Lyric Fire: #NaPoWriMo 2012 – Day 28 of 30 Poems in 30 Days – El Baño
NaPoWriMo 2012 – 30 Poems in 30 Days – Day 28 For some reason I woke up very early and of course some ideas were floating about. Thank goodness one popped…
Lyric Fire: Creative Collaborations! (What I’ve Been Up To!)
“You are what you eat,” is a popular saying that expresses the belief that the foods you consume will determine how your body looks and functions. But what about…
Lyric Fire: Poetry Re-Purposed – Cinema Series! – Sinful Symphony, A Poetic Take on the Train Scene From “Unfaithful”
Being that we’re coming up on Valentine’s Day, I’ve selected one of my favorite scenes from the film “Unfaithful”, to feature in the second edition of my Poetry Re-Purposed – Cinema Series….
Lyric Fire: Poetry Re-Purposed – Cinema Series! – Waiting to Exhale – Just For The Night
I swore I wouldn’t start any more new series until 2012, but I can’t help myself! Last year I created the Poetic Art Pairing Project where I asked artists to submit selected pieces…
My Blog Lyric Fire: Last Night A Blogger Saved My Life
I’ve been a writer all of my life, but a blogger for just under two years. The activity of writing is something akin to breathing to me and for a…
My Blog Lyric Fire: Night Scapes
Walking down empty streets Infusing color on grayness Spray can in my hand Bluetooth in my ear Speaking into silence I hit the voice recorder button Documenting Explaining Why I…
My Blog Lyric Fire: The Poetic Art Pairing Project-Piece #2-Justified & Vastly Jeweled
Installment two of The Poetic Art Pairing Project features the work of Itoro Udofia, a passionate artist who I met on the NetworkedBlogs space on Facebook. Itoro’s blog Thoughts of…
My Blog – Lyric Fire: Sans Perspective
Just like an empty room, when it comes to you I have no perspective No shapes, no lines, no texture or color on walls to give me a sense of…
My Blog: Lyric Fire: Looking Through Her Window
She stood and stared out the window. The room was empty save for a light green couch, an easel and some paint cans. One lone street light flickered on and…
My Blog: Lyric Fire: The Art of Networking in Harlem
I recently joined an amazing networking group in Harlem called Uptown Happenings Together which was started by the lovely Alba, who encourages Harlem residents to discover new things, places and…
My Blog – Lyric Fire: I’m Speaking To You
When art and real life collide one feels the dissolving of the great divide use one to feed the other choose not to let life smother the creative well in…
My Blog – Lyric Fire: Art Consumption
I saw this while food shopping recently and had to pick it up. Oddly enough, I was thinking about an idea for a poem as I browsed the aisles. I…
Lyric Fire: Pen Meets Canvas
The world of art for me includes writing, music, paintings, photography, food, travel, nature and much more. My main form of creative expression involves the pen and I’m always inspired…
Lyric Fire: Warrior Princess
Just steps away from greatness, but the journey is tedious, brain-breaking and hard Tunnels of light just beyond the door threaten to pierce its way through, but tired eyes only…