The Paradiddle of Being - Book Two: The Becoming
...VI.
We are all metric modulations
of our former selves—changing time signatures
mid-measure, learning to count
in odd meters when life refuses
to conform to 4/4 expectations
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Categories:
polyrhythms, extended metaphor, fate, identity,
Form: Lyric
The Paradiddle of Being - Book One: The Struck World
...I.
In the beginning was the Single Stroke Roll—
left-right, left-right, the primordial heartbeat
of existence itself, each alternation a binary choice
between being and non-being...
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Categories:
polyrhythms, childhood, identity, introspection, loss,
Form: Spoken Word
The Pied Piperess
...Orchestrated they succumb onto her board scene ~ As success thrills the ordained Queen of mean—poet
Once upon a time, there was a Queen with a magic flute in her throat
Beknownst to all...
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Categories:
polyrhythms, evil, parody,
Form: Prose
Dance
...DANCE
Daily he watched her
a vigil of desire masked
by the suit, by the business
demeanor of the corporate
nineties, a faint tambourine
tingling the spine, kindling
a rhythm at the edge of
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Categories:
polyrhythms, love, music,
Form: Free verse
A Missed Poem
...I meant to tell about my travelling aboard.
Of my visit to West Africa
For genealogy purpose, I wanted to see my great grandfather homeland.
He was from Guinea.
He loved dance and drumming.
I submit...
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Categories:
polyrhythms, africa, character, deep, family,
Form: Verse