Slam Richmond Youth Poetry Team

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‘what is the use or function of poetry nowadays?’ is a question not the less poignant for being defiantly asked by so many stupid people or apologetically answered by so many silly people. the function of poetry is religious invocation of the muse; its use is the experience of mixed exaltation and horror that her presence excites.

– robert graves - forward to ‘the white goddess: a historical grammar of poetic myth’  (via thatonesuheirhammad) Via that one suheir hammad
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ayoankhseyelettes:

a year later.

rahman,


Via Ayo.Ankhs.and Eyelet[te]s

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thepeoplesrecord: Why isn’t closing 40 Philadelphia public schools national news? In what should be the biggest story of the week, the city of Philadelphia’s school system announced Tuesday that it expects to close 40 public schools next year and 64 by 2017. The school district expects to lose 40% of current enrollment to charter schools, the streets or wherever, and put thousands of experienced, well qualified teachers, often grounded in the communities where they teach, on the street. Ominously, the shredding of Philadelphia’s public schools isn’t even news outside Philly. This correspondent would never have known about it save for a friend’s Facebook posting early this week. Corporate media in other cities don’t mention massive school closings, whether in Chicago, Atlanta, NYC, or in this case Philadelphia, perhaps so people won’t have given the issue much deep thought before the same crisis is manufactured in their town. Even inside Philadelphia the voices of actual parents, communities, students and teachers are shut out of most newspaper and broadcast accounts. Full article Via My Blu Tinted Glasses Zoom

thepeoplesrecord:

Why isn’t closing 40 Philadelphia public schools national news?

In what should be the biggest story of the week, the city of Philadelphia’s school system announced Tuesday that it expects to close 40 public schools next year and 64 by 2017. The school district expects to lose 40% of current enrollment to charter schools, the streets or wherever, and put thousands of experienced, well qualified teachers, often grounded in the communities where they teach, on the street.

Ominously, the shredding of Philadelphia’s public schools isn’t even news outside Philly. This correspondent would never have known about it save for a friend’s Facebook posting early this week. Corporate media in other cities don’t mention massive school closings, whether in Chicago, Atlanta, NYC, or in this case Philadelphia, perhaps so people won’t have given the issue much deep thought before the same crisis is manufactured in their town. Even inside Philadelphia the voices of actual parents, communities, students and teachers are shut out of most newspaper and broadcast accounts.

Full article


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baconnocheese: Spread the word Missing: 11-year-old Jerry Walker (CALI)Two days after an 11-year-old boy slipped out of his West Oakland group home, police continue to search for him, Oakland police said Friday.Sgt. Chris Bolton, chief of staff to Police Chief Howard Jordan, said the boy remains missing and the public’s help is needed in finding Jerry Walker. He was last seen about 6:45 p.m., Wednesday by staff members at Greater New Beginnings Group Home at 1625 Filbert St. in West Oakland.Jerry is a student at Lacheim School in Richmond but had not shown up for school Thursday or Friday, Bolton said. Information about why he lives in a group home was not released.He is considered a “missing person at risk” because of his age, authorities said.Police described Jerry as a black child, about 4 feet 9 inches tall and weighing roughly 90 pounds. He has black hair, brown eyes and was last seen wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and blue jeans.Anyone with information about the boy’s whereabouts can call the Oakland Police Department Youth and Family Service Division at 510-238-3641.source Via ishkwaakiiwan

baconnocheese:

Spread the word

Missing: 11-year-old Jerry Walker (CALI)

Two days after an 11-year-old boy slipped out of his West Oakland group home, police continue to search for him, Oakland police said Friday.

Sgt. Chris Bolton, chief of staff to Police Chief Howard Jordan, said the boy remains missing and the public’s help is needed in finding Jerry Walker. He was last seen about 6:45 p.m., Wednesday by staff members at Greater New Beginnings Group Home at 1625 Filbert St. in West Oakland.

Jerry is a student at Lacheim School in Richmond but had not shown up for school Thursday or Friday, Bolton said. Information about why he lives in a group home was not released.

He is considered a “missing person at risk” because of his age, authorities said.

Police described Jerry as a black child, about 4 feet 9 inches tall and weighing roughly 90 pounds. He has black hair, brown eyes and was last seen wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and blue jeans.

Anyone with information about the boy’s whereabouts can call the Oakland Police Department Youth and Family Service Division at 510-238-3641.

source


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There is no such thing as an empty space or an empty time. There is always something to see, something to hear.

– John Cage (via vaganja) Via Sometimes the King is a Womyn
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TODAY!

pypm215:

Today is PYPM High School Slam League FINALS. The top 8 team go head to head this afternoon to be crowned the City’s dopest poetry team. CAPA, Central HS, Chelthenham HS, Constitution HS, Girls HS, Plymouth Whitemarsh HS, Science Leadership Academy, & Upper Darby HS.

4:30p - Franklin Institute - 20th and Benjamin Franklin Parkway - FREE

Via en flux
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I put it down on paper and then the ghost does not ache so much.

– Sandra Cisneros, The House On Mango Street (via cigrette)

(Source: boxofoctaves)

 Via Nola Darling
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Write every day, line by line, page by page, hour by hour. Do this despite fear. For above all else, beyond imagination and skill, what the world asks of you is courage, courage to risk rejection, ridicule and failure. As you follow the quest for stories told with meaning and beauty, study thoughtfully but write boldly. Then, like the hero of the fable, your dance will dazzle the world.

– Robert McKee (via sharvondaphotog) Via UrbannSavage
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pantiesforbreakfast:

when i read certain pieces or hear gifted orators speak, it amazes me what twenty six little letters can do. 

Via whisper words of wisdom.
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dippmeincocaine asked: What time does slam richmond start for people who are just coming to spectate?

8pm :)


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