tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6957133.post114141186637412015..comments2023-10-30T11:05:47.708-04:00Comments on Poetry, Rants, Woman & Power: C is forMahogany L. Brownehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09125114786556698316noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6957133.post-1141620836783210362006-03-05T23:53:00.000-05:002006-03-05T23:53:00.000-05:00I have to agree with Shelle. It is a disaapointin...I have to agree with Shelle. It is a disaapointing part for me. I think I was very idealistic that all poets would have like minded consciousness and it was hard the first few times I realized that was not true...that no sweeping belief in any group is ever valid. No matter how much you want it to be. I believe that for some writers, you feel them. You feel how true it is when they speak. Performance and feel are not always the same thing. I am not typing anything you dont already know, just kind of thinking out loud I guess. <BR/><BR/>It does seem to taint it a little, I agree with what you are saying. It feels less honest, like they are less vunerable. Anyway, you are an inspiring writer. And I appreciate you for that.CousinSarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02476468538883607419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6957133.post-1141547206710109932006-03-05T03:26:00.000-05:002006-03-05T03:26:00.000-05:00i agree and saddened by it all. i'm still so new t...i agree and saddened by it all. i'm still so new to this game, learning so much all the time. i'm still in shock when i realize the truth(or lies) of some pieces, as u said. my stuff is so damn personal, and i don't know how to write any other way...i pray i never will.<BR/>i think u r who u r mo, and where u r, because u stay true to the art. u r one of the few people (poets) i know who make a damn difference in this world...don't stopShellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10360486935030556925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6957133.post-1141500663725075742006-03-04T14:31:00.000-05:002006-03-04T14:31:00.000-05:00it is taintedit is why I ran from it for a few yea...it is tainted<BR/><BR/>it is why I ran from it for a few years..did a few open mics, just to stay afloat, but nothing real big<BR/><BR/>I started to see these circus-like, large than life characters appear out of mid air..they were getting the "paying gigs"., they put thier whole lives on blast to make a quick $500.00 only for us to realize it was all lies..and it was very sad<BR/><BR/>you gotta stay true to yourself, for amari, for j, be who you are- this is why you will always struggle with the fakers, the people who are only here until, as i say, the fad fades...<BR/><BR/>you will always have your integrity, never ever change, never ever!poetesscrystalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01283330504844548300noreply@blogger.com