Posts tagged “Saul Williams”

Poetry Break

Posted on April 30, 2020

Once again: “Your Life” by Andrea Gibson “I Carry Your Heart with Me” by e.e. cummings “Explaining My Depression to My Mother” by Sabrina Benaim “Ohm” by Saul Williams “Why are Muslims So…” by Sakila & Hawa “14 Lines from Love Letters or Suicide Notes” by Doc Luben “Some Things You Need to Know Before Dating Me” by Jamie Mortara “What Society Says to Men” by Helly Shah “AmeRícan” by Tato Laviera “Through the Fence…” by Edward Vidaurre “America” by Allen Ginsberg “The Good Life” by Tracy K. Smith “When a Boy Tells You He Loves You” by Edwin Bodeny “OCD” by Neil Hilborn “Peach Scone” by Hobo Johnson & the LoveMakers “I Will Not Let an Exam Result Decide my Fate” by Suli…

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Poetry Break

Posted on April 4, 2020

My introduction to Saul Wiliams was through his 2007 album, The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust! which had been produced by Trent Reznor. The first single, Tr(n)igger held lyrics that resonated – and still resonate – with the time: “You wanna blame them boys from Lebanon and cat like you don’t know where they get it from?/You wanna project all your problems and murder every hope to solve them?/Would Jesus Christ come back American? What if he’s Iraqi and here again?/You’d have to finally face your fears, my friend/Who’s gonna hold your hand when that happens?” After devouring the album, I started digging for more. And found his poetry through the process. There’s a lot of poems that could be posted, but “Ohm”…

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Tagged: National Poetry Month, Ohm, Poem, Saul Williams, The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust, Tr(n)igger, Trent Reznor