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I AM FORTUNATE TO BE THE PRESIDENT OF LITE-RA-CURE OUTREACH AND PUBLISHING, AND HAVE BEEN ABLE TO EXPRESS MY WORK IN POETRY , PLUS BEING ABLE TO WORK WITH OTHER POETS AND POETESS. SOME TIME WE DON'T KNOW WHY PEOPLE ARE WHO THEY ARE , OR WHO THEY WANT TO BE OR WHY , BUT I CAN IMAGINE , BEING A DRUMMER AND CAN'T KEEP A BEAT, OR PRIEST TRYING TO KEEP MY DESIRES SECURE , EVEN A ASTRONAUT NOT WANTING TO GO TO THE TOP FLOOR , AND STILL THE WILL TO BE AND SCRIBE THE PAIN TO BE SEEN, IS WHAT I THE POET DOES FOR ALL. WE USHER IN THE YEAR , BRING THE PRAYER TO THE POPE 'S HALL OF TRUTH , HOPING HE WILL NOT OPEN THE GATE TO THE PEW FOR JUST ANYONE , MOST OF US DON'T MAKE MONEY ON OUR WORK! THAT'S ALRIGHT BUT IN THIS DAY OF RAPID COMMUNICATIONS WE HAVE TO PAY EVEN FOR PENS , PAPERS , COMPUTERS , AND LAPTOPS OH! YA AND TAKING MY SON PRINCE TO BUY HIS FIRST PEN AND PAPER SO WE DON'T MISS OUR WORDS !
IN THE DAYS OF LONG PAST, WE CATCH A BIRD, STEAL A FEATHER , MAKE INK OUT OF RED CLAY, MUD , OIL AND WORK WITH PEN AND QUILL TO HEAL A BIRDS' BROKEN WINGS . SO I WAS TOLD FOR YRS. WITH PROMPTING OF MANY FRIENDS TO GATHER , THESE WORKS TO TELL OF MY FAULTS, DESIRES, BROKEN HEARTS, AND LESSON'S LEARNED . MY HOPE FOR MAN AND HIS TRUSTED FRIEND , THAT MAKES MY HEART BEAT AND MY WALLET TO BE JUST A DESIGN , CAN YOU SEE A WALLET FRAMED ON THE WALL HIM BUT POETRY SHINES IN THE DARKEST PARTS IN YOUR HEART SO TODAY I OFFER ALL OF YOU THIS GIFT OF POETRY; "Staying on 94: Tales From a Misguided Soul",
MY FIRST " BOOK " BUT NOT MY FIRST WORD , MY FIRST WORD WAS MOMMY ! AND MY LAST WILL BE "HOW DID I DO SWEETS? ". D. RUFF THE POET ..... ALSO CO-HOST OF THIS OPEN MIC !!!!!! The 'If You Can Feel It, You Can Speak It' Open mic founded in Nov. 2009 by Jhanea 'Jha D' Williams, a Poetess and Northeastern graduate in Architecture. She had a vision to create a venue for people of color in the LBGTQI community to express their emotions , through poetry with artistery , and With a few blessings and organizations, she was able to make her vision a reality , and after 6months invited me aboard as a Co-Host while she went to UPenn for her masters in Architecture. Since then, The mic has grown a life of its own, with feature every month, a Spoken Word team "Team Be Spoken", and an atmosphere that invites anyone and everyone with a voice, a talent, or just a point of view. If you would like to donate products to Innerprize Communications for the purpose of creating a multiculteral network, continuing , contact me Dana Ruff , pres. of Lite-Ra-Cure Publishing ... its all volunteers...