Doing it Right!
Music seems to be as important an element to Open Mic night as the poetry itself, and the canned variety is poor subsitute for live musicians. We've been blessed to have very loyal and talented musicians on the SWORD team and this has made our Open Mic ventures hugely successful.David Haygood is the creator of the paintings to the left (Doin It) and at the bottom (Yes Lord) of this post. But he was also the bass blayer laying down the funk for poets last night at Julius Cafe and last week at Bill & Bob's.
Hosea Taylor is best know for his accomplishment with Martial Arts and his community activism, but he was the Sax player last night pushing the sweet strains out of that polished alto. Justice Peace is a stand-up comedian, but lately he's been doing some pretty deep, though-provoking poetry at every open mic venue he can get to. Synergy.
Something is afoot; something big, something world-changing. It supercedes our perceived personal needs and that's easy to say, but hard to live. Sometimes "Doing it Right" takes sacrifice.
I look around and see couples everywhere, and with the onset of spring, I know I'll see even more. A big part of me yearns to participate in that annual ritual of ardent passion, but I suspect it will be denied again this year. Higher Powers have a mission for me and the distractions of flesh are not to be allowed.
Nonetheless, I am privileged to be part of this Movement, this Wave of Consciousness that is inevitably desitined to change the Fate of Mankind. If my libido is all I have to give up for my part in the liberation of MindKind, then I embrace my Spartan lot with the hardened determination of any warrior.
Let the meloncholy baritone of a soulful dirge join the triumphant imperatives of the seraphim.
"Yes Lord!"
posted by JahStorm @ 8:09 AM
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