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[the_valley_poet]

Topic: 5. You're walkin by this dark alley when you hear some muffled cries. Feelin brave, you walk down the alley to see what it is. You peak around a dumpster to see two guys raping a 16 year old girl. What do you do

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DALLAS POET

[anonymous]

Dang little bro. YOu got it going on! Who do you read? I must say im very picky when it comes to poetry. So i must say that i love your work! Again who do you read? Please eme your address and ill send you some books and chapbooks from some gifted cats here in dallas and favorite published poets.
ricardo
rgarza@bli.com

[the_valley_poet]

local artisit i read is Lady M Daniel Garcia Ordaz The Don Amado stefan and tito both from corpus and also la poeta who is amado's student those people have helped me evolve as a writer so much other people i read and watch constantly are artisit on def poetry i have season 1 and 2 some of the best poets i've heard are on there and some are here in the valley that should be on there but i enjoy ppl like steve connel, dana gilmore, oscar brown junior seku the misfit malcom jamal warner la bruja malik yusef. shihan and so many more oh yeah and yourself when you told me hip hop wasn't poetry it really got me to get more serious with mine and take more time to craft my very own style that is why i was posting these which are my most recent ones i'm proud of but i got more to show you how much i've improved oh yeah my address is 2701 W. Iris st.78501 McAllen Tx

DALLAS POET

[the_valley_poet]

Well, first of all I must say your writing does not reflect all of us that you mentioned. It transcends our craft and in your work i hear the voices of Robert Bly, German poet Ranier Maria Rilke with hints of New Mexico Award winning poet Jimmy Santiago Baca. Im surprised we have influenced you and honored. We can all learn from each other. With that said Im stunned. Please keep sending me your poems. If you can attach them on word doc and email them to rgarza@bli.com. Oh yea funny you should mention danny, he is my ole fraternity brother. He featured me once at Mcallen Chamber of Commerce for something called La Lunada about two or three years ago. Tito is awesome. Met him in Austin. With that said, read my comment on lonely church poem. When I made a comment at AA that sat in march it was only regarding delivery. Your work is good. Just be yourself. You dont have to rap to make a statement. Rap for fun. Write and recite with passion as your doing all ready. The words speak for themselves and as youve seen on def poetry people just

[the_valley_poet]

I understand what you mean when you say my writting does not reflect all the people i've mentioned.but i think its because they've all helped me out in diffent ways.For example the don always helps me with not being so tense when i go up he sort of lightens the mood for me. Lady M if it wasn't for her hosting open mic at jitterz i would not have been doing so many open mics or slams daniel garcia ordaz has also helped me with his style of writting he has alot of comedy poems which i truly enjoy reading. stefan and tito both amazing poets and have taught me to never settle on the first verse i've learned several lil tricks from them both amado and la poeta have both helped me amado is a historian and a teacher so he has helped me tremendously i've gathered so many ideas from just conversations i've had with him. and la poeta is probably about my age and she gots an amazing gift when writting especailly about her cluture. and i dont rap to make a statement i write to make my statement and i am being myself with every poem i write and