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    From David Dalton@21:1/5 to All on Tue Oct 17 01:18:16 2023
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    October 17 is Black Poetry Day.

    --
    https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page)
    "So tell me, tell me, tell me; Why it makes you cry; It was your first time
    in the sun; Once burned, twice shy; It's come around again; Did it
    really hurt so bad; You'd let it pass you by?” (Noel Dinn/Figgy Duff)

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  • From W.Dockery@21:1/5 to David Dalton on Tue Oct 17 07:58:01 2023
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    David Dalton wrote:

    October 17 is Black Poetry Day.

    This is the poem I thought of yesterday when we (Dan Barfield and I) talked about the transition from the Jimmy Carter era to Ronald Reagan era.

    The poet Gil Scott Heron:

    https://youtu.be/j4F2U4fPoyo?si=hr4h4KTsA-qY7rZp

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  • From General-Zod@21:1/5 to David Dalton on Tue Oct 17 21:06:52 2023
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    David Dalton wrote:

    October 17 is Black Poetry Day.

    I'll add one by one of the greatest... Ahmos Zu-Bolton....

    ~~~~
    I speak to him from miles away,

    from the cell next door and

    lightyears away,

    from motherlands and the fertile earth

    our Mississippi father plowed:
    ~~~~


    Read more at ~~~:
    https://aprweb.org/poems/ravis

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  • From W.Dockery@21:1/5 to General-Zod on Wed Oct 18 02:25:56 2023
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    General-Zod wrote:

    David Dalton wrote:

    October 17 is Black Poetry Day.

    I'll add one by one of the greatest... Ahmos Zu-Bolton....

    ~~~~
    I speak to him from miles away,

    from the cell next door and

    lightyears away,

    from motherlands and the fertile earth

    our Mississippi father plowed:
    ~~~~


    Read more at ~~~:
    https://aprweb.org/poems/ravis


    Good choice, Zod.

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  • From W.Dockery@21:1/5 to General-Zod on Wed Oct 18 07:51:29 2023
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    General-Zod wrote:

    David Dalton wrote:

    October 17 is Black Poetry Day.

    I'll add one by one of the greatest... Ahmos Zu-Bolton....

    ~~~~
    I speak to him from miles away,

    from the cell next door and

    lightyears away,

    from motherlands and the fertile earth

    our Mississippi father plowed:
    ~~~~


    Read more at ~~~:
    https://aprweb.org/poems/ravis

    Good find.

    More from Ahmed Zu-Bolton:

    "I don't want to mount Pegasus,
    I want to mount the air
    which he flies through."

    -Ahmos Zu-Bolton aka Blackjack Moses, May 1976

    https://www.facebook.com/groups/105463832836304/permalink/5190074841041819/

    ***

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  • From W.Dockery@21:1/5 to Zod on Wed Oct 18 08:58:15 2023
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    Zod wrote:

    David Dalton wrote:

    October 17 is Black Poetry Day.

    I'll add one by one of the greatest... Ahmos Zu-Bolton....

    ~~~~
    I speak to him from miles away,

    from the cell next door and

    lightyears away,

    from motherlands and the fertile earth

    our Mississippi father plowed:
    ~~~~


    Read more at ~~~:
    https://aprweb.org/poems/ravis

    Again, good find, Zod.

    More from Ahmed Zu-Bolton:

    "I don't want to mount Pegasus,
    I want to mount the air
    which he flies through."

    -Ahmos Zu-Bolton aka Blackjack Moses, May 1976

    https://www.facebook.com/groups/105463832836304/permalink/5190074841041819/



    Better resolution view, Ahmos Zu-Bolton in Columbus Georgia in 1976:

    https://imgur.com/gallery/f4cyMMm

    ***

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  • From General-Zod@21:1/5 to Will Dockery on Fri Oct 20 20:38:19 2023
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    Will Dockery wrote:

    Zod wrote:

    David Dalton wrote:

    October 17 is Black Poetry Day.

    I'll add one by one of the greatest... Ahmos Zu-Bolton....

    ~~~~
    I speak to him from miles away,

    from the cell next door and

    lightyears away,

    from motherlands and the fertile earth

    our Mississippi father plowed:
    ~~~~


    Read more at ~~~:
    https://aprweb.org/poems/ravis

    Again, good find, Zod.

    More from Ahmed Zu-Bolton:

    "I don't want to mount Pegasus,
    I want to mount the air
    which he flies through."

    -Ahmos Zu-Bolton aka Blackjack Moses, May 1976

    https://www.facebook.com/groups/105463832836304/permalink/5190074841041819/



    Better resolution view, Ahmos Zu-Bolton in Columbus Georgia in 1976:

    https://imgur.com/gallery/f4cyMMm

    ***


    Quite cool, glad that debate has been settled at last..!

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  • From General-Zod@21:1/5 to W.Dockery on Sat Oct 21 22:22:03 2023
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    W.Dockery wrote:

    Zod wrote:

    David Dalton wrote:

    October 17 is Black Poetry Day.

    I'll add one by one of the greatest... Ahmos Zu-Bolton....

    ~~~~
    I speak to him from miles away,

    from the cell next door and

    lightyears away,

    from motherlands and the fertile earth

    our Mississippi father plowed:
    ~~~~


    Read more at ~~~:
    https://aprweb.org/poems/ravis

    Again, good find, Zod.

    More from Ahmed Zu-Bolton:

    "I don't want to mount Pegasus,
    I want to mount the air
    which he flies through."

    -Ahmos Zu-Bolton aka Blackjack Moses, May 1976

    https://www.facebook.com/groups/105463832836304/permalink/5190074841041819/



    Better resolution view, Ahmos Zu-Bolton in Columbus Georgia in 1976:

    https://imgur.com/gallery/f4cyMMm

    ***


    Again, outstanding find...!

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  • From General-Zod@21:1/5 to Will Dockery on Thu Oct 26 19:35:05 2023
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    On Tuesday, October 24, 2023 at 4:00:16 AM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
    David Dalton wrote:

    October 17 is Black Poetry Day.
    This is the poem I thought of yesterday when we (Dan Barfield and I) talked about the transition from the Jimmy Carter era to Ronald Reagan era.

    The poet Gil Scott Heron:

    https://youtu.be/j4F2U4fPoyo?si=hr4h4KTsA-qY7rZp

    Fabulous artist...!

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  • From W.Dockery@21:1/5 to General-Zod on Tue Oct 31 22:12:22 2023
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    General-Zod wrote:

    On Tuesday, October 24, 2023 at 4:00:16 AM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
    David Dalton wrote:

    October 17 is Black Poetry Day.
    This is the poem I thought of yesterday when we (Dan Barfield and I) talked about the transition from the Jimmy Carter era to Ronald Reagan era.

    The poet Gil Scott Heron:

    https://youtu.be/j4F2U4fPoyo?si=hr4h4KTsA-qY7rZp

    Fabulous artist...!


    Agreed.

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  • From W.Dockery@21:1/5 to Faraway Star on Sun Nov 12 16:43:24 2023
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    Faraway Star wrote:

    On Friday, October 20, 2023 at 10:35:38 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
    On Friday, October 20, 2023 at 4:40:19 PM UTC-4, General-Zod wrote:
    Will Dockery wrote:

    Zod wrote:

    David Dalton wrote:

    October 17 is Black Poetry Day.

    I'll add one by one of the greatest... Ahmos Zu-Bolton....

    ~~~~
    I speak to him from miles away,

    from the cell next door and

    lightyears away,

    from motherlands and the fertile earth

    our Mississippi father plowed:
    ~~~~


    Read more at ~~~:
    https://aprweb.org/poems/ravis

    Again, good find, Zod.

    More from Ahmed Zu-Bolton:

    "I don't want to mount Pegasus,
    I want to mount the air
    which he flies through."

    -Ahmos Zu-Bolton aka Blackjack Moses, May 1976

    https://www.facebook.com/groups/105463832836304/permalink/5190074841041819/



    Better resolution view, Ahmos Zu-Bolton in Columbus Georgia in 1976:

    https://imgur.com/gallery/f4cyMMm

    ***
    Quite cool, glad that debate has been settled at last..!
    Exactly.

    Right on

    Good morning again my friend.

    🙂

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  • From General-Zod@21:1/5 to Will Dockery on Fri Nov 17 19:25:15 2023
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    Will Dockery wrote:

    On Friday, October 20, 2023 at 4:40:19 PM UTC-4, General-Zod wrote:
    Will Dockery wrote:

    Zod wrote:

    David Dalton wrote:

    October 17 is Black Poetry Day.

    I'll add one by one of the greatest... Ahmos Zu-Bolton....

    ~~~~
    I speak to him from miles away,

    from the cell next door and

    lightyears away,

    from motherlands and the fertile earth

    our Mississippi father plowed:
    ~~~~


    Read more at ~~~:
    https://aprweb.org/poems/ravis

    Again, good find, Zod.

    More from Ahmed Zu-Bolton:

    "I don't want to mount Pegasus,
    I want to mount the air
    which he flies through."

    -Ahmos Zu-Bolton aka Blackjack Moses, May 1976

    https://www.facebook.com/groups/105463832836304/permalink/5190074841041819/



    Better resolution view, Ahmos Zu-Bolton in Columbus Georgia in 1976:

    https://imgur.com/gallery/f4cyMMm

    ***
    Quite cool, glad that debate has been settled at last..!

    Exactly.

    😃

    In other words, the scumbag troll mother fuckers such as Nancy G. and Michael Penhead simply STFU... ha ha.

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  • From Pagliotz@21:1/5 to All on Wed Dec 6 00:33:13 2023
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    Dopo dura riflessione, David Dalton ha scritto :
    October 17 is Black Poetry Day.

    oh my god!

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  • From W.Dockery@21:1/5 to General-Zod on Mon Feb 12 02:36:23 2024
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    General-Zod wrote:

    David Dalton wrote:

    October 17 is Black Poetry Day.

    I'll add one by one of the greatest... Ahmos Zu-Bolton....

    ~~~~
    I speak to him from miles away,

    from the cell next door and

    lightyears away,

    from motherlands and the fertile earth

    our Mississippi father plowed:
    ~~~~


    Read more at ~~~:
    https://aprweb.org/poems/ravis

    Good find.

    More from Ahmed Zu-Bolton:

    "I don't want to mount Pegasus,
    I want to mount the air
    which he flies through."

    -Ahmos Zu-Bolton aka Blackjack Moses, May 1976

    https://www.facebook.com/groups/105463832836304/permalink/5190074841041819/

    ***


    One of the greatest American poets.


    Yo


    Agreed.

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