"When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses." John F. Kennedy
TABLE OF CONTENTS BY THEME
one | Appreciation
Ain't Got No
Club Banger #1: Invocation/Shout Out
Club Banger #3: Defining Your Generation
Ode To
Odes
Epistles to Music
Eulogies – Before I Leave the Stage
Love Poem to Myself
The Greatest Exaggeration
Questions for _____, From _____
two | Art
A Thousand Words
Objects in Love
Questions for _____, From _____
three | Body Image
This is Not a Workshop
Love Poem to Myself
four | Developing Stories/Storytelling
First Thing’s First
Realist Portraiture
The Poetics of Post-Industrialism
A Thousand Words
Far Ahead of its Time
Becoming a Legend
Don’t You Forget About Me
Love is a Metaphor
Tell the Truth and Shame the Devil!
The Greatest Exaggeration
The Art of “How To”
Why I am the Way I am
Remember That Time
five | Editing
six | Personal Experiences
What It’s Like to Be Me
This is Not a Workshop
First Thing’s First
Ode To
Personism
Dear Me, From Me
Don’t You Forget About Me
Eulogies – Before I Leave the Stage
Love is a Metaphor
Tell the Truth and Shame the Devil!
Buzzing Blue
Code Switching
Hi, My Name Is
Remember That Time
seven | Perspective
Personification and the Inanimate Audible
Persona Me; Persona You
Far Ahead of its Time
Objects in Love
Questions for _____, From _____
eight | Gender & Sexuality
nine | Identity
Where I’m From
What It’s Like to Be Me
This is Not a Workshop
Our Language is Poetic Language
Resisting Colonialism
Dear Me, From Me
Love Poem to Myself
Creating Self Portraits
Code Switching
Hi, My Name Is
Why I Am the Way I Am
Microaggressions
ten | Poems
eleven | Manipulating English
This is Not a Workshop
A Cliché by Any Other Name
A Perhaps Poem
A Metaphor by Any Other Name
Wait a Second…Oh, Got It
twelve | Origins
Where I’m From
Our Language is Poetic Language
Resisting Colonialism
Code Switching
Why I Am the Way I Am
thirteen | Portraits
Club Banger #3: Defining Your Generation
What It’s Like to Be Me
This is Not a Workshop
Realist Portraiture
Persona Me; Persona You
Creating Self Portraits
fourteen | Race & Culture
What It’s Like to Be Me
Resisting Colonialism
Code Switching
Hi, My Name Is
Microagressions
fifteen | Setting
sixteen | Social Issues
Club Banger #2: The Utopian Future World
Who Wanna Battle
Resisting Colonialism
Battle Poems
Manifestos & Essentials
Flip the Script
Microagressions
seventeen | Venting
TABLE OF CONTENTS BY LITERARY DEVICE
one | Alliteration
two | Allusion
three | Ambiguity
four | Anachronism
five | Anaphora & Parallelism
Where I’m From
Ain’t Got No
Club Banger #1: Invocation/Shout Out
Club Banger #2: The Utopian Future World
Club Banger #3: Defining Your Generation
What It’s Like to Be Me
This Is Not a Workshop
Dear Me, From Me
Love Poem to Myself
six | Apostrophe
seven | Cliché
eight | Diction
Where I’m From
Our Language Is Poetic Language
First Thing’s First
A Perhaps Poem
Dear Me, From Me
The Art of “How To"
nine | Hyperbole
Ode To
Persona Me; Persona You
The Greatest Exaggeration
ten | Idiom
eleven | Imagery
Where I’m From
This Is Not a Workshop
First Thing’s First
Ode To
Realist Portraiture
Personism
Personification and the Inanimate Audible
Resisting Colonialism
The Poetics of Post-Industrialism
The Corner
A Thousand Words
Dear Me, From Me
Don’t You Forget About Me
Buzzing Blue
twelve | Metaphor
What It’s Like to Be Me
This Is Not a Workshop
A Cliché By Any Other Name
Ode to
A Metaphor By Any Other Name
Dear Me, From Me
Don’t You Forget About Me
Eulogies – Before I Leave the Stage
Love is a Metaphor
thirteen | Mood/Atmosphere/Tone
Ain’t Got No
Club Banger #3: Defining Your Generation
What It’s Like to Be Me
Who Wanna Battle
First Thing’s First
Realist Portraiture
Personism
A Thousand Words
Battle Poems
Odes
Manifestos & Essentials
Flip the Script
Epistles to Music
Dear Me, From Me
Eulogies – Before I Leave the Stage
fourteen | Odes
fifteen | Personification
Personification and the Inanimate Audible
The Greatest Exaggeration
Buzzing Blue
Objects in Love
Questions for _____ from _____
sixteen | Poetic Forms
Who Wanna Battle (Haiku/Couplet)
Resisting Colonialism (Fractured)
Eulogies – Before I Leave the Stage (Haiku)
The Art of “How To” (How To)
seventeen | Point of View & Perspective
Who Wanna Battle
First Thing’s First
Personism
A Thousand Words
Manifestos & Essentials
Flip the Script
Epistles to Music
Persona Me; Persona You
Autobiography of a Year
Far Ahead of Its Time
Eulogies – Before I Leave the Stage
Code Switching
Objects in Love
Questions for ____, From ____
eighteen | Rhyme
nineteen | Setting
twenty | Simile
A Perhaps Poem
Don’t You Forget About Me
twenty one | Structure
Tell the Truth and Shame the Devil!
Wait a Second…Oh, Got It
The Art of “How To"
Why I Am the Way I Am
Remember That Time
twenty two | Symbol
Personification and the Inanimate Audible
A Metaphor By Any Other Name
twenty three | Synesthesia
Creating Self Portraits
Buzzing Blue
twenty four | Syntax
twenty five | Vernacular/Dialect/Colloquialism
Where I’m From
Our Language Is Poetic Language
Code Switching