It seems that every time I watch a game these days Someone is breaking a record We like to feel like we are part of history They make up stats we never considered It use to be most points in a game Now it’s most points by a father son duo Use to be most […]
My memory of Dubai is hazy I landed in a sandstorm half dayzed As though I’d been flying east For 24 hours trying to race the sun One battle yet won I lose and I lose We imagined this city Before I ever saw it Like it’s creators And again I’ve fell behind I’m […]
Writing inspired by stills… I know one day, I’ll look at these photos and think: I should have got my haircut. Like I wasn’t ready for all the beauty around me. All ignore all these smiles and moments of absurd joy. And wish it were more picture perfect. As perfect as it felt. There is […]
This happens all the time. I promise myself that I will post on a blog or a social media platform consistently, no matter what. And then. I get tired. I get depressed. I think no one is reading or watching. I go inside myself until I return and blame this cycle on the reason why […]
This picture was taken by the local newspaper at one of my high school workshops and is a part of their feature story on me for my performance in Helena, Montana this weekend. So many things on my mind. I felt for this journal, bullets point might be useful: Performing my work in Montana, literally […]
There is history, and then there is HISTORY. It seems to be the theme of this trip. This gang (above) is all connected by a shared history with the organization Youth Speaks. It’s why Dion and I started touring together. It’s what propelled Adriel and I to start touring as iLL-Literacy. It’s how I’ve met […]
I’m super proud of my homie Rudy Francisco for his appearance on Jimmy Fallon a couple days ago. To be honest, poets are occupying spaces that I never thought were possible. To be honest, it makes me wish I had more faith. Rudy has been at it consistently for over decade and it’s really good […]
Trying to post videos to my YouTube channel regularly. Thinking about getting on a schedule of once every other Wednesday. Should be pretty easy for now but a little concerned about the commitment once the backlog of shit I never posted gets depleted. Oh well. We’ll see how it goes. I’m sick right now and […]
My brother said he wasn’t watching the Superbowl this year. Might be the only thing I’ve ever heard him talk about protesting. I know if he was touched by the Kaepernick protests, the NFL’s response, and all the blow back that ensued, he probably wasn’t the only one. I wrote this poem the week after […]