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Poem – “self portrait (in bloom)”
when i was in the 8th grade, i wore baggy pants and my bookbag on my chest because i was not bold enough to throw the monkey off my back. inside of the backpack was a lack of confidence weighing me down. i had not found my voice. this is the portrait of a black […]
Video: Young poets in Charleston, SC
My poetic energy is moving toward youth poetry. Hopefully, my experience in the art form can help the students improve their writing. Charleston is home to a lot of talented, forward-thinking young poets. I’ve been blessed to be a part of Matthew Foley’s Holy City Youth Slam, an organization that is bringing together youths in […]
New videography work: Komen Race for the Cure, 2014
November 14, 2014
The video I did for last year’s Komen Race is one of my favorite videography pieces. So, I put a lot of pressure on myself to make this one just as impressive. This year was special because Jordan was the Chair of the whole Race, so I was able to hear more about the behind-the-scenes […]
MANCATION 2014: Cleveland
October 9, 2014
Sights and sounds from the annual MANCATION trip to Cleveland. BAM
Poem: “CODE.”
If I write lines of poems like I write lines of code, no comma would be out of place and every quotation mark left open would throw the whole piece off center. Maybe coding is, in fact, poetry. Maybe life is, in fact, poetry and we are the result of a Universal code where X’s […]
Poem: Brother Denmark
(about Denmark Vesey) the history books tell us that you won your freedom when you won the lottery, but freedom isn’t something you win – freedom is a birthright. freedom is as seamless as your name, even when it was changed by a captain who claimed to control the sea. But God is the only […]
Poster design for Sola Yoga’s “Yoga in the Park”
March 16, 2014
Was asked to do a poster for Sola Yoga’s “Yoga in the Park” event on March 16. See it below!
The Pecha Kucha poem
the new foundation I. every moment that you are alive is the only moment that matters. the past is a glass house and we throw stones trying to shatter walls that need to come down. we are all architects of negativity – brick by brick of bold thoughts holding together bodies bound by blood […]
