@Kayohes onna “Journey” to Tractor: May26th he’s coming ILL Drink To That

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He is coming… bringing his music with him. Kayohes, May 26th as part of I’LL Drink To That – FREE

It won’t only be K-O…. Oh no, HakimBe and Diles will bless the stage as well – Omen 2012, will be with us; and there to bust your guts with some things that make you chuckle, Cyrus Moses. Painting live and on point, paint brush, and canvas: Bear Face, Cloud Face, Sparrow aka Alexis Bergen.

It’s a birthday party y’all: Esme Rodriguez Vaandrager, your Poet Laureate Hakim Bellamy, and yours truly, will be blowing out candles. Come dance wit us… laugh with us, and “Drink to that…” with us!

May 26th 4pm Tractor Brewery: I’LL Drink To That – Bday Bash Edition FREEEEEEE! 

Many Thanks…

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Many thanks are due as I hustle towards, June. I appreciate each and every person that is allowing this run to continue. Poetry and art are saving lives in our communities. If you support the arts, I support you – real recognizes real, and we will all sustain beautifully. June will bring the Voces Writing Institute to the hands of Urban Verbs. We have some amazing things planned for our group of youth. There are applicants waiting to get word – and we are preparing ourselves: Hakim Bellamy, Diles aka Colin Hazelbaker, and I. WE cannot wait, for many days worth of creativity. It is what we do – and we owe it to all of you!

Unexpected…

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We never expect it,
the unexpected… that is -
this is simply
the way it finds us
when things,
sometimes align with
or against,
our wishes.
There are not always stars
or wells
petals
or pennies
on which to cast appreciation
or place the blame
not always answers
so why question?

Any questions?
good -
now simply enjoy what
you didn’t expect
to inherit
to happen upon
or experience

because life,
is built of experiences
and most are always looking to win
big when betting against the house -
so fuck folding.

Origami me something
special so I can fly straight
into what I figured I wouldn’t get into,
we’re just getting started here
who knows what might happen
next.