little white girl makes
tire swing out of old rope noose-
recycles hope
of all the words to
describe my father only
one hurts most: absent
I see my grandchildren
dancing in the back of
your eyes; marry me
granddad used to
hold me
feed me/ now spoon in
my hands he in my arms
organic food- expensive
fast food- cheap
we save money
but not lives
"little white girl makes," "of all the words to," "I see my grandchildren," "granddad used to," and "organic food- expensive" are by Ed Mabrey. Copyright © 2007 by Ed Mabrey. Used by permission of author. All rights reserved.
2007 Individual World Poetry Slam Champion. Founder and CEO of Black Pearl Poetry, one of the most successful poetry shows in the country. NPS Head-To-Head Haiku (H2HH) Champion 2004 and 2002.
ED MABREY is the current Individual World Poetry Slam Champion (2007).
Ed is also the founder and CEO of Black Pearl Poetry, one of the most successful poetry shows in the country. Ed has been published numerous times including in the National Best Selling anthology Spoken Word Revolution Redux by Sourcebooks. Ed tours internationally as a full time poet and conducts lectures, workshops, seminars, and performances for Fortune 500 Companies and Universities from coast to coast. He is the National Poetry Slam Head-to-Head Haiku (H2HH) Champion of 2004 and 2002.
Ed currently has 4 CDS available- The UN, From the Page to the Stage and Back Again, The Unsampler and UN/TILL. Ed will also release a book in 2008 thru Poetry Slam Inc.
For more information about Ed Mabrey, visit: www.myspace.com/edmabrey
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