Category Archives: 30/30

Poem for My Father Ending with a Line from LOST

[Poem was here.]

I can’t even remember what kind of sucker shoes I was wearing before I got my first real pair of hip-hop kicks, all I know is when my first pair of serious sneakers fit on my shoes was when I first lived the word “swagger.”

Poem, soundtrack, you know the deal.

Ode to My Clyde Pumas

[Poem was here.]

If you lived through the 80s in the Bronx, then you know exactly what I’m talkin bout here.

You’ll also know that Word of Mouth’s KING KUT is the best soundtrack to go with the poem.

Word.

Ode to Government Cheese

[Poem was here, can now be found at The Rumpus.]

No backstory here as I’m really trying to get to 30 poems this month.

Portrait of Ray-Jay as Atlas

[Poem was here.]