Last summer when the First Ever Back to School Party made its way to East Hollywood in Los Angeles, it was following in the steps of an earlier precedent set in the neighborhood by the First Ever Open Mic at Cahuenga during Spring 2018. Each event was designed from scratch, essentially made up of ‘thin […]
Category: Poetry
Schoool (For the students of Los Angeles)
A little remix of 21 Savage’s billboard-topping ‘a lot’ by yours truly for the students of Los Angeles: “How much homework you got? (straight up) How much homework you got? (straight up) How much homework you got? (straight up) How much homework you got? How many homeworks you got (a lot) How many quizzes you got? (a lot) How many […]
Two Sides of Wonder (An 8th Grade Student’s Poem on Being)
U sit and wonder in class,U sit in wonder at home,I wonder why,Why do I wonder,Why do u wonder? But isn’t it all wonderful When we wonder About being wonderful, Or when we wonder about What makes us wonder. I wonder why, actually I wonder why we wonder,And what we wonder. I wonder about my […]
For My Favorite Ultimate Frisbee Team Ever
The spirit Levitates Leveling the wavelengths Unidentified destiny Drifting towards The clasp of titans. Time beckons But lies distant In a field fettered by the Hurling of a thousand dreams Destiny possessed, Gravity is an afterthought Dreams paint the edge Illuminating the palms Grasping them. The bodies lift, Watch Them RISE. J.T.