Showing posts with label Ngoma. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ngoma. Show all posts

Friday, January 14, 2011

Major Kudos for The Inspired Word Anniversary All-Star Extravaganza!




"It has been a pleasure to work with you and be a part of your events. You have managed to pull together a wide range of poets and your shows truly depict an appreciation for the diversity of the art form. I hold you and the rest of the Inspired Word folks in very high regard. Thank you for having me as part of the anniversary. It was an honor!" - Gemineye

"it was a night of word majik." - Ngoma

"My congratulations for the extraordinary work you are doing. Long Live Inspired Word!!!" - Claudio Ivan Remeseira, Editor of Hispanic New York

"...a new home for us poets. Its been great!! I can't wait to see the amazing things you guys have planned for the future." - Tahani Salah

"Definitely wonderful." - Jessica Filion

"Last night was amazing. Essence was swimming in poetry last night. It was indeed amazing. Thomas Fucaloro "put it down" as only he can. DJ Eliel's poem about Joleen was amazingly crafted and humorous. Ngoma, ahh, like no other. Man, all of the poets rained science last night. Patricia Smith put icing on the cake so sweet, I broke out the Orajel. Happy Anniversary Inspired Word." - Cyd Charisse Fulton

"It was amazing." - Vanessa Hidary, AKA The Hebrew Mamita

"Absolutely perfection last nite! Amazing and stupendous...Congrats on the one year anniversary and continued overwhelming blessings in this 2011! Last nite was top notch!" - Ed Toney

"Great crowd, great assortment of artists, great night!" - Adriana J. Borzellino

"It was a really special night and I am honored to have been included. Congratulations on a great show." - Jane Ormerod

"If you couldn't attend, you missed a helluva show." - Maria Escribidora

"I feel like I had a seven-course meal!" - Stephanie Rogers

"The Inspired Word tonight was awesome!!!! What an amazing showcase!!!" - Yasmeen Duncan


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Sunday, January 2, 2011

Ngoma - Poem "The Interrupted New Years Dream"



The Interrupted New Years Dream

standing on the edge of yesterday
searching for tomorrow
time slips away as we ponder
if the mayan calendar predictions
are an illusion
or the solution
fact is
time existed
before chronometers were invented
so we race against race
thinking jim crow was killed and buried
now it seems to act like bay bay's kids reincarnated
dipped in vanilla
not dying but multiplying at teaparties
sipping delusions of supremacy
high off of the perfumed stench of ignorance
amnesia victims with books replaced by ipods
asking to be friended
searching for HISTORY on Facebook
but THIS-STORY remembers cointel pro
and chooses to click ignore
while hanging out with Wiki-leaks
We're left without a trace
of where the truth went
baffled about who's the real enemy
always claiming the victory
stealing food from the poor to feed war machines
there are millions of lives in the balance
the news only sells you
Celebrity break ups
with sports scores
commercials for new pills
where the cure is more deadlier than the ill
hiphop that worships monsters
subliminally teaching your kids to kill


so I'm searching for Hope
but the weatherman predicts
no climate justice in the forecast
and it maybe too late for
global warming deniers to surrender
mother earth has her own agenda
though i know for a fact
weather systems can be manmade
selling stock in funeral homes and body bags
the market needs a boost
and fear is profitable this year
soon they'll poison the atmosphere
and charge the poor for air
I'll bet then you'll do much more than stop
and stare

Poof

- Ngoma

©12-31-2010/1-1-2011

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