Poet Blackman Preach

This recording was a part of the “State of the Ghetto Address” and dedicated to Brother Malcolm X at Western Washington University. Students created a day of celebration on May 19, 2000. Blackman Preach was honored to be a student on the original committee that organized the Remembrance Day for Brother Malcolm X. He was…

Clergy Killers I’ve got Pilgrim Baptist Church on the mind. Clergy killers got me voting in the worship service 2 ruin a paster with the slot machines on tilt a few Saints are clowning on J-E-S-U-S unkind words are fumbled aloud like he’s an ogre? the negative comments that are assembled towards the pastor boy—…

Uneven I lost my footing stumbling— I went through the floor like a man who losses all— no family no money no friends to lean on he will be a lost complexion depression elevating. I can’t understand what the elders are trying to get across to me because as distant my mind is my eyes…

The preceeding poem is included in Blackman Preach’s self published chapbook titled, “The State of the Ghetto Address.” BlackCommentator.com Spoken Word Columnist, Poet Blackman Preach (Cedric T. Bolton), is a poet (spoken word artist) and producer, born in Pascagoula, Mississippi and raised in Paterson, New Jersey. Cedric received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Western…

Am I African Enough? By Cedric Bolton and Erica Hawthorne As I stood under the goodnight moon POSITIONED absorbing the sounds of the African drums as the elders lead the ceremonies through the valley of truth and history I did NOT move I did NOT say a word even If the STING of the African…

BlackCommentator.com Spoken Word Columnist, Poet Blackman Preach (Cedric T. Bolton), is a poet (spoken word artist) and producer, born in Pascagoula, Mississippi and raised in Paterson, New Jersey. Cedric received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Western Washington University and currently resides, with his wife, in Syracuse, New York. He is the Founder of Poetic…

BlackCommentator.com Spoken Word Columnist, Poet Blackman Preach (Cedric T. Bolton), is a poet (spoken word artist) and producer, born in Pascagoula, Mississippi and raised in Paterson, New Jersey. Cedric received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Western Washington University and currently resides, with his wife, in Syracuse, New York. He is the Founder of Poetic…

BlackCommentator.com Spoken Word Columnist, Poet Blackman Preach (Cedric T. Bolton), is a poet (spoken word artist) and producer, born in Pascagoula, Mississippi and raised in Paterson, New Jersey. Cedric received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Western Washington University and currently resides, with his wife, in Syracuse, New York. He is the Founder of Poetic…

KILLING THE MESSENGERS They’re killing the messengers… Who’s killing the messenger? They are them ova there… They’re killing the messenger… Who’s killing the messenger? The policy makers—“sitting up on capitol hill” but I’m a bill designed to blowout the backs of the blue collar N-E-GRO catering three non-paying gigs but can we eat—cause faith-based current…