Def Jam Poetry - Common

It's All About the Details

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Humor

The recipe for one of those dog days when the Muse is antisocial and does not want to play.

Common and Maya Angelou at Happier Times

Illumination

i converse and rehearse thoughts with the universe
through my poetry
i slept with pen and paper on nightstands
poetic ramblings because the third eye
never sleeps nor slumbers
the spiritual heart never numbs.
Free souls speak with caged and free birds
as we break bread around hidden yearnings.
my pen is the ready writer
let there be light and it is so.
Illumination always crushes the dark.
                         
                                                kim g

The Power of Poetry

The artist known as I am Tasha Jones owns the stage like noone else

The Power of Poetry

"Actually, when I was in school, I guess I was about eleven or twelve, Mrs. Burke, my English teacher, challenged the kids to write poems. The best poems would be put on the board. My poem, A Song, was about what a song does to the human psyche. My poem stayed on the board for three to four weeks."

                                                                            Lamont Dozier
                                                                  legendary Motown songwriter