Kategoria BISAC: Poetry >> American - General

"Spoken Word"--that most passionate, accusatory, dramatic, self-identifying, political, statement-making, and often provocative diatribe set to the jungle rhythms or melodic flow of one's soul--is rapidly becoming the vessel of the young, hip, contemporary revolutionary.

Ricardo M Fleshman, author of "Further Proof That I Have Existed" and the follow-up book, "The Goodbye Days," has now released a collection of his own personal favorite poems written in the form of long verse and his heretofore unpublished spoken word poetry.

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"The Dancer" is Poetry in Motion as each person dances to their own beat and creates their own rhythm. A timeless creation of written expressions from the heart and emotions of a life filled with turmoil, controversy, love, death, sickness, and most of all, faith.

"A song to you set in a poem or a poem put to a song
Imagine a world of magic, Your world with magic. Simply a science misunderstood,
Play in the spells, Dabble in the portions, Of the potions of life
I could get lost in you, Dark child, Wandering in the snow, Drift away awhile with me,
Day by day, Hour by hour, Moment by moment, My thoughts race
Longing for that magic once so strong about me.
Lost in the haze of forgetfulness, Empty spaces, Lost toys
Smoke from flames that have burnt away, Turned to ash, Like incense
Whirring trees and blacks skies,...

Lord, I can be so very happy
Just sharing your Word with friends.
Please help me in all your Power,
To reach away from sin. Lord, help me to always respect my friends,
And realize their commitment to you.
Let me help them to be strong enough
To do what you want them to do. I just want to be able, Lord
To get through every day,
Without ever having to apologize
For saying what I should not say. Lord, help me to read and understand
The message in your Holy Word.
Then help me to be willing to practice
The things I have already heard. Lord, help...

Angel

A perfect being times seen and often heard
Watches over ones left behind and others that are kind
Help those in need and others that stray
Purity and innocence is regained
through fire and brimstone this remains

One who steps in your life's path
Blinders are taken off first look as free as can be
Growth understanding a new love of life that is
incomprehensible but feels right floating on a
natural high without a question why

Rescue me from stress and strife from everyday
life a place where I am one with the familiar and embrace the...

Enter a world of passion, love, and heartache. "Whispers: Echoes of Two Broken Hearts" reveals the raw feelings and naked emotions that love and hate can inspire.

Complete and Forever

And on that day
When she is dressed in white
On that day I will
Say my good byes
I will take her hand in mine
I will look up in to her eyes
And I will say
I hope you're happy
I hope that this is all that you want
Then I will hug her close
For that last fleeting moment
Before turning around
And walking away
To my new lover's arms
Where I will stay
...

"Dimensions of Alien Thought Patterned by the Presence of a Sultan" describes our author's definition of beauty. Its themes and conclusions reveal emotions and sagas which at times are very graphic, dark, and dreary, yet full of love and fiery passion, all at once personifying the beauty that is poetry. The words that fill the pages, sensing they are being read, realize, though not everyone or everything can relate, there is someone or something out there that can relate with this journey the author takes you on.

He Delivered Me out of Hell "Deliverance from evil, he gave me no rest. He delivered me out of hell's temptation. If you could feel the wonderful thing that he did, he answered my prayers, and all he asked was for me to repent for my sins. The Lord carried me from hell. It felt like I was still on Earth, and the light shone upon me. He preserved me. He showed me the path of life and love, for the Earth should not have felt like hell, for I was looking for Heaven on Earth." Giving it to you raw, like you never had it before, author La'Rahz's poetry is off the hook. The climactic collection in...

The Mysterious Biker

My summer morning stroll down the road
For exercise, fresh air and peace of mind
Took me not far from my comfortable abode
When I met a man of the easy rider kind

Seeming to have bike trouble, I offered my phone,
But he told me he stopped his Harley to rest
A brawny, clean cut man, on his own
Many hard times, his aged face would suggest

Briefly exchanging words, he said, "It's time to ride"
Like he had a special purpose to travel on
I couldn't perceive, no matter how I tried
Why I didn't see him as he passed by my front...

"HELP

I live an empty life, but it's exciting
I run around at night, so lonely
When I scream for help, there's nothing

But I'm happy, just so happy
But I'm happy, just so happy

I live an empty life, but it's exciting
I run around at night, so lonely
When I scream for help, there's nothing

But I'm happy, just so happy

Solus" is a poignant compilation of poems, lyrics, tales, and songs written over a period of time. The words within this thoughtful collection serve as windows into the life journey and trials of one young man. With titles such as 'Gave and...

William J. Karnowski is a construction worker by day and poet by night. His spirit is married to the earth. He worked as a laborer, a mason tender, finisher, gandydancer, therapy aide, boat builder, ironworker, draftsman, and now owns a construction company with his brother Dave."I thought to myself, "Self, if the geese can go south, then, why can't we?"It never did take mevery long to make adecision, especially ifit involved a motorcycle."Bill has traveled the length of the Oregon Trail, the Santa Fe Trail, and to the Great Smokies and back in the sports car that he built. He built his...

Pathway Life can often be compared to our roads and highways With never ending lines that begin to end And end to begin. Going one way, And sometimes two? Straightaways to sharp turns Never knowing where it will take you. And as you know, life has its uphill battles as well as down sloping defeats. Because life, like our roads and highways, has its mergers and departures, Detours and dead ends. But does this mean life ends or does it begin?

"A Prelude to a Kiss" is an intimate depiction of author Kenneth Wayne Pomares' self. Through his poetical musings, experience the emotions associated...

"285 Opposites Again The shadow, having lengthened and widened almost covers the wall. Above, a defiant flare of last light subsides in a black of night. It is of small interest to observe that shadow and light are contained within the sun. Are good and evil, life and death, similarly joined, marking other walls, waxing and waning, endlessly moved by a grander reality?" The extemporaneously penned verses on the pages of "Barriers" have been subjected to many revisions by author M. Z. Reed. The labor of editing, rereading, and sometimes deleting whole sections of words has brought out a clear...

"Lloyd's Prayer" "My father.you know I'm only seven. Howard be my last name. My Mama has come home- I don't know what I've done. She went to buy a loaf of bread. Now that she's back from 7-Eleven. Please forgive me for trying to pass the football.and forgive those who tried to pass the football to me. Lead us into my room for PlayStation- but call us when the pizza is delivered (it's under my Mama name, Gloria). 'Cause my Mama house is clean and she needs time to shower. but not forever and ever. Amen." "Poems 31" is a collection that showcases the talents of Donald Anthony King as a writer...

"The Soul Mate Collection" is expression of the intimate union between a man and woman who are so intricately woven together in heart and thought, they can only be called soul mates. The collection consists of a series of brief poems that seek to capture the coming together, the love shared, the maturing of the relationship, the heartache endured to grow closer, and the continuous efforts to keep the love everlasting.

Relationships are not easy, but when two can come together in love, openness, honesty, trust, communication, commitment, and agreement, there is no stronger union or bond,...

Thank God for You

Sometimes when I take a look
at the hectic world around me,
I feel confused,
but all of the noise fades away
and I forget my worries
when I think about you.

Sometimes I feel overwhelmed by life,
and sometimes I don't know what to do,
but everything suddenly feels right
when I hear your voice,
and see the light shining in your eyes.

Even if I gaze into a crystal ball,
I'll never see and understand it all,
but I know that I'd be lost if you went away.
I'd forever seek brighter days.
Thank God for you.

A...

This is a collection of poems about arising with, opening to, and owning your life. The three sections start with sky, proceed through sea and come to earth. Getting higher, spreading out, and remaining grounded are the general categories roughly containing the seventy-two poems in this book. Reading this book will allow you a look into the mind of a practicing, long experienced, and well-trained psychiatrist. Dr. Rice has learned about habit patterns and their ability to dominate our lives. His slow healing through many iterations of himself subsequent to crippling personal losses as a young...

'I grew up in a loud house with a lot to say, finding much of it left behind for paper and music to find," she says about these scraps that were never intended to be poetry.until she discovered 'that's what they were." Set to the sounds of TVs and telephones, constant interruptions and messy choices, Joni's voice captures the human struggle beneath zooming-by, ever-shifting American joy. Her lens moves through the various spheres of life, tearing things apart in a gentle, welcome way. Earthy, but not pseudo spiritual; grounded, but not heavy with brain-thick molasses, she is a wise every-day...

This poetry novel is different from other novels because it's abstract. It appears as if I'm making simple rhymes; however, it becomes complex. There are many things that will make you laugh, cry, and wonder.

Allison Gregory Daniels has been performing in the areas of television, radio and stage for several years. She debuted her first poetry and inspirational book signing at Adelia's Restaurant in Takoma Park, Md in 1999. Allison G. Daniels is a native Washingtonian. She received her early education in D.C. public school systems. She has been captivated by poetry virtually all her life and has been writing poetry since age eleven. She is the author of 10 collections of poetry books, "Revitalizing Your Spirit, Black Man I Love You, Yearning For Love" and "Jesus A Joy To Call My Own" etc and 1...