Post by WlkWlk3 on Jul 1, 2008 0:48:48 GMT -5
The Nomadic Scroll
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Greetings From the Administration
Peace Poets,
Welcome Nomads, Happy Independence Month! Hopefully you all were able to recognize Juneteenth last month... For those unaware June 19th 1865 was when the Slaves were finally told that they were free 2 years after the Emancipation Proclamation. June was also a great month for Poetry! We had some great pieces by some great writers, as well as 8 new members! We would like to Welcome AceHustle, Ele, Momentofchange, Mz.nicety, Sankara, Sexibrownskin, Shybutcurious, and our newest member SpitFire to The Fam. Kirsten & I also had a new addition, Dash Orion Savali! Also a big Congratulations to DaBlackWidow for Poet of the Month! It is a Well Deserved Honor! We hope this month will be as good a month as last month, so keep those pens movin!
Welcome Nomads, Happy Independence Month! Hopefully you all were able to recognize Juneteenth last month... For those unaware June 19th 1865 was when the Slaves were finally told that they were free 2 years after the Emancipation Proclamation. June was also a great month for Poetry! We had some great pieces by some great writers, as well as 8 new members! We would like to Welcome AceHustle, Ele, Momentofchange, Mz.nicety, Sankara, Sexibrownskin, Shybutcurious, and our newest member SpitFire to The Fam. Kirsten & I also had a new addition, Dash Orion Savali! Also a big Congratulations to DaBlackWidow for Poet of the Month! It is a Well Deserved Honor! We hope this month will be as good a month as last month, so keep those pens movin!
Peace and Blessings,
Hidden Poetress & WlkWlk3 (Administrators)
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[/size]Nomadic Poet of the Month
[/font][/center]DaBlackWidow
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[/size][/u][/center]Congratulations Black Widow! Keep blessing us with your talents!
[/size][/center]Below is DaBlackWidow's favorite original poem. Enjoy Fam...
Open Wounded Emotions
i cried for numerous moons and sunrises
and if i could save each drop from my eyes
i’d strain the salt from my tears
bottle each grain for the moment when…
i am able to handle the shards of my broken heart
carving a thousand cuts into your flesh
just to pour my pain in to each one
i want you to hurt the way I do
then again, i’ll save myself the torment
you are unworthy of receiving the pleasure
of my disappointments
Wlk 3's Scribe of the Month:
the dance
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Scribed by: Spoken Grenade
Beres banded his melody
with their circadian rhythm;
So 3 am was no time to be asleep.
Gazelle sleek dipped in
I want you all over me
Pushed past
The Lion coated in Somali rose
And the essence of the wild.
he noticed that she
pretended not to notice
Three songs
2 Mojitos
1 double shot of greygoose
And the lion
Maneuvered through the jungle of people
protectively swaying between
The gazelle and him
Smelling a faint murk
Of danger in oxygen
She slipped through the
Crowd to the safety of
The other end of the woods.
Unrelenting,
he wandered the forest
On a prowl until he cornered
Her in her own safety net.
Trapped,
They wrestled
Hips clashing hips
Shoulders grazing shoulders
And Locked gazes.
The predator wants his prey
The prey refuses to fall victim
So the dance continued
Enthralled by her grace
He shook his mane and roared
For her to see his strength.
Unmoved, she stood her ground
They rocked roots like reggae
Ignoring the rising sun above the
Canopy trees because music
Wrapped them in a fight like sheets.
Delicate marijuana
Escaped his breathy lips
which she captured
In her nostrils
And breathed:
“There is one good thing about music
When it hits you, you feel no pain”
He prodded:
“So hit me with music
Hit me with music”
They fought fist full of moves
Until light swallowed the darkness
And the chase ceased.
The gazelle outran the lion
Who left with a whet appetite
And winded breath.
She sauntered her way to the exit
Thankful to be alive.
with their circadian rhythm;
So 3 am was no time to be asleep.
Gazelle sleek dipped in
I want you all over me
Pushed past
The Lion coated in Somali rose
And the essence of the wild.
he noticed that she
pretended not to notice
Three songs
2 Mojitos
1 double shot of greygoose
And the lion
Maneuvered through the jungle of people
protectively swaying between
The gazelle and him
Smelling a faint murk
Of danger in oxygen
She slipped through the
Crowd to the safety of
The other end of the woods.
Unrelenting,
he wandered the forest
On a prowl until he cornered
Her in her own safety net.
Trapped,
They wrestled
Hips clashing hips
Shoulders grazing shoulders
And Locked gazes.
The predator wants his prey
The prey refuses to fall victim
So the dance continued
Enthralled by her grace
He shook his mane and roared
For her to see his strength.
Unmoved, she stood her ground
They rocked roots like reggae
Ignoring the rising sun above the
Canopy trees because music
Wrapped them in a fight like sheets.
Delicate marijuana
Escaped his breathy lips
which she captured
In her nostrils
And breathed:
“There is one good thing about music
When it hits you, you feel no pain”
He prodded:
“So hit me with music
Hit me with music”
They fought fist full of moves
Until light swallowed the darkness
And the chase ceased.
The gazelle outran the lion
Who left with a whet appetite
And winded breath.
She sauntered her way to the exit
Thankful to be alive.
Oasis Spoken Word of the Month: Marston
manchester orchestra cover - sleeper 1972...
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Congratulations to the Hungriest Lions in The Den!
1. DaSwanja 1-0
2. Spirit 8-7
3. Ol' Skool 5-5
4. WLK3 8-10
5. R.E.T.S. 2-4
1. DaSwanja 1-0
2. Spirit 8-7
3. Ol' Skool 5-5
4. WLK3 8-10
5. R.E.T.S. 2-4
Congratulations to Our Four-Play Champions!
1. SeeTheSound(Renee)/WriteFromTheSpirit (Challenge 14: Rain)
[/font][/size]1. SeeTheSound(Renee)/WriteFromTheSpirit (Challenge 14: Rain)
We had some prolific pen pushing last month fam! Let's keep it blazing!!
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[/size][/b][/center]Pillow Talk
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Have you been in Pillow Talk? Have you been to Pillow Talk lately? Sensual, sexual or straight up freaky... You can find it all in Pillow Talk. So come check out some of your favorite writers put it down... This room is password protected so if you need the password ask one of the Oasis staff members and we will be happy to pass it on to you.
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Straight From the Headlines!!!
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BOSTON (AP) - On a new parquet floor below aging championship banners, the Boston Celtics won their 17th NBA title and a first one - at last - for Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen - their Big Three for a new generation.
After 22 long years, the NBA has gone green.
2008 NBA Finals
Lifted by ear-splitting chants of "Beat L.A." from their adoring crowd, which included Boston legends Bill Russell John Havlicek and JoJo White, the Celtics concluded a shocking rebound of a season with a stunning 131-92 blowout over the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 6 on Tuesday night.
With the outcome assured, Boston fans sang into the night as if they were in a pub on nearby Canal Street. They serenaded the newest champs in this city of champs, and taunted Kobe Bryant and his Lakers, who drowned in a green-and-white wave for 48 minutes.
Garnett scored 26 points with 14 rebounds, Allen scored 26 and Pierce, the finals MVP, added 17 as the Celtics, a 24-win team a year ago, wrapped up their first crown since 1986.
This was total domination. The Celtics obliterated the Lakers, who were trying to become the first team to overcome a 3-1 deficit in the finals.
No way. No how. No chance.
Boston's 39-point win surpassed the NBA record for the biggest margin of victory in a championship clincher; the Celtics beat the Lakers 129-96 in Game 5 of the 1965 NBA finals.
Pierce doused Celtics coach Doc Rivers with red Gatorade. Owner Wyc Grousbeck, who named his group Banner 17 to leave no doubt about his goal, put an unlit cigar in his mouth - a tribute to Red Auerbach, the patriarch who had a hand in the franchise's first 16 titles.
Garnett dropped to the parquet and kissed the leprechaun at center court, then found Hall of Famer Bill Russell for a long embrace.
"I got my own. I got my own," Garnett said. "I hope we made you proud."
"You sure did," Russell said.
Rivers pulled Pierce, Garnett and Allen with 4:01 left and they shared a group hug with their coach, who was nearly run out of town last season. In the final minute, Rivers, who lost his father at the beginning of this remarkable season, was soaked by Pierce, the Celtics' captain who decided to stay when things were bad and was rewarded for his loyalty
It's was Boston's first title since the passing of Auerbach, whose signature victory cigar was the only thing missing on this night. Even Auerbach, who died in 2006, got some satisfaction. Led by Rivers, his beloved team denied Lakers coach Phil Jackson from overtaking him with a 10th championship.
A perfect ending: a 17th title on the 17th of June.
The Boston-Los Angeles rivalry, nothing more than black-and-white footage from the 60s and TV highlights of players wearing short shorts in the 80s to young hoops fans, remains titled toward the Atlantic Ocean. The Celtics are 9-2 against the Lakers in the finals.
They missed their first crack at closing out the series in Game 5, but didn't miss on their second swing, running the Lakers out of their gym.
Bryant, the regular season MVP, finished with 22 points.
Garnett and Allen were All-Stars in other cities, stuck in Minnesota and Seattle, respectively, on teams going nowhere. But brought together in trades last summer by Celtics general manager Danny Ainge, a member of the '86 Celtics champions, they joined Pierce and formed an breakable bond, a trio as tight as the club's lucky shamrock logo.
With Garnett scoring 17 points and Pierce adding 10, Boston built a 23-point halftime lead, and unlike Game 2 when they let the Lakers trim a 24-point lead to two in the fourth quarter before recoveirng, the Celtics kept coming in waves.
They pushed their lead to 31 in the third quarter, and with Boston still up by 29 after three quarters, plastic sheets started going up in the Celtics' locker room in preparation for a champagne celebration.
Bryant started 4-of-5 from the field, but he missed seven shots in a row and finished 7-of-22. Everywhere he went, L.A.'s No. 24 ran smack into a wall of Boston defense as high as the Green Monster a few miles away at Fenway Park.
"Defense," Rivers said before the game. "Is what we do."
In the second half, Celtics fans chanted "You're not (Michael) Jordan" at Bryant, who will have to wait for his fourth title and first without former teammate Shaquille O'Neal. The Lakers, who stole Pau Gasol away from Memphis in a mid-season trade to help Bryant, will have the all summer to think about what went wrong.
No team had to work harder for a championship than these Celtics, who were playing in their record 26th postseason game. They were pushed to seven games in the first round by Atlanta, another seven by Cleveland and then took care of Detroit in six to win the Eastern Conference title.
They entered Game 6 of the finals slowed by injuries as Pierce, Kendrick Perkins (shoulder) and Rajon Rondo (ankle) were less than 100 percent. There was also uncertainty surrounding Allen, who stayed behind in Los Angeles following Game 5 after his youngest son became ill.
But just as they had while winning 66 games during the regular season, the Celtics got plenty of help from their bench as P.J. Brown, James Posey, Leon Powe and rookie Glen "Big Baby" Davis came in and contributed.
It was a group effort by this gang in green, which bonded behind Rivers, who borrowed an African word ubuntu (pronounced Ooh-BOON-too) and roughly means "I am, because we are" in English, as the Celtics' unifying team motto.
The Celtics gave the Lakers a 12-minute crash course of ubuntu in the second quarter.
Boston outscored Los Angeles 34-19, getting 11 field goals on 11 assists while holding Bryant to three points, all on free throws. The Celtics toyed with the Lakers, outworking the Western Conference's best inside and out and showing the same kind of heart that made Boston the center of pro basketbal's universe in the '60s.
House and Posey made 3-pointers to put the Celtics ahead by 12 points and baskets by Pierce, Garnett and Rondo put Boston ahead by 18.
In the final minute, Garnett floated in the lane, banked in a one-handed runner and was fouled. His free throw made it 56-35, and after Perkins scored, the Celtics ran to the locker room leading by 23.
On his way off the floor, Garnett screamed, "That's that."
And so it was.
Yeah Yeah Yeah, Celtics Won.
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Peace and Blessings,
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