March 6, 2020 African Folklore Novel Ever since I’ve read J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings, I wanted to read fantasy with not only a Black face but a Black spirit. There are more Black fantasy stories out there but the word can use one more. I have planned the rest of the novel to…
Gorillaz Album Tier List Gorillaz Album Tier List Intro The Gorillaz are a British virtual band created by Damon Albarn and artist Jamie Hewlett in 1998. The band consists of four members: Stuart “2-D” Pot, Noodle, Russel Hobbs, and Murdoc Niccals. I remember when I first encountered the Gorillaz…it was a bit traumatic. That…
Timothy, Teddy Bear Timothy really, really, really wanted to change places with another kid. He couldn’t sleep listening to all the fighting at night nor could he play listening to all the silence during the day. In the beginning, he tried making his parents happy. He would tell them jokes, he would show them his…
Champion Overhead On the eve of battle I fall upon my knees To crawl before you Great One And offer you these pleas Let the enemy be strong Let the enemy be fierce Make his weapons sharp So my shield they’ll pierce Let my arm grow weak In that crucial time Let me find the…
On Freedom A man chooses And so does the slave So it has been since The beginning of Days. From the picking of the fruit From the forbidden tree Or from the explosion That beget history. Man has had but One true problem; That is the doom Of his own freedom. Choice, choice Oh damnable…
Smokin’ and Jokin’ “You know,” I said staring into the flames of my cigar, “I once dated a time traveler.” “Oh,” my father said without turning my way, “one of your ex-girlfriends was a time traveler?” “What? No! I just dated one,” I leaned forward and tapped the ash from my cigar, “we went on…