November 13, 2011

Deep In Your Best Reflection Erotic Poems by Danny Simmons

Event hosted by Asha Bandele & Russell Simmons
Photography: G.Pruitt Photography
Episode sponsored by: http://sulanyc.com & http://verdispumante.com
Produced by http://michaelatv.com

Thanks to Danny Simmons for the invitation.

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COMING SOON: Interview with Published Poet/Author Yashi Brown Daughter of Rebbie Jackson / Niece of Michael Jackson http://yashibrown.com/ MichaelaTV.com and The MichaelaRadio Show has the pleasure of interviewing daughter of Rebbie Jackson and niece of the Late and Legendary Michael Jackson. Interview Coming soon!  Read more about Yashi below. (Thanks to Roshon Legree aka Chocolate Wonder for the connect). Black Daisy in a White Limousine: 77 Poems is an urban anthology of modern challenges, passages, spirituality, sexuality, love and family. This provocative collection of contemporary poetry eloquently embraces a multitude of subjects from the coming of age experiences of a teenage girl to the inevitable loss of love and innocence of a young woman. Filled with courage, vision and whimsy, the reader gets the sense of a well worn journey that lands safely in a place of strength and hope. (I’m on a beautiful smile of endless sunshine / Music on my fears / Words trace these lovely tree lines / Prancing on the horizon / Wrapped in peaceful white) Perhaps most insightful is the feeling that family is never far below the surface of Yashi’s poetry. Many poems give the reader a very real glimpse into the private world of her legendary roots including ‘Mom’ an homage to her mother, Rebbie Jackson, and ‘Genius is Love’, a poignant narrative of  a young Yashi and memories with her Uncle, Michael Jackson. (If we could just let our inner child wander / You stayed here because you knew / It was the one place full of honor) At once embattled and courageous are the poems depicting the triumphant self-realization that comes with battling and eventually overcoming her own mental illness. Never self-indulgent, her naked depiction of her own battle portrays both confusion and angst yet seems to never lose sight of hopeful anticipation (So sensitive the untold are / Moving along like sound / Either living deeply bruised or forgotten / Or eternally found) GIVING BACK NEVER LOOKED THIS GOOD!
March 23, 2011

COMING SOON: Interview with Published Poet/Author Yashi Brown Daughter of Rebbie Jackson / Niece of Michael Jackson http://yashibrown.com/

MichaelaTV.com and The MichaelaRadio Show has the pleasure of interviewing daughter of Rebbie Jackson and niece of the Late and Legendary Michael Jackson. Interview Coming soon!  Read more about Yashi below. (Thanks to Roshon Legree aka Chocolate Wonder for the connect).

Black Daisy in a White Limousine: 77 Poems is an urban anthology of modern challenges, passages, spirituality, sexuality, love and family.

This provocative collection of contemporary poetry eloquently embraces a multitude of subjects from the coming of age experiences of a teenage girl to the inevitable loss of love and innocence of a young woman. Filled with courage, vision and whimsy, the reader gets the sense of a well worn journey that lands safely in a place of strength and hope. (I’m on a beautiful smile of endless sunshine / Music on my fears / Words trace these lovely tree lines / Prancing on the horizon / Wrapped in peaceful white)

Perhaps most insightful is the feeling that family is never far below the surface of Yashi’s poetry. Many poems give the reader a very real glimpse into the private world of her legendary roots including ‘Mom’ an homage to her mother, Rebbie Jackson, and ‘Genius is Love’, a poignant narrative of  a young Yashi and memories with her Uncle, Michael Jackson. (If we could just let our inner child wander / You stayed here because you knew / It was the one place full of honor)

At once embattled and courageous are the poems depicting the triumphant self-realization that comes with battling and eventually overcoming her own mental illness. Never self-indulgent, her naked depiction of her own battle portrays both confusion and angst yet seems to never lose sight of hopeful anticipation (So sensitive the untold are / Moving along like sound / Either living deeply bruised or forgotten / Or eternally found)

GIVING BACK NEVER LOOKED THIS GOOD!