GriotPoet
My blogs
Blogs I follow
- All Things Chandra
- Conversate is not a word.
- Fiction University
- SLAMtario: Spoken Word & Poetry Slam in Ontario
- Spoken Word Paris
| Gender | Male |
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| Location | West Fishkill, New York, United States |
| Introduction | I was bitten by the mutant X gene that made me haiku at fourteen. I "bubble forth like a fountain" bearing witness to violence in a global Nineveh. I cannot keep my peace unless like Jonah, a leviathan devours me and spits me somewhat digested to your shores from its belly. I'd rather my trips to sea be on cruise ships! I spit because, quite literally: my life depends on it! Griot (gree-O): any of a class of musician-entertainers of western Africa whose performances include tribal histories and genealogies. Poet: Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French poete, from Latin poeta, from Greek poiEtEs maker, poet, from poiein to make; akin to Sanskrit cinoti he gathers, heaps up 1 : one who writes poetry : a maker of verses 2 : one (as a creative artist) of great imaginative and expressive capabilities and special sensitivity to the medium. See: www.m-w.com. |
| Interests | Martial arts, health and fitness, poetry, essays, short stories, novels, political commentary, literary works. |
| Favorite Movies | Cocoon, What the #*&% Do We Know?, Fahrenheit 9/11, Slam, Love Jones, The Skulls, Shrek and Shrek II, Secret Societies (A&E documentary), The Last Samurai. |
| Favorite Music | Spoken Word Poetry, Unified Tribe - unifiedtribe.net, Consciousness Hip Hop, Classical and Contemporary Jazz, 70s Funk, Soul and Neo Soul Music, Classical Music. |
| Favorite Books | On Writing by Steven King, any "how to" books on writing, Moby Dick, Watership Down, Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man, Native Son, Red Dragon, The Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal, Manchild in a Promised Land, The Poetry of Black America, Selected and Complete works of Langston Hughes, business journals and books. |
Your hand has been replaced by a rubber stamp. What does it say?
Love, peace and soul!