Drum (It's about time)

BlackSoultan Ad Infinitum · 07-11-2003, 09:14 PM

it's about time...
I was born with an African drum on the inside of my chest beating the inner lining of my rib cage,

coloring my spirit with such passion

I am forced to exhale a sigh

so uninhibited , released from a truth found so deep within

my spine shivers as if brushed with death

I kid you not

and I am humbled by it's presence

See I know the alphabet is the blood that fills these veins

cut me and I bleed scripture

a misunderstood martyr

slanging today's proverbs as tomorrows cliches

so try not and hide behind your eyelids

because your ears will still seek clarity

And these poems

continue to be written with a phantom hand

I am nothing but a marionette dancing the puppeteers dance

an untrained ballerina

I tippy my toes see ²²²²²s live this life time balancing act

walking the balance beam between black and human

from black-black-blue black to high yellow

so don't tell me you know the color of my pain

when you don't even know my real first name

shihan

Def Poet...

illpoetical · 07-12-2003, 02:02 AM

BlackSoultan Ad Infinitum, what's up I've been reading your posts and you seem to be very well versed in poetry and what not. I was wondering if you were self publishing your book or if you were working with an agent or whatever? I'm assuming you live in Cali somewhere if you are cool with Shihan. I'm a fan of the few performances I've seen of him (Def Poetry). I was intereseted in talking to you about some things because I'm working on a manuscript and wanted to see where you are in terms of putting out your book. I'm not a spoken word poet like alot of the poets that we see on tv. Well I don't want to have you reading this for hours I was just interested in talking about some things over email or whatever, if you don't want to that is fine. But thanks for reading this, if you do.

1ne

BlackSoultan Ad Infinitum · 07-12-2003, 08:47 AM

First, I don't know shihan like that. Our paths cross and we touch the same mics some nights. As far as a book? Most of the cats I know put them out themselves because there really isn't that huge a market for it.

*GeMiNeYeZ* · 07-12-2003, 03:10 PM

i like that poem alot...

07-11-2003, 09:14 PM	#1 (permalink)
BlackSoultan Ad Infinitum aka Billy Shoreview Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: San Fran to the Bahamas back to Cali in L.A. Posts: 17,460	Drum (It's about time) - Shihan; Def Poet. it's about time... I was born with an African drum on the inside of my chest beating the inner lining of my rib cage, coloring my spirit with such passion I am forced to exhale a sigh so uninhibited , released from a truth found so deep within my spine shivers as if brushed with death I kid you not and I am humbled by it's presence See I know the alphabet is the blood that fills these veins cut me and I bleed scripture a misunderstood martyr slanging today's proverbs as tomorrows cliches so try not and hide behind your eyelids because your ears will still seek clarity And these poems continue to be written with a phantom hand I am nothing but a marionette dancing the puppeteers dance an untrained ballerina I tippy my toes see ²²²²²s live this life time balancing act walking the balance beam between black and human from black-black-blue black to high yellow so don't tell me you know the color of my pain when you don't even know my real first name shihan Def Poet... __________________ http://www.soundclick.com/blacksoultan Last edited by BlackSoultan Ad Infinitum; 07-12-2003 at 12:58 AM.

07-12-2003, 02:02 AM	#2 (permalink)
illpoetical raising the bar everyday Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Long Island Posts: 1,533	BlackSoultan Ad Infinitum, what's up I've been reading your posts and you seem to be very well versed in poetry and what not. I was wondering if you were self publishing your book or if you were working with an agent or whatever? I'm assuming you live in Cali somewhere if you are cool with Shihan. I'm a fan of the few performances I've seen of him (Def Poetry). I was intereseted in talking to you about some things because I'm working on a manuscript and wanted to see where you are in terms of putting out your book. I'm not a spoken word poet like alot of the poets that we see on tv. Well I don't want to have you reading this for hours I was just interested in talking about some things over email or whatever, if you don't want to that is fine. But thanks for reading this, if you do. 1ne __________________ How vain it is to sit down and write when you have not stood up to live. The skill of writing is to create a context in which other people can think.

07-12-2003, 08:47 AM	#3 (permalink)
BlackSoultan Ad Infinitum aka Billy Shoreview Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: San Fran to the Bahamas back to Cali in L.A. Posts: 17,460	First, I don't know shihan like that. Our paths cross and we touch the same mics some nights. As far as a book? Most of the cats I know put them out themselves because there really isn't that huge a market for it. __________________ http://www.soundclick.com/blacksoultan

07-12-2003, 03:10 PM	#4 (permalink)
GeMiNeYeZ ~§¤Sweet Shinobi¤§~ Join Date: May 2001 Location: District Heights, MD Posts: 11,131	i like that poem alot... __________________ G e M i N e Y e Z ´·´.`.·ìÌìÌìíÍíÍí·.´.`·`Da Revolution´·´.`.·ìÌìÌìíÍíÍí·.´.`·` h \| g "If their purpose is of human origin, it will fail. But if it comes from God ...You cannot defeat them." ´.`.·ìÌìÌìíÍíÍí·.´.`Neon Genesis Evangelion´.`.·ìÌìÌìíÍíÍí·.´.`

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