NEXT SHOW DATE AUGUST 17TH @ THE COSMOPOLITAN in BOSTON

Wednesday 8pm(Bar stays open til 2am, but I'll be gone long before then so join me early)

Directions from STATE STREET (buisness district): Take a left on congress st/take left on milk st/ take right on BATTERYMARCH STREET.

$5 cover

21 to drink/ 18+ to socialize

Birth of a POEM

I had a conversation with God last night
The dialogue was an uncommon one...

I was told that I got most of it right.

...and I have always believed
that there has GOT to be more to ALL OF THIS
than rationalizations
and bullshit that everything happens for a reason.

He told me to find it.

He told me to find it and let that be my DAILY TESTAMENT
That ANY person I MEET at any point
can play a role in MY LIFE that can CHANGE the DYNAMICS of EVERYTHING.
That every DAY I breathe is another days' opportunity left to dream.

He told me to dream.

Dream of thunder and lightening
And coincidences that saved my life
And strangers that helped me get by
And failures that pushed me to FLY
And MOMENTS that will CHANGE me in the BLINK of an eye.

Black and Blues Fan REVIEWS

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SHOW NEWS! --- Providence SOUND SESSION 05'

Here's an opportunity unlike any other to snatch yourself a Cd AND see a blazing show uncover.

Iyeoka will be performing in Providence, RI at the soundsession Music festival sharing the stage with legendary poetess URSULA RUCKER. Mark calanders NOW.
Monday July 18th @ The Providence Black Reperatory Company
276 westminster st. cost 15 dollars
Doors open at 8pm

The line-up is dope so we can guarentee you an amazing show!

Slam Results

Last Night, Sunday July 10th, my Lizard Lounge teamates... did me proud.

I've always thought of myself as typically choosing to live my life as a "sofisticated" slam winner, meaning, after doing rather well in a bout, I'm pretty calm and cool, thanking the audience, meditating and focusing for the next round.
Last Night, even though, that indeed is what I was outwardly doing,
Inside, I was doing the tango, the moonwalk, and jumping up and and down on my seat..that is my mental seat. Hopefully we can bring this kind of energy to the national. And yeah yeah I know more than anyone that most of what happens in the national level is half LUCK half TALENT. But essentially, it simply feel GOOD to fly out with a group of poets your confident about. So...Kit,Ross,Marlon,Adina...
just so you all know... my expectations are now raised ALOT higher from when we started this journey.

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Just wanted to take this opportunity to thank MusicChoice for playing Black and Blues often on the Poetry show. I've recieved wonderful emails and positive verbal feedback from folks who have stumbled upon my Cd while casually listening to the show on their televisions.

POETS. Go to www.musicchoice.com

Send in your albums to be screened and selected for the show.

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Yellow flames behind the Bluest sky

I'm thinking of words to inspire a new poem...

Got Words?

Time Flies

What happened to June!?!

July is finally here, last month came and went
Now it's time to document the progress...

Last month's highlight was working with The Foundation
(www.foundationhiphop.net) on a track called
This Is Life. If you've seen any of my shows these past few months it counts as my newest song that I've been rocking hard.
I've always been a big supporter and fan of The Foundation which made it an enormous deal to contribute to their up and coming album. They all spilled so much talent into the track I'm excited to hear the rest of their album.
The Franchise opened his studio to us for yet another outstanding experience producing the track.

As you all know, I won a spot on the Lizard Lounge Slam Team again this year.
so Please come and watch us do our local thing as we prepare to stomp em' down in New Mexico next month at the National Slam Competition (Aug 9th-14th).

Sunday, July 10 at the Lizard Lounge(1667 mass ave)- we Slam w/Providence and Cantab
Sunday, July 17 at the Lizard - NESL
Sunday, July 24 at Java Hut - NESL
Sunday, July 31 at the Lizard - Feature