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"POETIVISM" w/ Melissa JustMeThePoet Ellis.
ROB: He's inspiration influencing change with five line stanzas BonaFide bonanza of artistry dibbling in scribes spreading hope and unity like BBQ sauce all over chicken and ribs. He sets stages every verse and rhyme created leaps from pages screaming, "Brotha don't touch that needle"! and "Sistahs you don't need to be recipient of his drunken rage." His ink bleeds consciousness each piece written invoke naked passions exposing propaganda while sketching liberation inside composition books Spirit flowing like Langston Hughes but never weary of the blues if poetry's a 5 star restaurant consider him a master cook. Serving lines and hooks feeding babies in the bath water shielding sons and daughters from dangers of neighborhood gunfire he's taking the time developing all the funky shit in his mind to community, he's greatly admired. He's an agent secretly embedding three ring binders and papermates live at open mic venues where he congregates with like-minded people using mic stands informing the ignorant and waking the sheeple. Lending helping hands with his words with every noun and verb he spits going against atrocities black-on-black crime racism homelessness and poverty all meet defeat all rest in peace every minute he speaks. He observes audience moving in their seats with hand claps finger snaps and standing ovation. receiving another invitation to spit to high school students and political prisoners he's taking none. He bust cyphers seducing wailing saxophones and African drums as he call out and encouraged niggas to be everything except niggas and let's prepared and stop being scared of a revolution. He defines culture swooping like a vulture on 12 hour recording session cutting CDs publishing books on peace protest empowerment and redemption because it's all he ever had. He's organizing resistance on neatly printed note pads as he stands in Times Square with Broadway performers sharing sonnets denouncing police violence against unarmed black men and genocide against children in territories occupied he's proactive with his pen. Leading workshops and festivals under towers defining prophets and uprisings 50 years ago he's poetically and politically thriving for action as he writing for a cause not selfish satisfaction or simply putting on a show because he's poetivist and poet-activist. He's saving lives composing lines words spoken represent pickets signs and he's elevating movements for the strong and weak to speak. inspired by The Creator The Ancestors and Doobie Brothers. because minute by minute he's takes the art to the streets. MELISSA: She's poetry with not just poetry but purpose too Speaking for those who don't have a clue how to speak for themselves she's empty notebooks on fully stocked shelves waiting for the next great write. She's today Angela Davis and Assata Shakur Proudly penned the fight warrior within She's the ink in every pen. Leaving trails across pages changing the world on open mic stages her words, her weapon of choice her outcry the power in her voice even if that voice shakes. She's fist in the air the truth and the dare often misunderstood but she doesn't care she's the goal at which marathon runner stares. The Mission The Reason The Destination The Resistance The Season Our story narration She is her Brotha's support system and her Sista's keeper The right words said the ability to dig deeper the bravery it takes to try The individual that drops that fall from the sky when it rains. She's all things pain and pleasure excitement and fear The voice of ANCESTORS whispering in ears. She is their dream renewed Refusing to be ignored Uncharted land waiting to be explored Pen in hand Mightier than a sword Carving out another form of activism Poetivism is what it's called standing tall She's Maya Angelou's creation Changing hearts and minds of a troubled nation And then the world Even if she's alone So much more than just a girl a pen and a microphone. She is the next generation of poet Strong. Black. Proud and making sure you know it. She's youthful embodiment of old style poets Using her gift for a cause Because she knows about so much more than applause She's the glory that others seek. The refusal to turn the other cheek. Fire Extinguisher Flame Igniter Peace Keeper Freedom Fighter She is……a writer. © 2014 Rob Morrow @ Melissa Ellis
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