Aug 1That Martin and Gina LoveI want that real love that Martin and Gina love That dammit baybee now i’m mad That exchange of attitude frequent like kisses That Imma man imma be aighttt That you laughing at my pride because you calm the wildfire within me That real love that Martin and Gina love …Poetry2 min readPoetry2 min read
Jul 14, 2022my Gram’Mamy Gram’Ma be a fountain of love/ part fortress/ part family tree/ my Gram’Ma be a South Carolina Sycamore/ my Gram’Ma be a mansion/ a row home that feels like a mansion/ my Gram’Ma be a trillionaire of love/ maternal demigoddess/ Mother Teresa / mama Morrison/ peppermint in purse/ mercy and grace in flesh/…Love2 min readLove2 min read
Mar 15, 2022The Meaning Behind “Ode to Flaming Hot Cheetos”They rise in famine deserts. They rise because they are deserts. -Wallace Lane If you can remember at any point the euphoric feeling surrounding having the following snacks in a black plastic bag, before or after school, then chances are, you have, at some point, experienced the bliss of…Food Desert7 min readFood Desert7 min read
Jan 28, 2022KOBE YEARThe year a young Kobe crossed an older Pippen / tossed an alley-oop to Shaq to seal the start of 3-peat dynasty/ was the same year my 6th grade math teacher broke sad news like a TMZ headline/ that only .3% of boys with NBA dreams actually make the cut/ …Kobe Bryant3 min readKobe Bryant3 min read
Nov 9, 2021A Sit Down Interview with Photographer Levern NicholsAll I needed was a headshot. Just one. A shoulder-up pic of some sort to include in the author bio section of my upcoming book. Something maybe, and I stress this maybe wholeheartedly, that would make me consider creating a Linkedin. I think I may be the only person who…Baltimore6 min readBaltimore6 min read
Jun 18, 2021How I Was Born a GodHow I Was Born a God (Spoken Word Rendition) / If you take a brotha as smooth as Dwayne Wayne from A Different World but with GED drip /& he falls in love with a woman as graceful as how Jada Pinkett Smith was in Woo / & together in…Poetry4 min readPoetry4 min read
Jun 10, 2021An Ode to 50A Baltimore Staple Fareal — (Part 1 of Teaching Black Males the Importance of Discovering Identity) Here, and by here, I mean in Baldamore, the only Baltimore I’ve ever known, tradition is everything. And here, if I am to illustrate a glare of real Baldamore nostalgia and tradition (part of which is why this is…Baltimore12 min readBaltimore12 min read
