Poetry Slam Happening Tonight.... Mesa

Poetry In The Round
Date:	May 8, 2008 10:39 AM
Subject:	ATTN: Phoenix Area Folks, Poetry Event Tonight!
Body:	I believe Jonathan (host of Poetry In The Round) is planning on slamming tonight...it's been a while. Come out and support! : ) Some high school kids from Prescott are making the journey out tonight, so come show them what poetry means to the valley! Thanks, Klute, for providing the info for me to steal: Mesa Poetry Slam.... TONIGHT! The Mesa Poetry Slam has risen like a mighty Phoenix from the ashes of... Look, just come to the poetry slam. Get your poetry there, not from a Myspace bulletin. Always free to get in, only $1 to slam! What: The Mesa Poetry Slam When: Tonight, May 8th, at 8:00PM Where: The Essenza Coffeehouse, 1350 S Longmore, Mesa Why: Slam, poetry How: However you can. Call (480) 461-0445 for more info!

Another class ends....

We said good-bye and farewell. My students brought this cake in on the last day of class along with another for my two daughters and I to take home. I was very touched and dreaded the last day of class. I could tell it would be a sad day for some whose initial facial reaction told me it was going to be a sad day. I had spent the last four months with my ESL students and we made good distance in the classroom.

They did a great job on their final assessments and that evening, I drove home in my silent but boastful happiness and cried. Yes, I’m a rookie and I know how to handle good-byes, but their growth, and their future lives were incumbent on how well I did my job. The human in me, taught with heart and soul. I did my best and used every teaching strategy I knew. It was like watching your child walk for the first time again….. and the littlest difference made a world of a difference. I cheered them, encouraged them, and did my best to inspire them.

The last day of class I talked with every student individually and from them I learned their stories of disappointment, gratitude, well-being, and how hard they studied and practiced on their own. Some say they did it for me, others said they did it for their families and for me, I prefer to believe they did it for themselves… they were a wonderful and respectful group of people and because of them, my cup runneth over…

You never know how you will affect others around you, a simple gesture, a pat on the back, a good word of encouragement changes lives. I may never see them all together again, those two classes, but the memory of their stories will stay with me always.

R.I.C.H *Keeping It Alive*

I've got to keep this one going.... I met Richie two years ago here in Phoenix. He was doing a concert for the valley youth at our church downtown. He has a powerful message that is Christ bound and cross pollinates the energy of R&B with Rap. His music is WORD.

A celebration for his album Release of PEOPLEZ CHOICE...... is happening tonight in New York.
Adm: $10.00
Time.... 7 pm
Location... 139-35 88th ave Jamaica NY 11435

PEOPLEZ CHOICE Album release....If you have never been to an E.R. check out the video..


Log onto www.RichieRighteous.com for more info...


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Poem #20. NaPoWriMo

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I deleted you
the Line poem
the Just leaves
the Dangerous for Girls
and how murder filled her dreams
as the world grew wings

I deleted you
the Charm
the Gnosised
and that Pot of Tea drill

I deleted what I couldn't feel
d e l e t e d
because I'm a spoiled visual
a kinesthetic junky high on lyrical prose
needing your words to hammer
grind deep into my soul
your rhythmic highs
your rhythmic lows
your heart and soul poetry
and without a brush
I want to see your canvas
across my dark room
and feel the wet grime of your colors
f l o e t r y
rapping, reaping, seeping
between my fingers
flushed
that unforgettable **** carries me
carries the high
of this lyrical junky from line to line

reading your highs
reading your lows
reading you like a book
through the complexities
of all that is horrifying
beautiful
and p o s s i b l e





Copyright © 2008 by Crystal Kill

Poem #19. NaPoWriMo

for jewell's sun



i notice the little girl
from across the lawn
she is sad and on the verge of tears

you
unike the others
can see the tears
before they fall

and like the love you are
you take those steps forward
to hug them back
inside of her
before they can fall
you smile
on her

so she might shine again

how beautiful you are





Copyright © 2008 by Crystal Kill

Poem #18. NaPoWriMo

kiki love

you smile

and the sun can shine

on the darkest bleak of day

u n f o r g e t t a b l e
l o v e
the best part of me
grew your heart in mine
never mind the stories
about the woman made of stone
the cold crystal woman, who was
destined to live alone

we knew it wasn't true
when you sighed
took your first breath
reached into my heart
and carried a piece of me
into this place we call
life

a million miracles
boast to life
with just one of your smiles

and with them
you have changed the colors

of my world

Copyright © 2008 by Crystal Kill

Poem #17. NaPoWriMo

april winds

arizona

knows how to blow some dust

the news today says that downtown

phoenix is the worst place to eat fast food

because it’s unhealthy

and congested in the midst of pollution

aren’t we rough enough

says the woman pushing her cart

down 7^th avenue

aren’t we tough enough

says another man chasing a kid down the street

his bike shouldn’t have been

parked outside that 7 eleven store

the winds, they blow again

our desert at the mercy of another visit

another young man dead

murdered in his home down the street

no one said life would be easy

it really isn’t about you, is it?

rather, it’s about the person next to you

and what words

might find the truth

that matters most

Copyright © 2008 by Crystal Kill