Have you registered to vote???? /October 18, 2011 by Shanelle Gabriel

Too many people fought for the right to have a voice; exercise this right!

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Fun times performing my poem/song “Time” with @tonytwenty2 at Columbia University. ....repeating saved voicemails Studying the place Where Cancers & Taureans Peacefully intertwine Yet I hear the phrase that I know so well You say it’s not the right time You think perfection Should wait for stars to align For sundials to linger on new marks Wait for beaches to be funneled Empty of sand My tears whisper my pledge to be there Ignoring the fear That creeps like shadows tiptoeing On windowsills Ignoring the murmuring warning me To be trepidatious when bartering lust In hopes of love The wrong time Doesn’t meant that we’re not The right us #artist #artistlife #poet #singer #music #nyc #columbiauniversity

People ask me if I ever get nervous on stage. I ask them if they get nervous during a conversation with their friends, and compare the two. I love hosting and performing because I love people, and I think of it as a conversation with a person... a lot of “persons” lol. A few of my jokes missed but who beats themself up for a bad joke told to a friend? It’s just a blessing to have people that want to listen. Thanks for the 📸 @carolinerothstein #artist #artistlife #poet @nuyoricanpoetscafe #lupie #host #nyc

Freewrite: Something about red Makes a woman powerful A red lip imprint from a kiss Seeks to haunt you with sexiness Something about red on a body reminds you of strength Maybe it’s how she lives and dies Revives with each moon Maybe you taste the mental from her bit tongue Or that day she chose for her voice to fill the room Maybe the smell of metal Was from a gun placed to a temple Maybe the red reminds you of knees Scrubbing Nails digging Unearthing the soil of ancestors Channeling Harriet to Eve The red is the slave and the queen in her veins Both are burnt offerings to the same God Who would save Their people from famine and feast From hunger and forgetting that the feeling That season of want never ends Red pricks while remaining worthy of envy Red makes beauty look easy As it fought through frosts Red is bold as a woman needs to be To set her people free Crimson calls for attention Brings urgency See the color within our history

Tonight!! Hosting the world famous @nuyoricanpoetscafe ’s Friday Night Slam at 9:30pm. Your feature is the amazing CAROLINE ROTHSTEIN @carolinerothstein !!! See you there! ************* #nyc #poetry #poet #spokenword #nycevents #livingmybestlife #artistlife