to be "natural". In the comments write a lovely poem. In can be serious or silly, long or short, even haiku. After the video is my poem. Can't wait to see what you guys come up with!*I have 2 poems*Natural WomanYou know Ms. Franklin, I feel ya....I mean naturally, I should...pun intended...Someone walked into my life and inspired...

Blog Poetry Slam 44: Letters

Dear Readers,Ever had something you really wanted to say to someone, but just couldn't get it out verbally? i have a huge problem with this, but a tool that works well for me is writing letters. They are soul cleansing even if you never send them. So for today's theme for the Blog Poetry Slam is to write a letter to someone in poem form to let out something that is on your heart that needs to be released.Leave your poems in the comments sections. After the video is my poem. I can't wait to...

odb..

my life is not a bitchit is more like a bastardan old dirty one that is...because my lifestyle has no fatherit is original....word to ODB...click for a musical flasback...

Suggested E-Posse Reading (repost)

The ePosse The PBG, Luvvie, and me have had HILARIOUS adventures together and seperately that you should definitely read about... Trust me, uproarious laughter will ensue.The Chinese Juke JointNew Jack LibraryAl B. Unsurehttp://pbghappenings.blogspot.com/2009/02/juvenile-hoodrattedness-franklin-arms.htmlCabbie Quit MeSensitive Thugs - Hourly Wage Warrior StoriesFor more ePosse adventures on Black Woman Lost & Found (click here)Have a great weeke...

the leather chronicles...

*pleather in all its splendor*It has been a long time since I have had a nice foolery, silly, slightly ignant twitter exchange with one of the members of my  illustrious ePosse, The PBG.  Today she shared one of her always amusing stories of DC Public Transit...  silliness ensued, so I thought I'd share:thepbg: I wish this dude sittin nxt 2 me in this loud ass "leather" jacket wld keep...

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Some new tracks by me... all available at ReverbNat...

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Blog Poetry Slam 43: Fight!

This weeks topic is: FIGHT. So, all my lovely experinced poets along with those newbies, write a poem about a fight. I often say I am a lover, not a fighter. Yet in reality I fight for my love, maybe not with fists, but it is a fight nonetheless, so that is the direction I took with my piece. I am curious to see what direction you go with it.Write a poem in the comments. It can be silly or serious,...

words at play...

Puns play too muchHanging out with Hyperbole's instigating assand metaphors like to simile in my faceAnd this damn thesis stay starting somethingIf these nouns and verbs keep pushing me I'm gonna catch a sentenceSo I'll have to give these words a preposition they can't refuse:"End all this fighting and come hang out in my poe...

things fall apart...

This is a love poem I rarely see written, the poem where someone admits to their own f*ck-ups... I decided to take a stab at it... tell me what ya think:I am a bitchAnd don't worry I'm not saying this just to put myself downI just want to be accurateThey say hindsight is 20/20 but I say it is 187Because seeing what I should have doneAnd what we could have been kills me insideI was supposed to love...

Blog Poetry Slam 42: Clichés

In my lifetime I have heard so many clichés. Some of them were helpful, most weren't. I had an idea to write a poem about a cliche you either agree with or think is full of shit. Here are some suggestions:Absence makes the heart grow fonderActions speak louder than words.All work and no play makes Jack a dull boyBirds of a feather flock togetherStuff like that. So take it and run with it. Write...