PO' Poets
Fourth of July in City Terrace
At Herbert Circle the view reaches from Eastside to San Pedro, from the Chicano Alps to shores of the North Pacific.
People hurry here from carne asada and weenie grills to huddle in the middle of the street.
To seize from the holiday a way of seeing themselves in their own light.
In anticipation for darkness to come rushing, for the show to begin,
I was early to stand among the crowd.
Following the first explosion from an artillery shell others take flight.
In an instant, night is set on fire.
Blossom
Let it blossom
A Grieving Mother June 16 2018
Words. What exactly are the purpose of words?
10 years 2007-2017 The Best of Krip-Hop Nation. Happy B. Day KHN
Press Release
January/2017
Krip-Hop Nation Tenth Anniversary CD Leroy F. Moore Jr.
Kayla Cooking Their Final Meal For the Community (Poem for Kayla Moore)
You smell that
But it’s not ready
Stolen Land / Hoarded Resources Redistribution, Decolonization & Community Reparations Tour Comes To LA with Black, Brown, Broke & Disabled Hip-Hop/Spoken Word Show
Everything’s Political
Poverty is politics
Racism is politics
Sexism is politics
Classism is politics
Capitalism, politics
Fuck those politics
Portrayals
PORTRAYALS
___________
"Jail-bird"
"Gang-banger"
"Meth-head"
"Predator"
"Wanna-be mob
Buster"
"Knife-swinging
Nutter"
"Deserved to get surrounded
By heat-holding cops"
"Deserved to get grounded
With 21 shots"
But
These are portrayals
They want you to know
These are portrayals
They want to show
Based on derogatory
Stereotypes
I’m the Same as you, I just Don’t have a roof
Side by Side
Pectoral Politricks/Notes from the Inside
Mr. Charles Chatman is a Plantation Prison Correspondent for POOR Magazine/Prensa POBRE.
Editor's Note: As currently and formerly incarcerated poor and indigenous peoples in struggle and resistance with all plantation systems in Amerikkka, POOR Magazine stands in solidarity with all folks on the other side of the razor wire plantation. For more information about Mr. Chatman’s organizations, please write to him at
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