Slam Queen vs. Inaugural Poet

The Village Voice ^ | 09/04/02 | Thulani Davis

[My back yard]

The best-selling sequel to her popular "A Lunch Flung Up from My Stomach" and "My Spleen Thrown Up by Intense Vomiting." She calls this her "Reverse Peristalsis" series.

I may just want to give this one a look, if she has given up flinging bile and calling it poetry. (another SNL goodie revisited, 'don't puke on my leg and call it poetry.') Certainly giving thanks to God for what she does have could be an improvement.

[My back yard]

And yes, I had to look that one up

Uh, I didn't. I actually have a piece of poetry titled 'Mandala Dancer'.

[BansheeBill]

"Kill my landlord...Kill my landlord..."
Eddie Murphy(?) SNL too long ago to remember...

The complete Eddie Murphy quote from the Mr Roger's Neighborhood takeoff was:

"Kill my landlord...Kill my landlord...C - I - L - L... My Landlord"

[My back yard]

Alright little bird I'll never forget seeing Bubba, ever the panderer, wiping away a fake tear when she was blathering at the podium.

Here's one I wrote just after watching that disgusting display/thing.

Alright little bird
I can sing too
As pretty as you.
I don't need a cage
To fly in a rage
Of frustrations unfair
Could pull out my hair.
I have a new
world to eschew.
Should I thank you
Ms. Angelou?

[doug from upland]

One of these was written by Maya Angelou and one by DFU. Can you tell which is which?

A rock, A river, A tree
Hosts to species long since departed,
Marked the mastodon.
The dinosaur, who left dry tokens
Of their sojourn here
On our planet floor,
Any broad alarm of their
hastening doom
is lost in the gloom of dust and ages.

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A cigar, an intern, a lie
Thank goodness the beast is now departed
Barked Buddy, the now dead dog
The rapist who left DNA samples
Of his essence there
On our Great Seal
We sounded our clarion call
Of this nation's doom
We're lost in the legacy of Clinton

[Soaring Feather]

Alright little bird
I can sing too

I can sing too
bf :O)
Holding you own here Mby!

[Cicero]

Yes, I can make a pretty good guess. But I'm pledged to silence.

[NYCVirago]

IThe book has gotten some other poor reviews, but it seems that Coleman caused trouble by accusing Angelou of hustling the public, selling a skimpy book in large type and large hype at a high price, containing rehashed material and what may be exaggerated claims for a high-minded, race-conscious past.

Believe it or not, I've read this book, and this critic is absolutely right. "A Sung Flung Up to Heaven" is very slight, overpriced, and overrated. I'd love to read the full LA Times review of this!

[NYCVirago]

I found a link to the full review. I don't know anything else about Wanda Coleman, but she's dead on about this book!

http://events.calendarlive.com/top/1,1419,L-LATimes-Search-X!ArticleDetail-56132,00.html

[flying Elvis]

How bout this old SNL favorite from the prison talent show:

I'm gonna get me a shotgun and kill all the whiteys I see.

Oh, I'm gonna get me a shotgun and kill all the whiteys I see.

And after I kill all the whiteys I seeeeeeeeeeeeee.

Ain't no white boys gonna bother me. ;)