<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011082041876692506</id><updated>2024-10-09T00:53:59.839-07:00</updated><category term="poem"/><category term="30in30"/><category term="relationship"/><category term="ancestors"/><category term="black love"/><category term="roots"/><category term="soul"/><category term="black"/><category term="African"/><category term="She"/><category term="family"/><category term="ex"/><category term="Oya"/><category term="revelations"/><category term="Africa"/><category term="Africans"/><category term="change"/><category term="dream"/><category 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By"/><category term="Houston"/><category term="September"/><category term="St. Elsewhere"/><category term="Virgos"/><category term="blood"/><category term="embrace"/><category term="even"/><category term="father&#39;s love"/><category term="foods"/><category term="genocide"/><category term="haiku"/><category term="infidelity"/><category term="keywords"/><category term="protect the &quot;babies&quot;"/><category term="rap"/><category term="scenery"/><category term="spiritual cultivation"/><category term="sporadic"/><category term="&quot;bangin&#39;&quot;"/><category term="&quot;diseased&quot;"/><category term="Aba"/><category term="Adult Swim"/><category term="Caravan"/><category term="Downtown Houston"/><category term="Esu"/><category term="Galveston"/><category term="Ghana"/><category term="Iyaami"/><category term="Malcolm X"/><category term="Ochossi"/><category term="Ogun"/><category term="Sango"/><category term="Weeping Willow Tree"/><category term="Yemoja"/><category 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href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4011082041876692506/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25&amp;redirect=false'/><author><name>Copper Soul</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05869003867515942385</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-dVlg5_9HP9k_KYZ0MO4WaM0iLdk1h5ecRdxLEtZq-FLAETtujQCZYMP-dzowdrfCOyGu-OQ97jDyM90qQb0O-c7vg4Q6SGg31aqz8Xd_zlj5lJ8ZIqtmVeBn9cdCbMo/s220/IMG_20130828_213838.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>73</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011082041876692506.post-8805551410585211794</id><published>2013-06-04T04:09:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2013-06-04T04:09:22.654-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Feels good to see someone from your past feel better. Even if it isn&#39;t with you. And...&lt;br /&gt;
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I&#39;m comfortable with that.&lt;br /&gt;
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I&#39;m actually smiling.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coppersoul.blogspot.com/feeds/8805551410585211794/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/4011082041876692506/8805551410585211794?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4011082041876692506/posts/default/8805551410585211794'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4011082041876692506/posts/default/8805551410585211794'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coppersoul.blogspot.com/2013/06/feels-good-to-see-someone-from-your.html' title=''/><author><name>Copper Soul</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05869003867515942385</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-dVlg5_9HP9k_KYZ0MO4WaM0iLdk1h5ecRdxLEtZq-FLAETtujQCZYMP-dzowdrfCOyGu-OQ97jDyM90qQb0O-c7vg4Q6SGg31aqz8Xd_zlj5lJ8ZIqtmVeBn9cdCbMo/s220/IMG_20130828_213838.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011082041876692506.post-6183087676078741775</id><published>2010-10-31T05:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-31T05:48:29.781-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="acquired"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="after-school programs"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="ancestors"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="ase"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="black love"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="break-ups"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Capoeira"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="ex"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="heart"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Orisa"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="relationship"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="revelations"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="September"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="She"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="smiles"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Virgos"/><title type='text'>I Keep Holding On...</title><content type='html'>When you think you shut down something in order to avoid a terrible mistake, you end up making more mistakes to add to the one that you thought you&#39;ve avoided.  That was destroying something that was already strained in the most fantastic of ways.  So i can do what, exactly...avoid being dishonest?  I made myself look stupid in my decisions in love, and now I have nothing here in this heart.  Working has replaced my emotions.  I can&#39;t muster enough to recapture what was, nor even spark what little I have left.  That explains why my ass is up on All Hallows&#39; Eve typing this shit to you all.   But the title has its purpose. I must regain ground.  My &lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_0&quot; class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot;&gt;capoeira&lt;/span&gt; has been stronger and trickier than the old mess I&#39;ve practiced.  I have gained three jobs, one being an entrepreneurship.  I have eaten and felt healthier.  To conclude these revelations for now, I&#39;ve finally learned how to say &quot;no&quot;, without actually saying it!  Thank &lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_1&quot; class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot;&gt;egun&lt;/span&gt;!  i attribute all of my experiences of this up and down &quot;5&quot; year to my ancestors and &lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_2&quot; class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot;&gt;orisa&lt;/span&gt;, and how they&#39;ve guided me through my tumult ans triumphs.  Albeit there&#39;s a lingering love that I still carry for this person, I still recognize that movement happens when you initiate the move.  I don&#39;t regret the situation. In fact, as much as it hurts to see her smile without me, it actually makes me happy to see her do so, knowing all of the things she&#39;s &lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_3&quot; class=&quot;blsp-spelling-corrected&quot;&gt;experienced&lt;/span&gt; in the past three years.  I will continue to ask for more blessing for her family and their livelihood.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As for me...well, I plan on taking this new business further.  By January, I hope to make it officially a running non-profit for this community.  I made a silly assumption about how I felt and did not listen to the inner God about this person that made a presence after my ex.  Thank goodness it was short lived and not a situation of presumable love.  I needed true time after my ex, and I didn&#39;t give it enough, due to my weakness in &lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_4&quot; class=&quot;blsp-spelling-corrected&quot;&gt;accepting the&lt;/span&gt; relationship&#39;s downfall.  therefore, my &lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_5&quot; class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot;&gt;egun&lt;/span&gt; let me know quickly what I needed to do to return back to my higher self.  &lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_6&quot; class=&quot;blsp-spelling-corrected&quot;&gt;Truth&lt;/span&gt; be told, I do miss my ex, but I don&#39;t miss the struggling.  I wish I didn&#39;t have to split with her, but I think we both did so in order to be better people.  Maybe there will be a recon or our souls or togetherness.  Until then, we are reminded to treasure the good times that or emotions bring us.  Funny how love works.  I am reminded by &lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_7&quot; class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot;&gt;Caretta&lt;/span&gt; Bell&#39;s song verse: &quot;Love Lets You Be Free.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You are sure right, Ms. Bell.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_8&quot; class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot;&gt;Ifeanyi&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_9&quot; class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot;&gt;Okoro&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10/31/2010</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coppersoul.blogspot.com/feeds/6183087676078741775/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/4011082041876692506/6183087676078741775?isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4011082041876692506/posts/default/6183087676078741775'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4011082041876692506/posts/default/6183087676078741775'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coppersoul.blogspot.com/2010/10/i-keep-holding-on.html' title='I Keep Holding On...'/><author><name>Copper Soul</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05869003867515942385</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-dVlg5_9HP9k_KYZ0MO4WaM0iLdk1h5ecRdxLEtZq-FLAETtujQCZYMP-dzowdrfCOyGu-OQ97jDyM90qQb0O-c7vg4Q6SGg31aqz8Xd_zlj5lJ8ZIqtmVeBn9cdCbMo/s220/IMG_20130828_213838.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011082041876692506.post-5443976552608343822</id><published>2010-10-31T04:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-31T04:54:59.360-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Africa"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="ancestors"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="art"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="beliefs"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="black love"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="change"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dissed"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="divination"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="ex"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="family"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Getting By"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="impatience"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Mother"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="poem"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="relationship"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="revelations"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="She"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="spiritual cultivation"/><title type='text'>&quot;Poem For A Poet-less Feeling&quot;</title><content type='html'>I am struggling to find a beautiful world outside my window...again. Everything has unraveled due to my impatience and immaturity. The child inside hides in obscurity. I need security for my fragile mind. Cracking under pressure like a capsule and time be the hammer constantly racking my brain on note. Key the theme music stuck in my throat. I choke, but it isn&#39;t a Heimlich, I&#39;m spineless with jellyfish moves towards my future, I sting my upbringing, financial improvements groove not to the beat. The needle is heated, and a fire&#39;s under my feet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;     I need space for sanity but the universe is vast, so there goes my die cast into my problematic past. Closet cleaning proceeds to bring more up than swept rugs that uncover trouble that bugs me. Dust mites and ugly feelings. I keep falling into love that falls into potholes that form from the innermost sanctum of my soul. Been down this street before. Dare I ignore these warning signs like a crime in progress. Just asking moms from her higher seat to bring me all blessings and praises due. I&#39;d a candle, too, but strike a match from all the funk that I&#39;ve been going through? Shit is blowing me like a prostitute. Even my poetry has a magnitude of marginalizing my attitude. Family is separated like a chattel situation. Due to my occupations, I&#39;ve been schoolin&#39; cats but not geeting the lessons back from Heaven&#39;s Nation. Vacation coming. Somehow this seems a bat to similar to home. Being without one and garnishing the shit I own.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;     Friends are enemies and commdoities of calamity. Pit me against one another like varsity vanity. Showing off the anger and leaving me to deal. I cut the cards and get the whip appeal, you know, the lashes on the back with vegan diets or beef continued? What&#39;s next? My spiritual choice on the menu? I need a fix. Need a jump start, kick start, starter pistol. Shoot after two yells into the midst of madness. Run after happiness. Finish strong like James Brown. Stretch the smile like circus clowns. Getting down. Getting up is required first. Stop being candy assed and let my star burst.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What&#39;s worse?  Even after this verse, I gotta still generate the scrilla before the first.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ifeanyi Okoro II&lt;br /&gt;Copyright 10/31/2010</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coppersoul.blogspot.com/feeds/5443976552608343822/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/4011082041876692506/5443976552608343822?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4011082041876692506/posts/default/5443976552608343822'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4011082041876692506/posts/default/5443976552608343822'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coppersoul.blogspot.com/2010/10/i-am-struggling-to-find-beautiful-world.html' title='&quot;Poem For A Poet-less Feeling&quot;'/><author><name>Copper Soul</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05869003867515942385</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-dVlg5_9HP9k_KYZ0MO4WaM0iLdk1h5ecRdxLEtZq-FLAETtujQCZYMP-dzowdrfCOyGu-OQ97jDyM90qQb0O-c7vg4Q6SGg31aqz8Xd_zlj5lJ8ZIqtmVeBn9cdCbMo/s220/IMG_20130828_213838.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011082041876692506.post-2851466508011540695</id><published>2010-05-22T21:43:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-22T21:43:51.805-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Ԁ͟Ȃun hanging out. Adios muchacho - NJJ Evanston, IL</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coppersoul.blogspot.com/feeds/2851466508011540695/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/4011082041876692506/2851466508011540695?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4011082041876692506/posts/default/2851466508011540695'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4011082041876692506/posts/default/2851466508011540695'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coppersoul.blogspot.com/2010/05/aun-hanging-out.html' title=''/><author><name>Copper Soul</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05869003867515942385</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-dVlg5_9HP9k_KYZ0MO4WaM0iLdk1h5ecRdxLEtZq-FLAETtujQCZYMP-dzowdrfCOyGu-OQ97jDyM90qQb0O-c7vg4Q6SGg31aqz8Xd_zlj5lJ8ZIqtmVeBn9cdCbMo/s220/IMG_20130828_213838.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011082041876692506.post-1880660698993418723</id><published>2010-05-22T21:43:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-22T21:43:51.207-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Ԁ͟ȁ‎​Dear &amp;quot;boyfriend&amp;quot; I don&amp;#39;t wanna talk 2 u so stop calling me. Hav f</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coppersoul.blogspot.com/feeds/1880660698993418723/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/4011082041876692506/1880660698993418723?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4011082041876692506/posts/default/1880660698993418723'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4011082041876692506/posts/default/1880660698993418723'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coppersoul.blogspot.com/2010/05/adear-i-don-wanna-talk-2-u-so-stop.html' title=''/><author><name>Copper Soul</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05869003867515942385</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-dVlg5_9HP9k_KYZ0MO4WaM0iLdk1h5ecRdxLEtZq-FLAETtujQCZYMP-dzowdrfCOyGu-OQ97jDyM90qQb0O-c7vg4Q6SGg31aqz8Xd_zlj5lJ8ZIqtmVeBn9cdCbMo/s220/IMG_20130828_213838.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011082041876692506.post-3289016184690333258</id><published>2010-04-17T22:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-18T07:23:17.111-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="African"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="art"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="break-ups"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="ex"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="family"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="heart"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="immoral"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="infidelity"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="odd"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="poem"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="roots"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="school"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="sex"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Virgos"/><title type='text'>&quot;Confessions of an Aquarian&quot; - Part I</title><content type='html'>I couldn&#39;t pronounce &quot;&lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_0&quot; class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot;&gt;Fuddruckers&lt;/span&gt;&quot; without switching the f and the first r around .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I had innumerable nicknames that I&#39;ve given myself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I lied to protect someone telling the truth, facing a devastating penalty.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Guess what happened next?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I loved Prairie View A&amp;amp;M University, before I found out it was part of the Texas A&amp;amp;M University System...in which, became my favorite college.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I attended the University of Houston.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I used to eat paper.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I sniffed Elmer&#39;s school glue just to see what the result was.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&#39;m fine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oral sex is bothersome at times.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It doesn&#39;t mean I don&#39;t like it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My dreams involve every type of human being and their lifestyles...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and whatever I dream is just a version&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I flirt with danger, trouble, and bankruptcy, but...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;women are purely innocent and not on purpose.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Suicide was a choice after my mother passed...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and when I break up with women...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and when I breathe.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tears For Fears and &lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_1&quot; class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot;&gt;Depeche&lt;/span&gt; Mode are some of my favorite bands.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My longest love for someone was also my crush.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Turns out the one thing we had in common was barely seeing each other.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We never dated.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am a night owl, more than an early bird...but I&#39;m still both.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I love kissing more than sex.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sometimes it&#39;s a tie...a tongue tie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I prayed for older women to take notice of me when I was in my teens.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since then, I have only dated two younger than me, and the rest were at least three or more years older.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&#39;m a Toys &#39;R&#39; Us kid that worked at his favorite dream job...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;was accused of video game theft.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have had a gun pointed at me since 1998 at least 3 times. Some would say, unless I&#39;m in a gang, or a police officer, maybe even in the service...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That&#39;s too much.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&#39;ve never been shot at. I have been threatened....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;by my father...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I still wonder if it really was a &lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_2&quot; class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot;&gt;glock&lt;/span&gt; or a BB gun.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My mother and father didn&#39;t tell me much about sex.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I saw it everywhere. Late night...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On accident&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When you&#39;re bored and you walk in to your parent&#39;s/aunt&#39;s room unannounced...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In Disney films...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In all seriousness, I thought girls had penises when I was young.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I purposely tried to talk deep, ruining my singing voice, so I could talk like the &quot;cool boys&quot; in church. Turns out, puberty punished me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have done sexual acts that only trail rape as a unpopular decision to go through.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have written final notes and poems to people that have totally bamboozled me, emotionally, in relationships...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One person gave it back with the flowers I sent...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the things of mine she shoved out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Virgos are HIGHLY magnetized to me. If you&#39;re a Virgo, well...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It may have something to do with my Astrology chart having Virgo in it, heavily.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Every class that I&#39;ve entered at least had 8 Virgo children enrolled.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have a love/hate relationship with Virgos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My cousin (rest in peace), my uncle, the school-children, poets, &lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_3&quot; class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot;&gt;Posdnous&lt;/span&gt;...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Even after a woman has exclaimed sex with me was excellent or great...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I don&#39;t believe them much. I&#39;m not confident unless they are tapped out. Pun may or may not be intended.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&#39;ve used and loved Totally Tulip.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I like more female high-spirited songs than so called R&amp;amp;B songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My dad was a great DJ.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was the last to know about my father&#39;s affairs with other women until I came back home from college.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I don&#39;t give a fuck about the English language.&lt;br /&gt;That&#39;s why I hope to learn &lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_4&quot; class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot;&gt;Igbo&lt;/span&gt; and other African languages.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I don&#39;t trust elder bald men.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Was crazy enough to bury my ex-&#39;s underwear in the ground near my old apartment because I wanted her to stay.&lt;br /&gt;Some months after the eviction, I received calls from her to hang out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cruelty, as I got into a bitter argument &lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_5&quot; class=&quot;blsp-spelling-corrected&quot;&gt;with&lt;/span&gt; an ex, and even got to the point where when things got out of hand, asked for the toys I bought for the children back.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am downright eccentric.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&#39;m a &quot;breast&quot; man.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I quit my higher paying job to work back in the &#39;hood.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I adore black women...sometimes I compliment them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I ate three large boxes of pizza from Pizza Hut.&lt;br /&gt;Even took the tip off of he table and gave it back to my parents, thinking they left it on accident.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&#39;d &lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_6&quot; class=&quot;blsp-spelling-corrected&quot;&gt;originally&lt;/span&gt; wanted this to be a poem.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ifeanyi Okoro II</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coppersoul.blogspot.com/feeds/3289016184690333258/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/4011082041876692506/3289016184690333258?isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4011082041876692506/posts/default/3289016184690333258'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4011082041876692506/posts/default/3289016184690333258'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coppersoul.blogspot.com/2010/04/confessions-of-aquarian-part-i.html' title='&quot;Confessions of an Aquarian&quot; - Part I'/><author><name>Copper Soul</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05869003867515942385</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-dVlg5_9HP9k_KYZ0MO4WaM0iLdk1h5ecRdxLEtZq-FLAETtujQCZYMP-dzowdrfCOyGu-OQ97jDyM90qQb0O-c7vg4Q6SGg31aqz8Xd_zlj5lJ8ZIqtmVeBn9cdCbMo/s220/IMG_20130828_213838.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011082041876692506.post-5853565799612669049</id><published>2010-02-26T07:00:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-03-01T11:22:23.052-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="&quot;foundation&quot;"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="beliefs"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="black love"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Brasil"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Candomble"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Capoeira"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="roots"/><title type='text'>Capoeira Angola Diary</title><content type='html'>Practica meu manginga...&lt;br /&gt;Foi na beira do mar&lt;br /&gt;Que aprendi a jogar na beira do mar...&lt;br /&gt;Avisa meu mano...&lt;p&gt;Ifeanyi N. Okoro II</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coppersoul.blogspot.com/feeds/5853565799612669049/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/4011082041876692506/5853565799612669049?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4011082041876692506/posts/default/5853565799612669049'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4011082041876692506/posts/default/5853565799612669049'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coppersoul.blogspot.com/2010/02/practica-meu-manginga.html' title='Capoeira Angola Diary'/><author><name>Copper Soul</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05869003867515942385</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-dVlg5_9HP9k_KYZ0MO4WaM0iLdk1h5ecRdxLEtZq-FLAETtujQCZYMP-dzowdrfCOyGu-OQ97jDyM90qQb0O-c7vg4Q6SGg31aqz8Xd_zlj5lJ8ZIqtmVeBn9cdCbMo/s220/IMG_20130828_213838.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011082041876692506.post-4951818835666146414</id><published>2010-02-03T06:57:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-03T06:57:48.807-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Theft</title><content type='html'>Love is on the discount shelves&lt;br&gt;Just around the park corner&lt;br&gt;I saw it&lt;br&gt;Wanted it&lt;br&gt;She tries to snag it first&lt;br&gt;I don&amp;#39;t mind sharing&lt;br&gt;She snags it&lt;br&gt;Tosses her purse&lt;br&gt;And I ask&lt;br&gt;&amp;quot;Is this how much it is worth to you?&amp;quot;&lt;br&gt;She dashes, &lt;br&gt;Parting the whistling whips of &lt;br&gt;Pushing breaths the Earth releases&lt;br&gt;She stole my answer.&lt;br&gt;Now all I gotta do is&lt;br&gt;Capture her heart&lt;br&gt;No bounty on her head, she&lt;br&gt;So calm and smooth&lt;br&gt;Has done this before...stole hearts&lt;br&gt;Be careful, she has stolen many with her looks&lt;br&gt;Could kill if necessary&lt;br&gt;Could maim you temporarily&lt;br&gt;I spot her...now the days and years she was denied&lt;br&gt;She is now going back to the scene or the serene&lt;br&gt;Taking her time&lt;br&gt;That people never wanted her to possess&lt;br&gt;Now she has time on her side&lt;br&gt;Stolen heart&lt;br&gt;And &lt;br&gt;Is on the move&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;Ifeanyi Okoro II &amp;#169; 2010&lt;p&gt;This message has been sent using the picture and Video service from Verizon Wireless!&lt;p&gt;To learn how you can snap pictures and capture videos with your wireless phone visit &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.verizonwireless.com/picture&quot;&gt;www.verizonwireless.com/picture&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;p&gt;Note: To play video messages sent to email, Quicktime@ 6.5 or higher is required.</content><link rel='replies' 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src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-dVlg5_9HP9k_KYZ0MO4WaM0iLdk1h5ecRdxLEtZq-FLAETtujQCZYMP-dzowdrfCOyGu-OQ97jDyM90qQb0O-c7vg4Q6SGg31aqz8Xd_zlj5lJ8ZIqtmVeBn9cdCbMo/s220/IMG_20130828_213838.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011082041876692506.post-6652851816004994584</id><published>2010-02-03T06:51:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-03T06:51:03.873-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Twist Tryst</title><content type='html'>As things are cast upon these grounds&lt;br&gt;What turns up brings many options&lt;br&gt;What changing winds blow happiness in&lt;br&gt;Where stagnant blockades fall in defeat&lt;br&gt;With these shells I thee wed&lt;br&gt;This destiny I bestow upon my crown&lt;br&gt;To change and forever be changing&lt;br&gt;In wackness and in illness&lt;br&gt;For abundance or broke as hell&lt;br&gt;&amp;#39;Til the breakbeat do we split&lt;br&gt;I now introduce ourselves as &lt;br&gt;Spirit and life&lt;br&gt;May I now kiss the sky?</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coppersoul.blogspot.com/feeds/6652851816004994584/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/4011082041876692506/6652851816004994584?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4011082041876692506/posts/default/6652851816004994584'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4011082041876692506/posts/default/6652851816004994584'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coppersoul.blogspot.com/2010/02/twist-tryst.html' title='Twist Tryst'/><author><name>Copper Soul</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05869003867515942385</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-dVlg5_9HP9k_KYZ0MO4WaM0iLdk1h5ecRdxLEtZq-FLAETtujQCZYMP-dzowdrfCOyGu-OQ97jDyM90qQb0O-c7vg4Q6SGg31aqz8Xd_zlj5lJ8ZIqtmVeBn9cdCbMo/s220/IMG_20130828_213838.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011082041876692506.post-1400078179256555719</id><published>2010-02-03T06:40:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-03T06:40:55.182-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Crowns</title><content type='html'>Love now be a freeaiflowing legit answer&lt;br&gt;To a priceless question&lt;br&gt;Many have paid for just to get this far&lt;br&gt;She has a coin purse&lt;br&gt;Tosses pennies&lt;br&gt;Gets wishes on each&lt;br&gt;Metals aren&amp;#39;t worth her weight&lt;br&gt;Pressed or laid straight&lt;br&gt;But be dirty brown like Nigerian soil&lt;br&gt;Her skin is that color, but her moniker be oil&lt;br&gt;I got too many things to worry about&lt;br&gt;And one is one worry too many&lt;br&gt;She reduces the stress&lt;br&gt;Putting strain on the disdain I have for loneliness&lt;br&gt;Walking by her spot, waiting for winds to rustle&lt;br&gt;Stirring up breezes, causing gale force fantasies&lt;br&gt;Rearranges strange dreams with destiny&lt;br&gt;Nature&amp;#39;s got an answer for everything in&lt;br&gt;Questionnaire stares&lt;br&gt;As the sun glares on its disposition&lt;br&gt;Glancing at her copper casting&lt;br&gt;Like crumbs scattered for wrens&lt;br&gt;She&amp;#39;s paying for uncommitted sins&lt;br&gt;So love knows where to begin in her inquiring mind&lt;br&gt;Hidden beneath her fastened, black roots&lt;br&gt;She smiles&lt;br&gt;Sits by the tree&lt;br&gt;And waits until the answer comes along the next jet stream to cross her soul</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coppersoul.blogspot.com/feeds/1400078179256555719/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' 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term="&quot;under the influence&quot;"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Africa"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="African"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="bamboozled"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="blame"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Euro-invasion"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="genocide"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="immoral"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="nation"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="pointing fingers"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="roots"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="senseless murders"/><title type='text'>Speculation or Spot-On? (Part One)</title><content type='html'>I know that a lot of people will be looking at me crazy if I ask about this, but...&lt;br /&gt;Did anyone question the source of the earthquake(s) near impoverished countries, much less the countries that were once under European rule?  It&#39;s just too type-casted to be like biblical scripture, ESPECIALLY since these words have been heavily altered. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Disease and pestilence - The famine and bio-chemical warfare that takes place in Africa and The Americas has been prevalent.  This is no surprise, seeing that this government pretty much controls the strings of the UN in determining who gets what aid, or how fast it gets there.  These &quot;oldie, but goody&quot; diseases are popping up and are rampant.  Ebola, Bird Flu, and H1N1.  Panic is getting out of hand and it seems as if the CDC &quot;magically&quot; had an answer for it.  &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-corrected&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_1&quot;&gt;Inoculate&lt;/span&gt; EVERYONE...or pay a fine, or go to jail.  Even the soldiers MUST take something before training and battle.  Ain&#39;t that a bitch?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Political turmoil and civil unrest - Seriously, I voted for &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-corrected&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_2&quot;&gt;President&lt;/span&gt; Barack Obama, but it seems like our own people are quick to turn on possibilities (and I admit I was heavily skeptical, and somewhat still remain so) of a quick economic turnaround.  As talks with countries continue, one must wonder what is it for.  The greater good of America?  The greater good of the world?  Or fatter pockets.  It&#39;s almost a Catch-22.  You root out the 8 year dictatorship that soiled a lot of relationships between great and small countries, and when you dismiss him for something new and maybe better, you pass that burden on with a 5-second delayed start behind the gun to a man who was ready to take off from the jump.  Add to the fact that the questioning of remembering his heritage has been against him from day one (as all of our has since the beginning of human inception on Earth) there has been NO breathing room.  I do think that his neglect for scolding and scorning the European dominance in this world has been a hamper on his judgment as well as negotiations with certain up and coming powers.  They don&#39;t know whether he&#39;s taking off from where Bush ended, or beginning to dishevel the foundation of indigenous societies by meshing everyone together...through a European perspective.  In that case, it serves NO ONE, and starts resentment of the man that once captured the world&#39;s attention for 3 years WITHOUT being a president at that time!  Wouldn&#39;t that worry you as well?  A man who defied a long legacy of Caucasian rule (some with a bit of black blood in &#39;em and those before that were leading during the Articles of Confederation) that acknowledges his predecessors as being great for anarchy, then ruling as their &quot;oppressors&quot; once did them.  It&#39;s like the red-headed stepchild and the stepmother separating from each other, and sorting out their comics collections...but still, the comics collections won&#39;t be returned back to the store they STOLE it from.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have plenty more to speak on, not rant, because I believe that ranting is something you&#39;d do without thinking of others to follow, but to condemn.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To Be Continued...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I.O.II&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coppersoul.blogspot.com/feeds/3526113943668121028/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/4011082041876692506/3526113943668121028?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4011082041876692506/posts/default/3526113943668121028'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4011082041876692506/posts/default/3526113943668121028'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coppersoul.blogspot.com/2010/01/speculation-or-spot-on-part-one.html' title='Speculation or Spot-On? (Part One)'/><author><name>Copper Soul</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05869003867515942385</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-dVlg5_9HP9k_KYZ0MO4WaM0iLdk1h5ecRdxLEtZq-FLAETtujQCZYMP-dzowdrfCOyGu-OQ97jDyM90qQb0O-c7vg4Q6SGg31aqz8Xd_zlj5lJ8ZIqtmVeBn9cdCbMo/s220/IMG_20130828_213838.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011082041876692506.post-6041036541690076607</id><published>2010-01-20T09:37:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-20T09:45:56.557-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="&quot;babies&quot;"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="&quot;birth&quot;"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="30in30"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Africa"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="ancestors"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Ayiti"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="family"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Mother"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="mother&#39;s love"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="poem"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="roots"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="see the similarities"/><title type='text'>&quot;From The Womb&quot;</title><content type='html'>&quot;30 poems in 30 days&quot; was a challenge, not a contest, presented to the few willing to take it upon their duties to create in anyway way, shape, or form, with no strenuous, strict rules, started December 15&lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_0&quot;&gt;th&lt;/span&gt;, 2009, and ended January 13&lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_1&quot;&gt;th&lt;/span&gt;, 2010.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;#24 of 30&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&#39;m just wondering&lt;br /&gt;With all of this help that is pouring in&lt;br /&gt;for Haiti...&lt;br /&gt;And a quiet down of aid to Africa&lt;br /&gt;One can only wonder&lt;br /&gt;Who will thank the mother for&lt;br /&gt;teaching her child&lt;br /&gt;How to be the young man&lt;br /&gt;he was in order to do the things&lt;br /&gt;She had to do to keep him alive&lt;br /&gt;or relevant.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_2&quot;&gt;Ifeanyi&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_3&quot;&gt;Okoro&lt;/span&gt; II © 2010</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coppersoul.blogspot.com/feeds/6041036541690076607/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/4011082041876692506/6041036541690076607?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4011082041876692506/posts/default/6041036541690076607'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4011082041876692506/posts/default/6041036541690076607'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coppersoul.blogspot.com/2010/01/from-womb.html' title='&quot;From The Womb&quot;'/><author><name>Copper Soul</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05869003867515942385</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-dVlg5_9HP9k_KYZ0MO4WaM0iLdk1h5ecRdxLEtZq-FLAETtujQCZYMP-dzowdrfCOyGu-OQ97jDyM90qQb0O-c7vg4Q6SGg31aqz8Xd_zlj5lJ8ZIqtmVeBn9cdCbMo/s220/IMG_20130828_213838.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011082041876692506.post-3748762053702514117</id><published>2010-01-20T09:29:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-20T09:48:30.010-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="&quot;birth&quot;"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="&quot;diseased&quot;"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="30in30"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="ase"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Ayiti"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="black love"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="blood"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Euro-invasion"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="heart"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="impatience"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="island paradise"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="nation"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="poem"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="see the similarities"/><title type='text'>&quot;French Disconnection&quot;</title><content type='html'>&quot;30 poems in 30 days&quot; was a challenge, not a contest, presented to the few willing to take it upon their duties to create in anyway way, shape, or form, with no strenuous, strict rules, started December 15&lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_0&quot;&gt;th&lt;/span&gt;, 2009, and ended January 13&lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_1&quot;&gt;th&lt;/span&gt;, 2010.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;#23 of 30&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am supposed to &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-corrected&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_2&quot;&gt;accommodate&lt;/span&gt; for your lack of patience&lt;br /&gt;Your unwillingness to compromise&lt;br /&gt;This overwhelming feeling to reach into my pockets and&lt;br /&gt;steal from me&lt;br /&gt;This disease you have&lt;br /&gt;Fucking with others&lt;br /&gt;And having the nerve to ask for something for your&lt;br /&gt;pain and suffering&lt;br /&gt;You&#39;ve contracted from others&lt;br /&gt;And I refuse to lay with you&lt;br /&gt;Or your memories&lt;br /&gt;And that giant ass fort you want to build&lt;br /&gt;So I cast you out of my mind&lt;br /&gt;And make sure that after this rift&lt;br /&gt;I will rebuild&lt;br /&gt;And you will pay for your&lt;br /&gt;intrusion into my heart&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_3&quot;&gt;Ifeanyi&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_4&quot;&gt;Okoro&lt;/span&gt; II © 2010</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coppersoul.blogspot.com/feeds/3748762053702514117/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/4011082041876692506/3748762053702514117?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4011082041876692506/posts/default/3748762053702514117'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4011082041876692506/posts/default/3748762053702514117'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coppersoul.blogspot.com/2010/01/french-disconnection.html' title='&quot;French Disconnection&quot;'/><author><name>Copper Soul</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05869003867515942385</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-dVlg5_9HP9k_KYZ0MO4WaM0iLdk1h5ecRdxLEtZq-FLAETtujQCZYMP-dzowdrfCOyGu-OQ97jDyM90qQb0O-c7vg4Q6SGg31aqz8Xd_zlj5lJ8ZIqtmVeBn9cdCbMo/s220/IMG_20130828_213838.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011082041876692506.post-6903320716001438139</id><published>2010-01-20T09:13:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-20T09:29:35.165-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="&quot;foundation&quot;"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="30in30"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Africa"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Africans"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="beliefs"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="education"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="keywords"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="nation"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="poem"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="proverbial"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="relationship"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="roots"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="spiritual cultivation"/><title type='text'>&quot;Without A Leg To...&quot;</title><content type='html'>&quot;30 poems in 30 days&quot; was a challenge, not a contest, presented to the few willing to take it upon their duties to create in anyway way, shape, or form, with no strenuous, strict rules, started December 15&lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_0&quot;&gt;th&lt;/span&gt;, 2009, and ended January 13&lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_1&quot;&gt;th&lt;/span&gt;, 2010.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;#22 of 30&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One brick&lt;br /&gt;One beam&lt;br /&gt;One slab of concrete&lt;br /&gt;One window seal&lt;br /&gt;One wall&lt;br /&gt;One tree branch&lt;br /&gt;One door &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-corrected&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_2&quot;&gt;threshold&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One column&lt;br /&gt;One pillar&lt;br /&gt;Cannot make anything stand&lt;br /&gt;Will never survive without any foundation&lt;br /&gt;And will never make one whole house&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_3&quot;&gt;Ifeanyi&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_4&quot;&gt;Okoro&lt;/span&gt; II © 2010</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coppersoul.blogspot.com/feeds/6903320716001438139/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/4011082041876692506/6903320716001438139?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4011082041876692506/posts/default/6903320716001438139'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4011082041876692506/posts/default/6903320716001438139'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coppersoul.blogspot.com/2010/01/without-leg-to.html' title='&quot;Without A Leg To...&quot;'/><author><name>Copper Soul</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05869003867515942385</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-dVlg5_9HP9k_KYZ0MO4WaM0iLdk1h5ecRdxLEtZq-FLAETtujQCZYMP-dzowdrfCOyGu-OQ97jDyM90qQb0O-c7vg4Q6SGg31aqz8Xd_zlj5lJ8ZIqtmVeBn9cdCbMo/s220/IMG_20130828_213838.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011082041876692506.post-8403433791748349442</id><published>2010-01-11T21:31:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-11T21:41:45.897-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="30in30"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="ancestors"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="conversation"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="family"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Mother"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="poem"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="roots"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="smiles"/><title type='text'>&quot;Sky High Definition&quot;</title><content type='html'>&quot;30 poems in 30 days&quot; is a challenge, not a contest, presented to the few willing to take it upon their duties to create in anyway way, shape, or form, with no strenuous, strict rules, starting December 15th, 2009, and ending January 13th, 2010.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;#21 of 30&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What I need to say&lt;br /&gt;Is displayed in front of you&lt;br /&gt;On the big screen&lt;br /&gt;Near the cashews on the coffee table&lt;br /&gt;In the ancestral lounge&lt;br /&gt;Daddy Burl and Miss Odessa&lt;br /&gt;Preparing another table full of food&lt;br /&gt;With distinct voices&lt;br /&gt;And Budweiser cans near his favorite La-Z-boy&lt;br /&gt;And her pearls in her hand&lt;br /&gt;She calls you in to help her with the pecan pie&lt;br /&gt;And Daddy Crutch comes in after work&lt;br /&gt;Bearded and full of husky laughter&lt;br /&gt;Talking about the Cowboys game with Everette&lt;br /&gt;You are just smiling...&lt;br /&gt;Reading this poem&lt;br /&gt;On the big screen&lt;br /&gt;Handful of cashews&lt;br /&gt;Laughing&lt;br /&gt;Crying&lt;br /&gt;Shaking you head at my poem&lt;br /&gt;That didn&#39;t seem enough to me&lt;br /&gt;On this day where anything&lt;br /&gt;Was enough to just mention you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ifeanyi Okoro II © 2010</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coppersoul.blogspot.com/feeds/8403433791748349442/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/4011082041876692506/8403433791748349442?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4011082041876692506/posts/default/8403433791748349442'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4011082041876692506/posts/default/8403433791748349442'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coppersoul.blogspot.com/2010/01/sky-high-definition.html' title='&quot;Sky High Definition&quot;'/><author><name>Copper Soul</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05869003867515942385</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-dVlg5_9HP9k_KYZ0MO4WaM0iLdk1h5ecRdxLEtZq-FLAETtujQCZYMP-dzowdrfCOyGu-OQ97jDyM90qQb0O-c7vg4Q6SGg31aqz8Xd_zlj5lJ8ZIqtmVeBn9cdCbMo/s220/IMG_20130828_213838.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011082041876692506.post-888990075325227041</id><published>2010-01-10T02:46:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-10T11:58:07.189-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="&quot;under the influence&quot;"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="30in30"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Africa"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Euro-invasion"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="genocide"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="immoral"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="poem"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="senseless murders"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="youth"/><title type='text'>&quot;World Cup Runneth Over&quot;</title><content type='html'>&quot;30 poems in 30 days&quot; is a challenge, not a contest, presented to the few willing to take it upon their duties to create in anyway way, shape, or form, with no strenuous, strict rules, starting December 15&lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_0&quot;&gt;th&lt;/span&gt;, 2009, and ending January 13&lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_1&quot;&gt;th&lt;/span&gt;, 2010.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;#20 of 30&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;N&#39;kosi Sikelel&#39; iAfrika&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A toast!&lt;br /&gt;Heineken and Michelob aroma pours along the veins of her&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_2&quot;&gt;Datsun&lt;/span&gt; and Peugeot smoke racing through&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_3&quot;&gt;Naija&#39;s&lt;/span&gt; dark roads&lt;br /&gt;That&#39;s not a glitch, it&#39;s another outstanding outage&lt;br /&gt;That&#39;s black power...or lack there of&lt;br /&gt;Or an ox-hauled oxymoron&lt;br /&gt;De Beers and Jacob&#39;s congratulates in hand claps &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq_j5JvD894Y4GDQbgb4JgO2s_uSEP6OKhnqAbm342G5EuEbpP5LLcAsye3-a-qy6rVBwh53abJ2WMCHncvjlgR-8fe4mUe6F9WVsoHGMUU7fgSEl-hHQthx9BNH3LwsbgAVJZxYijWv6g/s1600-h/Hands_ondiamonds_350.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425075653443415298&quot; style=&quot;FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 131px&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq_j5JvD894Y4GDQbgb4JgO2s_uSEP6OKhnqAbm342G5EuEbpP5LLcAsye3-a-qy6rVBwh53abJ2WMCHncvjlgR-8fe4mUe6F9WVsoHGMUU7fgSEl-hHQthx9BNH3LwsbgAVJZxYijWv6g/s200/Hands_ondiamonds_350.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Louder than the rocks falling&lt;br /&gt;And the pick-ax clanging&lt;br /&gt;For their work in the Congolese cradle&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:#ffff00;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:#000000;&quot;&gt;Verwoerd&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;and &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_5&quot;&gt;Meadowlands&lt;/span&gt; invite the souls &lt;br /&gt;Of the Xhosa tongued seeds back from their forever slumber&lt;br /&gt;To crawl on their land&lt;br /&gt;Renamed for their conquerors&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_6&quot;&gt;Roadmarked&lt;/span&gt; with bullets and bones &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr-lEc0TXElTTSTbq2k_GxUF5A4gykEtLj70PRP5MXYfV-0O_qdVGUkn3Tae7jaivmAZMayxqaw7Bp2k0Hn7EYiTh5Z7LEQmQKLoEFylapg_BCg9UXl6_N76CAEBPhl26I6k16MH737p3t/s1600-h/pettyapartheid.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425075651895257938&quot; style=&quot;FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 153px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 231px&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr-lEc0TXElTTSTbq2k_GxUF5A4gykEtLj70PRP5MXYfV-0O_qdVGUkn3Tae7jaivmAZMayxqaw7Bp2k0Hn7EYiTh5Z7LEQmQKLoEFylapg_BCg9UXl6_N76CAEBPhl26I6k16MH737p3t/s200/pettyapartheid.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yachts, slave ships, cruise liners and tankers sing in unison...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;In Dutch&lt;br /&gt;In Ye &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_7&quot;&gt;Olde&lt;/span&gt; English&lt;br /&gt;In &#39;Vichy&#39; French&lt;br /&gt;And louder in Portuguese&lt;br /&gt;To drown out the pollution-mutated wailings of &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Somali fishermen &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpL7HLUg8puUpV7aXaSlSNTNmg4AUuNjqgPjU1eH0G_vgbSuTlMcAT-pn57jFleNaWFUmWdq2wNWoAIADf6K9O6xWkR9ZIhxcexI7_Alryi1d1VNO-XddUaC0jGJAHtajVk4nMkK2Qz3F8/s1600-h/Somali-pirates.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425075661979287058&quot; style=&quot;FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 178px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpL7HLUg8puUpV7aXaSlSNTNmg4AUuNjqgPjU1eH0G_vgbSuTlMcAT-pn57jFleNaWFUmWdq2wNWoAIADf6K9O6xWkR9ZIhxcexI7_Alryi1d1VNO-XddUaC0jGJAHtajVk4nMkK2Qz3F8/s200/Somali-pirates.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;and their pirate fathers&lt;br /&gt;To the beat of the clink-clank of &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Dragging feet and hand bonding chains&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Mutilated and muted from the yell of a war cry&lt;br /&gt;To write another hymnal in Christian Lay&lt;br /&gt;Taking pictures of their past workers and once-owned property&lt;br /&gt;Why be like Mike, when you could be like&lt;br /&gt;Taylor or &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_8&quot;&gt;Idi&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_9&quot;&gt;Amin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They once had idols...or something like that&lt;br /&gt;Called&lt;br /&gt;European influence&lt;br /&gt;How else can you explain&lt;br /&gt;The Congolese and Sudanese &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitHijuRAFS2upXPVbDcwF66xK6Klgb708dBHa4oDXQbDDkZhh4aXFRkzRiopuX3_4iLMtiKBXvVrtAZmxcQpAsMfd4Z0UN-moQyCQ_xzEw_ycfAgAecky3QMlIioDCYKAPsH1mGhx97ijX/s1600-h/Darfur_report_-_Page_5_Image_1.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425077056778236978&quot; style=&quot;FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 101px&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitHijuRAFS2upXPVbDcwF66xK6Klgb708dBHa4oDXQbDDkZhh4aXFRkzRiopuX3_4iLMtiKBXvVrtAZmxcQpAsMfd4Z0UN-moQyCQ_xzEw_ycfAgAecky3QMlIioDCYKAPsH1mGhx97ijX/s200/Darfur_report_-_Page_5_Image_1.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;taking flight&lt;br /&gt;Becoming Twitter fans of twitching dead bodies &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Exile from Theirspace, into Ourspace&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;From what they called &quot;Myspace&quot;&lt;br /&gt;On &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_11&quot;&gt;Facebook&lt;/span&gt; with &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-corrected&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_12&quot;&gt;lacerated&lt;/span&gt; faces&lt;br /&gt;Armed with G20 and G8&lt;br /&gt;And aid packages that come from the metallic sky god&lt;br /&gt;With grey arms and spinning wings&lt;br /&gt;With a UN birthmark&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;We don&#39;t need no water, let Rwanda - Burundi burn&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Says Reno&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;My kingdom come&lt;br /&gt;Thy work be undone&lt;br /&gt;On Mother Africa&lt;br /&gt;As it is in hell&lt;br /&gt;Over here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;N&#39;kosi Sikelel&#39; iAfrika&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_13&quot;&gt;Ifeanyi&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_14&quot;&gt;Okoro&lt;/span&gt; II © 2010 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coppersoul.blogspot.com/feeds/888990075325227041/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/4011082041876692506/888990075325227041?isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4011082041876692506/posts/default/888990075325227041'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4011082041876692506/posts/default/888990075325227041'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coppersoul.blogspot.com/2010/01/world-cup-runneth-over.html' title='&quot;World Cup Runneth Over&quot;'/><author><name>Copper Soul</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05869003867515942385</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-dVlg5_9HP9k_KYZ0MO4WaM0iLdk1h5ecRdxLEtZq-FLAETtujQCZYMP-dzowdrfCOyGu-OQ97jDyM90qQb0O-c7vg4Q6SGg31aqz8Xd_zlj5lJ8ZIqtmVeBn9cdCbMo/s220/IMG_20130828_213838.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq_j5JvD894Y4GDQbgb4JgO2s_uSEP6OKhnqAbm342G5EuEbpP5LLcAsye3-a-qy6rVBwh53abJ2WMCHncvjlgR-8fe4mUe6F9WVsoHGMUU7fgSEl-hHQthx9BNH3LwsbgAVJZxYijWv6g/s72-c/Hands_ondiamonds_350.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011082041876692506.post-2013689864979911543</id><published>2010-01-10T02:18:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-10T02:48:36.347-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="&quot;babies&quot;"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="&quot;Mr. President&quot;"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="30in30"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="black"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="blood"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="change"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Chicago"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dissed"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="immoral"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="poem"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="protect the &quot;babies&quot;"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="senseless murders"/><title type='text'>&quot;Newsworthy&quot; (Derrion Albert&#39;s Epilogue)</title><content type='html'>&quot;30 poems in 30 days&quot; is a challenge, not a contest, presented to the few willing to take it upon their duties to create in anyway way, shape, or form, with no strenuous, strict rules, starting December 15&lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_0&quot;&gt;th&lt;/span&gt;, 2009, and ending January 13&lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_1&quot;&gt;th&lt;/span&gt;, 2010.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;#19 of 30&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I can&#39;t imagine getting my head stamped on&lt;br /&gt;Sent to heaven&lt;br /&gt;Express mail by ruthless teens and&lt;br /&gt;Faulty, fucked-up adults&lt;br /&gt;Who thinks this city&lt;br /&gt;Should be &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_2&quot;&gt;repping&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Five rings of the world&lt;br /&gt;And the current leader of these states &quot;united&quot;&lt;br /&gt;once surveying this &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_3&quot;&gt;greaat&lt;/span&gt; Windy wilderness&lt;br /&gt;Shits on a royal throne nightly&lt;br /&gt;Reading the paper&lt;br /&gt;With my name&lt;br /&gt;&quot;&lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_4&quot;&gt;Derrion&lt;/span&gt; Albert&quot;&lt;br /&gt;Featured...&lt;br /&gt;In the Nation section...&lt;br /&gt;folded over neatly&lt;br /&gt;Behind his funnies &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_5&quot;&gt;colums&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&#39;d laugh too,&lt;br /&gt;But I can&#39;t clear the blood from my throat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_6&quot;&gt;Ifeanyi&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_7&quot;&gt;Okoro&lt;/span&gt; II © 2010</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coppersoul.blogspot.com/feeds/2013689864979911543/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/4011082041876692506/2013689864979911543?isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4011082041876692506/posts/default/2013689864979911543'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4011082041876692506/posts/default/2013689864979911543'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coppersoul.blogspot.com/2010/01/newsworthy-derrion-alberts-epilogue.html' title='&quot;Newsworthy&quot; (Derrion Albert&#39;s Epilogue)'/><author><name>Copper Soul</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05869003867515942385</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-dVlg5_9HP9k_KYZ0MO4WaM0iLdk1h5ecRdxLEtZq-FLAETtujQCZYMP-dzowdrfCOyGu-OQ97jDyM90qQb0O-c7vg4Q6SGg31aqz8Xd_zlj5lJ8ZIqtmVeBn9cdCbMo/s220/IMG_20130828_213838.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011082041876692506.post-1864909540183935728</id><published>2010-01-10T02:18:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-10T02:36:31.736-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="30in30"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="acquired"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Africa"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="ancestors"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="bamboozled"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="beliefs"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="change"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Christianity"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dissed"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="immoral"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="odd"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="poem"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="roots"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="soul"/><title type='text'>&quot;Resident Evils&quot;</title><content type='html'>&quot;30 poems in 30 days&quot; is a challenge, not a contest, presented to the few willing to take it upon their duties to create in anyway way, shape, or form, with no strenuous, strict rules, starting December 15&lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_0&quot;&gt;th&lt;/span&gt;, 2009, and ending January 13&lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_1&quot;&gt;th&lt;/span&gt;, 2010.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;#18 of 30&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My color is nigger&lt;br /&gt;My language is Negro&lt;br /&gt;My heritage is monkey and part baboon&lt;br /&gt;I am defined by my tail and black magic&lt;br /&gt;This here is my census mark&lt;br /&gt;The casted freedom papers that spark a debate&lt;br /&gt;About my kind being able to talk&lt;br /&gt;Walk&lt;br /&gt;And work&lt;br /&gt;as 2/5&lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_2&quot;&gt;ths&lt;/span&gt; a machine&lt;br /&gt;A laborer of the day&lt;br /&gt;A breeder in the night&lt;br /&gt;I have a degree in D&lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_3&quot;&gt;rapetomania&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A graduated form of escaping&lt;br /&gt;Fever pitch presentations&lt;br /&gt;I shun my job&lt;br /&gt;Which is I&lt;br /&gt;In so many ways&lt;br /&gt;I am holding the whip&lt;br /&gt;I am destroying the ties on the spikes holding the boat&lt;br /&gt;On this land&lt;br /&gt;I came willingly to get my ass beat!&lt;br /&gt;Here!&lt;br /&gt;I am full blooded-outcast&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_4&quot;&gt;Biblically&lt;/span&gt; proven!&lt;br /&gt;My possessions were taken, thank God!&lt;br /&gt;(Or Jesus, what you may prefer I pray to now)&lt;br /&gt;The lashes match the cross I kneel to&lt;br /&gt;My scars show the miles I&#39;ve gone&lt;br /&gt;Or at least tried&lt;br /&gt;My staple is pig innards and lard&lt;br /&gt;My song is your contradiction t&lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_5&quot;&gt;o&lt;/span&gt; our release and personal will&lt;br /&gt;My thank you???&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A fuck you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Is this what you want me to accept, oh &quot;New&quot; America?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&quot;Land of my ancestry&quot;?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That&#39;s my vote in the election.&lt;br /&gt;Forget throwing my hat in the ring.&lt;br /&gt;Hang me over the ballot box.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Have it your way!&lt;br /&gt;Because my soul will have NONE OF IT.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_6&quot;&gt;Ifeanyi&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_7&quot;&gt;Okoro&lt;/span&gt; II © 2010</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coppersoul.blogspot.com/feeds/1864909540183935728/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/4011082041876692506/1864909540183935728?isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4011082041876692506/posts/default/1864909540183935728'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4011082041876692506/posts/default/1864909540183935728'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coppersoul.blogspot.com/2010/01/resident-evils.html' title='&quot;Resident Evils&quot;'/><author><name>Copper Soul</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05869003867515942385</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-dVlg5_9HP9k_KYZ0MO4WaM0iLdk1h5ecRdxLEtZq-FLAETtujQCZYMP-dzowdrfCOyGu-OQ97jDyM90qQb0O-c7vg4Q6SGg31aqz8Xd_zlj5lJ8ZIqtmVeBn9cdCbMo/s220/IMG_20130828_213838.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011082041876692506.post-1131077791896206367</id><published>2010-01-10T01:12:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-10T19:16:18.823-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="&quot;birth&quot;"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="30in30"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="black"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="colors"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="divination"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dream"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="heart"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="poem"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="reggae"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="see the similarities"/><title type='text'>&quot;Irresponsible Reggae&quot;</title><content type='html'>&quot;30 poems in 30 days&quot; is a challenge, not a contest, presented to the few willing to take it upon their duties to create in anyway way, shape, or form, with no strenuous, strict rules, starting December 15&lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_0&quot;&gt;th&lt;/span&gt;, 2009, and ending January 13&lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_1&quot;&gt;th&lt;/span&gt;, 2010.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;#17 of 30&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Somewhere inside this dusky incense-laden domain&lt;br /&gt;I&#39;m grinding with this she-spirit&lt;br /&gt;And it&#39;s a mutual agreement&lt;br /&gt;To wind both of our waists&lt;br /&gt;And grab&lt;br /&gt;And push&lt;br /&gt;Together&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It&#39;s a beat that is forbidden in my dreams&lt;br /&gt;Hidden in my fantasies&lt;br /&gt;Just under the cuffs of her pant legs&lt;br /&gt;Tucked inside her short, multi-colored cutoff...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A rhythmic thump and she won&#39;t stop&lt;br /&gt;Licking my neck for salt&lt;br /&gt;Accompanying her malt&lt;br /&gt;My head buried in the dip of her shoulders and collarbone area&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Steady...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It smells like sweet lilac and lusting eyes&lt;br /&gt;I&#39;m trying my best to stop our twisting&lt;br /&gt;But you cannot deny God&lt;br /&gt;His matinee&lt;br /&gt;He paid for it&lt;br /&gt;Creating four &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_2&quot;&gt;Ifa&lt;/span&gt; days&lt;br /&gt;Saving this one for his rest and entertainment&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The lights dim&lt;br /&gt;The smokes erects into the atmosphere&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It&#39;s is divination&lt;br /&gt;Divine dancing in a hedonistic mindset&lt;br /&gt;I&#39;m basically&lt;br /&gt;Penetrating&lt;br /&gt;Without proper protection&lt;br /&gt;In comes music&lt;br /&gt;I can&#39;t stop its rush&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The heart beats accelerate&lt;br /&gt;The skin retracts&lt;br /&gt;The needle reaches the end groove&lt;br /&gt;Thus producing the&lt;br /&gt;Birth of desire&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_3&quot;&gt;Ifeanyi&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_4&quot;&gt;Okoro&lt;/span&gt; II © 2010</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coppersoul.blogspot.com/feeds/1131077791896206367/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/4011082041876692506/1131077791896206367?isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4011082041876692506/posts/default/1131077791896206367'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4011082041876692506/posts/default/1131077791896206367'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coppersoul.blogspot.com/2010/01/irresponsible-reggae.html' title='&quot;Irresponsible Reggae&quot;'/><author><name>Copper Soul</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05869003867515942385</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-dVlg5_9HP9k_KYZ0MO4WaM0iLdk1h5ecRdxLEtZq-FLAETtujQCZYMP-dzowdrfCOyGu-OQ97jDyM90qQb0O-c7vg4Q6SGg31aqz8Xd_zlj5lJ8ZIqtmVeBn9cdCbMo/s220/IMG_20130828_213838.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011082041876692506.post-1695878110332866541</id><published>2010-01-10T01:12:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-10T02:18:09.483-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="30in30"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="black love"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="colors"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="embrace"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="island paradise"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="kiss"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="poem"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="scenery"/><title type='text'>&quot;Canvas Caribbean&quot;</title><content type='html'>&quot;30 poems in 30 days&quot; is a challenge, not a contest, presented to the few willing to take it upon their duties to create in anyway way, shape, or form, with no strenuous, strict rules, starting December 15&lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_0&quot;&gt;th&lt;/span&gt;, 2009, and ending January 13&lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_1&quot;&gt;th&lt;/span&gt;, 2010.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;#16 of 30&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our sandy feet&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have been rolling in this amber-colored, granulated bed&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sweat and saliva and sweet smells saturate&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This beachfront&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have recolored this paradise&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dabbing the joy and intimacy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our sandy feet&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_2&quot;&gt;Ifeanyi&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_3&quot;&gt;Okoro&lt;/span&gt; II © 2010</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coppersoul.blogspot.com/feeds/1695878110332866541/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/4011082041876692506/1695878110332866541?isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4011082041876692506/posts/default/1695878110332866541'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4011082041876692506/posts/default/1695878110332866541'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coppersoul.blogspot.com/2010/01/canvas-caribbean.html' title='&quot;Canvas Caribbean&quot;'/><author><name>Copper Soul</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05869003867515942385</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-dVlg5_9HP9k_KYZ0MO4WaM0iLdk1h5ecRdxLEtZq-FLAETtujQCZYMP-dzowdrfCOyGu-OQ97jDyM90qQb0O-c7vg4Q6SGg31aqz8Xd_zlj5lJ8ZIqtmVeBn9cdCbMo/s220/IMG_20130828_213838.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011082041876692506.post-8726716272646388701</id><published>2010-01-09T23:46:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-10T02:18:10.738-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="30in30"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="beautiful"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="island paradise"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="poem"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="scenery"/><title type='text'>&quot;Beautiful Breeze&quot;</title><content type='html'>&quot;30 poems in 30 days&quot; is a challenge, not a contest, presented to the few willing to take it upon their duties to create in anyway way, shape, or form, with no strenuous, strict rules, starting December 15th, 2009, and ending January 13th, 2010.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;#15 of 30&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These winds&lt;br /&gt;remind me of you&lt;br /&gt;Kissing my cheek&lt;br /&gt;Holding my body&lt;br /&gt;The trees be my music&lt;br /&gt;The steel drums my background landscape&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And you are a drink of rum&lt;br /&gt;With hibiscus tart and honey swirl&lt;br /&gt;I can only imagine you blending with&lt;br /&gt;The sunset, crystal waters&lt;br /&gt;And astounding silhouette&lt;br /&gt;As you blur my vision&lt;br /&gt;And intoxicate my heart&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bottoms up!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ifeanyi Okoro II © 2010</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coppersoul.blogspot.com/feeds/8726716272646388701/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/4011082041876692506/8726716272646388701?isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4011082041876692506/posts/default/8726716272646388701'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4011082041876692506/posts/default/8726716272646388701'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coppersoul.blogspot.com/2010/01/beautiful-breeze.html' title='&quot;Beautiful Breeze&quot;'/><author><name>Copper Soul</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05869003867515942385</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-dVlg5_9HP9k_KYZ0MO4WaM0iLdk1h5ecRdxLEtZq-FLAETtujQCZYMP-dzowdrfCOyGu-OQ97jDyM90qQb0O-c7vg4Q6SGg31aqz8Xd_zlj5lJ8ZIqtmVeBn9cdCbMo/s220/IMG_20130828_213838.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011082041876692506.post-2646162674108110214</id><published>2010-01-07T21:26:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-04-18T04:15:25.340-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="&quot;birth&quot;"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="&quot;foundation&quot;"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="&quot;under the influence&quot;"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="30in30"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Africans"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="bamboozled"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="beliefs"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="check yourself"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="colors"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="education"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="escapism"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Euro-invasion"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="narcissism"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="nation"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="poem"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="pointing fingers"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="roots"/><title type='text'>&quot;Found Amongst Blank Skies&quot;</title><content type='html'>This poem was oriniginally made for &quot;30 poems in 30 days&quot;. I decided not to do so, and gave it time to matriculate into a well of words instead.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What color is discrimination?&lt;br /&gt;Shade of unemployment?&lt;br /&gt;Homelessness under the census origins?&lt;br /&gt;Better yet, immaturity where you sign the dotted line?&lt;br /&gt;Missing the point with no direct finger to use&lt;br /&gt;And the more self-righteousness we collect&lt;br /&gt;The lesser self-respect used&lt;br /&gt;We the people&lt;br /&gt;Turn into miniature gods of Cyndi paupers&lt;br /&gt;And silent killers of fat-cat tycoon slaves&lt;br /&gt;A calendar with letters as days numbered&lt;br /&gt;Like blood types created on seven accounts&lt;br /&gt;Drinking from horns of religion&lt;br /&gt;Eating the bread of Nero&#39;s gluttonous downfall&lt;br /&gt;Stereotyping as if one tapped their digits against radio&lt;br /&gt;Broadcasting a thought process&lt;br /&gt;On deaf minds&lt;br /&gt;Brainwaves be rough, crashing against shores of truth&lt;br /&gt;Trying to hang ten, or break loose&lt;br /&gt;So we surf for knowledge and find halfway colleges&lt;br /&gt;Online like Greco/Roman formulas&lt;br /&gt;For brother/sister/homo/animalhood&lt;br /&gt;Sprinkled in their sparkling pimp chalice&lt;br /&gt;An African staple and fables of fame&lt;br /&gt;Stamped with tribalism, categorial shame&lt;br /&gt;Shit, half you mafuckas don&#39;t even know your own name.&lt;br /&gt;Yet...&lt;br /&gt;We know the color of...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ifeanyi Okoro II © 2010</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coppersoul.blogspot.com/feeds/2646162674108110214/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/4011082041876692506/2646162674108110214?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4011082041876692506/posts/default/2646162674108110214'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4011082041876692506/posts/default/2646162674108110214'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coppersoul.blogspot.com/2010/01/found-poem.html' title='&quot;Found Amongst Blank Skies&quot;'/><author><name>Copper Soul</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05869003867515942385</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-dVlg5_9HP9k_KYZ0MO4WaM0iLdk1h5ecRdxLEtZq-FLAETtujQCZYMP-dzowdrfCOyGu-OQ97jDyM90qQb0O-c7vg4Q6SGg31aqz8Xd_zlj5lJ8ZIqtmVeBn9cdCbMo/s220/IMG_20130828_213838.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011082041876692506.post-4875288638712182863</id><published>2010-01-07T19:08:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-10T02:15:57.689-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="30in30"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="black"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="check yourself"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="ex"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="heart"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="men vs. women"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="poem"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="pointing fingers"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="relationship"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="revelations"/><title type='text'>&quot;Sleepwalking&quot;</title><content type='html'>&quot;30 poems in 30 days&quot; is a challenge, not a contest, presented to the few willing to take it upon their duties to create in anyway way, shape, or form, with no strenuous, strict rules, starting December 15th, 2009, and ending January 13th, 2010.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;#14 of 30&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Every dream that takes a stroll&lt;br /&gt;Across my lucid landscape&lt;br /&gt;I wonder what it holds in its hands&lt;br /&gt;I wish that it would give me a&lt;br /&gt;Birthday present to erase the past&lt;br /&gt;From behind its back as it hides&lt;br /&gt;Nice surprises I&#39;d already know about&lt;br /&gt;How to fix pain&lt;br /&gt;Patching the torn fabric of a union&lt;br /&gt;Only to&lt;br /&gt;Torch that sumbitch again...&lt;br /&gt;With the right liquids and flame&lt;br /&gt;I don&#39;t want too much help&lt;br /&gt;Dealing with my fated future&lt;br /&gt;Band-Aid hopes and repeat apologies&lt;br /&gt;Given due to martyrdom and fault grabs&lt;br /&gt;Throwing my lighter up&lt;br /&gt;Pushing my history of bad relations down&lt;br /&gt;Into a barrel rusted and named&lt;br /&gt;&quot;Ifeanyi&quot;&lt;br /&gt;And let that shit burn inside&lt;br /&gt;Until the ashes reside down in the&lt;br /&gt;Bottom of my heart&lt;br /&gt;And I&#39;ll smudge the outsides&lt;br /&gt;With artistic thumbing&lt;br /&gt;And make my desires&lt;br /&gt;Of memories and reveries&lt;br /&gt;Black and proud&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ifeanyi Okoro II © 2010</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coppersoul.blogspot.com/feeds/4875288638712182863/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/4011082041876692506/4875288638712182863?isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4011082041876692506/posts/default/4875288638712182863'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4011082041876692506/posts/default/4875288638712182863'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coppersoul.blogspot.com/2010/01/sleepwalking.html' title='&quot;Sleepwalking&quot;'/><author><name>Copper Soul</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05869003867515942385</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-dVlg5_9HP9k_KYZ0MO4WaM0iLdk1h5ecRdxLEtZq-FLAETtujQCZYMP-dzowdrfCOyGu-OQ97jDyM90qQb0O-c7vg4Q6SGg31aqz8Xd_zlj5lJ8ZIqtmVeBn9cdCbMo/s220/IMG_20130828_213838.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011082041876692506.post-8879458306452600056</id><published>2010-01-03T21:18:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-03T22:03:13.019-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="30in30"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="black love"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="haiku"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="midnight"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="poem"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="soul"/><title type='text'>&quot;Dusky Mood&quot;</title><content type='html'>I am honored to participate in a flourishing exercise of &quot;30 in 30&quot;. This is a challenge, not a contest, presented to the few willing to take it upon their duties to create thirty poems in thirty days in anyway way, shape, or form, no strenuous and strict rules, starting December 15th, 2009, through January 13th, 2010. (Twitter hashtag #30in30)&lt;br /&gt;Here&#39;s #13 of 30 of the &quot;30 in 30&quot; project&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ifeanyi Okoro II (CopperSoul)&lt;br /&gt;Houston, Tx&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the idle night&lt;br /&gt;Shades of souls tangle in sheets&lt;br /&gt;Do not disturb this&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;© 2009 Ifeanyi Okoro II</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coppersoul.blogspot.com/feeds/8879458306452600056/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/4011082041876692506/8879458306452600056?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4011082041876692506/posts/default/8879458306452600056'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4011082041876692506/posts/default/8879458306452600056'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coppersoul.blogspot.com/2010/01/dusky-mood.html' title='&quot;Dusky Mood&quot;'/><author><name>Copper Soul</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05869003867515942385</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-dVlg5_9HP9k_KYZ0MO4WaM0iLdk1h5ecRdxLEtZq-FLAETtujQCZYMP-dzowdrfCOyGu-OQ97jDyM90qQb0O-c7vg4Q6SGg31aqz8Xd_zlj5lJ8ZIqtmVeBn9cdCbMo/s220/IMG_20130828_213838.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>