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WRITE WORDS CUT POEMS SLOW COOKING

PARTNER POEMS BITS AND PIECES

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I LOVE VINYL: MURAL RESIDENCY W/JACQUES a.k.a. SANKARADJEKI

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DO IT YOURSELF

sankaradjeki a.k.a. Jacques

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SUPERMAN. FOR A DAY

WARMING UP OUR VOICES

INSPIRATION

SPOKEN WORD RESIDENCY WITH IBé

Why do you write poetry? 

"The need to tell stories...

the need to connect with people...

ways to find answers..."

"Poetry goes beyond the limitations of language."

"Poetry is a way to your truth."

"In poetry, 1+1 can be 5."

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HOME

BRIDGE ACROSS ATLANTIC

African in America

The African in America

I live in the middle of the Atlantic

Dying to reach the Pacific

Standing in the middle of sacred waters

Eyes on America

Hands lifting Africa high and mighty

I'm the face of 2 worlds

2 roads to a single manifestation

Somewhere between rockets to the moon

Camels across deserts

Where extreme poverty meets excessive indulgence

Humility, the flip side of flamboyance

I live between ignorance and prejudice

One foot in the past

The other in the future

I am

The present that will forever remain an enigma comprehensible to few.