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9 Sep 2008
6 CommentsSilencioBarnes Audio Blog 002
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This is a audio blog post – partial transcription below
It’s ya boy Silence, silenciobarnes whatever whatever
September 9th 2008 – 9:30 pm
Da usual – bored, broke and sober
Went to New York over the weekend
Saw my peoples
Got reminded of exactly where it was I came from
You know
Like
Dreams disappearing,
fiends just appearing out of thin white smoke And they need what you giving but you need what they giving
Hamiltons, Jacksons, Grants, Franklins thank for the business
12 and thirteen –
young adult girls but they think they grown women And they shaped like grown women –
Desire turn to sex, sex turns to life and the babies having babies and they think they have feelings
For a nigga that think he a killa, Think he a grown ass man and he think he a dealer
but really he just trapped in a river, Called life where he born in a place that traps him forever Cause he can’t see past what he isn’t
Then ends life trapped in a prison maybe not the kind with the bars but he still can’t forget that he feels life HAS to forgive him
But that’s the same dude I grew up with I have to forgive him cause I came from the same type of vision
The same life the same hopes the same passion same cryogenics, frozen having sex with the same kind of mistress
We call her death she bears witness to this crazed type of living
May life bless and raise our children – cause it seems that we can’t really raise our own limits
We Can’t fly
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12 Oct 2011
3 CommentsWriting About the Ocean
Recently, I’ve been trying to write poetry about the ocean for possible submission to Ocean Magazine.
http://twitter.com/#!/SilencioBarnes/status/120424335818240000
This is significant for several reasons.
I’ve also been writing a bunch of haiku as well…but that’s something different 🙂
I’ve never really thought about the ocean before. I mean…not poetically. I don’t swim (can’t) and I never really spent a lot of time at the beach or on a boat. But I do appreciate the ocean as an entity. A giver and sustainer of life.
With that being said, I wanted to come from a unique angle and I’ve had a few ideas. For instance: I noticed that when I moved to PA, something was missing. I didn’t know what it was, but I realized when I took a trip back to my hometown (Amityville NY on Long Island) that what was missing, was the presence of the ocean. I never noticed nor payed attention to the vibe you get by being close to the ocean, after all, I was born and raised close to it. Nope, didn’t notice it…until it was no longer there to feel.
I think I found something to explore in that. I recorded some audio of me talking about the experience. I’m going to use that to craft a poem or two (that was one of the new methods I’m trying :).
I’ve also had a few other ideas and have already written a few poems that I’m letting incubate…and I’m actually kind of sad that I can’t share the work with you all 🙁 I want to, but many places consider online publication (even on a personal website) to be a relinquishing of first time rights (which is what most publications buy) and sometimes, electronic rights too.
But we can talk about the ocean! And if anybody would want to share some words here in the comments – or on facebook or twitter – on the subject, then feel free.
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