Poet speak issue 19

P O E T S P E A KMAGAZINE

FEBRUARY 2014

ISSUE 19

HEART ATTACKPOETRYCONTEST

Contest Winners -Friday Ogba Pg. 4

Shantell Cooper Pg. 6

Edmond Sumpter Pg. 8

POET SPEAK“WE ARE POWERFUL WHEN WE SPEAK”

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Jeffery Brown

CONTRIBUTING EDITOR: Kentrell Blanche

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Send inquiries to: [email protected]

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Poets are like Literary Prophets/Visionaries....Chosen just like Moses to stand on the peak ofmountains and commune with God and receive instructions to take back to themasses....Come on Poet...go ahead and Speak!!!!

The Poet:

An endangered species

Capable of delving deep down into the caverns of wisdom and extracting reality; lethalwith words and the truth;

The Female - bold and articulate

The Male - fierce and indestructible

The Poet is not lost and remains one of the few who can find the way;

The Poet does not share a human weakness of blindness but gains a burst of insightfrom the Divine;

Rarely understood, this creature walks lonely paths undetected, quietly deciphering hid-den codes of human behaviour and emotions

The Poet has a light diet and does not digest lies and general foolishness very well;

General population should beware when a Poet is around because the Poet will notback down when the truth is on the line;

With a frank and outspoken heart, the Poet will reveal what has been cloaked;

Chosen to stand apart, the Poet is a Revelator,

A literary Scientist, a Unique Specimen indeed…

JEFFERY BROWN

© 2013

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Songs of a broken heart

Friday OgbaPoet Speak Magazine

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"Did i not hear thy choric hymns of deep throat-sore voices?""harsh-tunes of broken harpists' songs in disharmony"

"in this day so dared that was never dawn""laments of nights so hidden that was never gone"

"knew not cheer in this piercing comfort worn""whence and here in lamp-flame pity"

"tattered-soul poverty in clothe's charity""thence am here o death i do not hide o take me"

"brought me from paradise to this home of unreal flames""i die in this ungraceful dome of real pains"

"a thousand times more than life i breath in one vain""daylight now a dark and pale hearted night"

"daylight a mockery to my night""tender heart choke in the clobbering baskets o' thorns"

"bleeding a bloodless bleeding on unnamed floors""my tears i let into the earth soon more to drain this torment's woe"

"o drunk love i drown, i stagger, you're deeper than deep wine""butchered soul lain quietly in laments watery lime"

"in forgotten memories stamped beneath blankets by friendly foes""only waking to death of days as they pass by on toes"

"a widow whose groom was not by death stolen""who did not die, whom it’s forbidden to embrace"

"who walks among the living, no more lace""by light's glitter died with the setting sun in the west"

"hands bid farewell before on left cheek moist of kisses wept""sooner than now till little dim, bye and bye black lullaby"

"singing the strange song of the broken hearts tie"©2014 Friday Ogba

www.issuu.com/poetspeak Pg. 4

“H E A R T A T T A C K”CONTEST

FIRST PLACE WINNER:

F R I D A YO G B A

POET SPEAK MAGAZINE

ELEMENT OF FREEDOM...I USE TO THINK MY MIND WAS THE SAFEST HAVEN I COULD RUN THROUGH, BUT I ALWAYSHEARD ONCE THE WAR HAS STARTED YOU CAN'T TURN BACK CAUSE THERE'S NOTHIN' LEFT TOGO BACK TO... JUST EMPTY SHELLS AND SHREDDED SHRAPNEL, LIKE WARPED WOOD ON PIANOKEYZ THAT HENRY STEINWAY COULDN'T REBUILD IF HE USE OAK TREES AND THE SHARPESTSCALPEL.... SO HOW DO I KEEP THE MUSIC PLAYING WHEN MY FAVORITE INSTRUMENT HAS BEENCOMPLETELY BROKEN, DAMAGED BECAUSE SOME ONE LEFT THE CASING OF THE COVER TO THEKEY DOOR OPEN... A FINE BABY GRAND DESTROYED FROM NOT BEING PRESERVED, SOFT TUNESWITH NO MELODY NOW WAS THAT EVEN DESERVED... ALICIA WOULD SELL OUT CONCERTSWHEN HER KEYZ WOULD PLAY PHENOMENALLY, HITTING HER INFAMOUS HIGH NOTES THATWOULD ADHERE TO HIM SUBCONSCIOUSLY.... THE BLIND SONGSTRESS AND THE DEAF COMPOS-ER HAVE WRITTEN HYMNS THAT CHURCH CHOIRS COULDN'T HARMONIZE WITHOUT POSSESS-ING A CERTAIN TYPE OF TUNE, THAT'S WHY I WRITE WITH INDIAN INK SO THAT THIS SPILL WILLCOVER THE CREST ON THAT BEAUTIFUL JUNE MOON... WHITE FLAG I'LL ALWAYS SURRENDER BUTI GUESS UNDER A DIFFERENT MENTALITY, WHERE DISTANCE DOESN'T EXIST AND TIME CATCHESUP TO THAT OLD SKOOL REALITY...Copyright © Shan-Teazy Ledgend 2014

Shantell CooperPoet Speak Magazine

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SECOND PLACE WINNER:S H A N T E L L

C O O P E R

POET SPEAK MAGAZINE

A Tear For An Addict

Edmond Kirt SumpterPoet Speak Magazine

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Have you Ever Seen A Loved One Lost, Defeated, and Void Of All Sense Of Hope-In And Out A World of Drugs, So Many Dying Because They Just Can't Cope.

Day After Day Their Souls Sink Deeper, While Chasing An Illusional-Phathom High-And It's Like The More You Give The Less They Respond, And You Just Can't Figure

Out Why.

Denial Is A Very Destructive Thing, Especially When Reality Paints A DifferentPicture-

For There Is Just No Way That Truth And Lies, May Ever Find A Proper Balance orMixture.

All the Pain And Destruction That Drugs Have Caused, You Think Would Make OneScream! I've Had It!-

Have You Ever Lost A Loved One To Drugs, Then You May Shed A Tear For AnAddict.

(C)2014 Edmond Kirt Sumpter


T H I R D PLACE WINNER

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Eleven Authors/Poets have chosen to compile a collection of their original work.This book notates soulful reveries and heartfelt experiences, amazing and wise ob-servations on life. Become empowered and enlightened by these poetic displays ofcreativity. Come and join the Conversation!

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I hear you Thinking

Thinking things to pull me down

I love anyway

Haiku #4I hear them say it

Cuss words ain’t for no lady

But sometimes shit’s real

Haiku #5

Brothas

Just because you’ve loved and lost don’t mean stop lovin’

If you have a nightmare,

Does it mean you stop dreaming?

Pocket Size #3

I put food coloring in my bath yesterday

Sat in a pretty blue

Let the drops fall from my finger tips

Onto my breast and my stomach

I just wanted to look how I feel

Without you

Blue

©2005 by Jill Scott . THE MOMENTS, THE MINUTES,THE HOURS: THE POETRY OF JILL SCOTT


1.) Poets can submit up to 3 poems2.) Work must be original and the sole property of Poet3.) Work can be of any length from 4 lines on up4.) Work can be any subject, any topic5.) While we believe in free speech, if your work is filled with excessive profanity(or any profanity) itwill not be chosen for publication (words like"hell", etc., will be acceptable if it is needed in themessage; if you are not sure your poem fits these guidelines then please ask)6.) Copy/Paste your submissions into the body of the email and type "Poet Speak Submissions" intothe Subject field of the email (If you find it easier, then you can simply "Attach" your poems to theemail)7.) Type your name, City/State, and email contact info into the body of the email so readers cancontact you directly if interested in more work from you8.) All poems will be Edited for spelling errors (We realize you have Poetic License and the contentand message of your work will not be changed; If there are certain words that you are using as "playon words" like "Poetik" then detail this in your submission email and we will not change it)9.) Take a deep breath and just have fun! Congratulations, you are on your way to becoming aPublished Writer!

EMAIL submissions to: [email protected]

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Contest Winners -Friday Ogba Pg. 4

Shantell Cooper Pg. 6

Edmond Sumpter Pg. 8

P O E TS P E A KMAGAZINE

Published by:

Poet Speak Publishing

Monroe, LA 71201

(318) 516-4741

Distributed by:Magcloud.com

Editor-in-Chief/Publisher:

Jeffery Asheley Brown

Editorial Dept: [email protected]

YOU NEED TOSEE YOURSELF

DOING BETTER AND THEN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. DARE

TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX, DARE TO TAKE THERISKS THAT THE OLD YOU WOULD NEVER HAVECONSIDERED. ARE YOU WRITING DOWN YOUR VISIONS? THAT’S THEONLY WAY TO MAKE THEM PLAIN. INVEST MORE IN YOUR-SELF. PUT THE ELECTRONIC GADGETS DOWN FOR A WHILE.WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU SMILED UP AT THE SUN AND ENJOYED THEFEEL OF THE WIND ON YOUR FACE? DREAM WISELY BUT FREELY.DANCE A LITTLE DANCE. STRESS GETS TIRED TOO.

AND YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING IT NON-STOP. FREE YOURSELF; IT’S TIME TO LIVE.

KNOW THAT YOU DO HAVE CHOICES. YOU CAN DECIDE

TO STAY AT THAT JOB YOU HATE OR YOU CAN LOOKFOR ANOTHER ONE. NO ONE CAN CONTROL YOURDREAMS. IF YOU DESIRE MORE THEN GO AFTER IT.

FIND FAITH IN THE CREATOR. YOU KNOW WEARE NOT ALONE. SOMEONE HAD TO CREATE THISBEAUTIFUL LIFE YOU’VE BEEN MISSING OUT ON.EVERY PLAN BEGINS WITH A DREAM SO DREAM LIKEA BILLIONAIRE WITH MONEY TO SPARE.©2014 J ASHELEY BROWN

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