The Black Student Union (BSU) hosted one of my favorite events, ***Express Yourself***, last week. It reminded me of one of those old jazzy cafe's where everybody ::::snaps:::: instead of clapping after each poet concludes their performance. I was really hoping for some coffee, some scat singing, and some underground jazz musician from new york city to be there. BSU gave us snaps after each performance to give the "cafe" feel....and so much more -- delicious chicken wings, dim lights, and wannabe rap stars!
Jacobus was a great location to host this event on campus -- and many different talented poets/singers came out to perform for us.
Performers are a dime a dozen here at Stevens -- so :::snaps::: to all the superstars who were not afraid to share some of their most private poems/songs with the audience!
My favorite of the night was Peter Aquino -- I did not get a picture of him, the camera died before I could -- but here is the only picture I could find of him with his mouth closed haha
The undiscovered superstar, Pete, has agreed to allow me to post an excerpt from his inspirational poem -- you won't get the same effect since you didn't hear him read it, and you weren't in Jacobus with mood lighting lol, but still! It's a very vivid expression of feelings.
I have yet to see a poet refer to a woman as the haiku itself --- they usually write beautiful haiku's about the girl of their dreams --but here, peter makes the haiku, the most beautiful thing in the world, an adjective to describe his perfect girl.
"your amazing eyes an alliteration of epic poetry.
your body a beautifully balanced ballad beating perfectly.
your chest a caesura, your hair a haiku
God,if only you knew.
your fine fingers form a flawless epithelium
your face an elegant, endless, eternal sea of chrysanthemums
your mouth a metaphor, your arms an impromptu.
God,if only you knew.
your flowing features a faultless free verse in meter and prose
your proportions a personification, your smile a sweet simile composed
your neck a narrative, your lips sweet as honey dew.
God, if only you knew.
your smooth style, a sweet stanza of a poet.
your legs a luscious lay, your scent a hypnotizing shakespearean sonnet
your skin a sondee, if only you knew.
that God was rhyming when He was making you.
if only you knew."
-Peter Aquino
Wow! I tear up each time I read this! To be quite honest with you, I think Pete may have been thinking of me when he wrote this. =) haha
Thank you BSU!
"Wannabe Rappers!" Lol I am a lyricists not a rapper, thank you
Posted by: Reggie Reg | March 17, 2009 at 10:43 PM
LOL I love this. NICE JOB ABENAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Posted by: Anne Dutreuil | March 19, 2009 at 11:32 PM