Midnight Marauder

Inspiration takes hold of The Orange Phoenix and develops into a poem to be shared.

Colorful Voting, Exercise Your Right

Something of concern is creeping into my head. Now I know that I’m not above knowing that I am black. I won’t even sit around and think that people don’t notice my race first. But I have to ask this question: Why do people keep saying that Barack Obama is “seeking to become the first [...]

I See You

What is this I see? What could this be? Perhaps a speck of dust or maybe a piece of lint. Could you possibly be a bead of sweat? Are my eyes playing tricks on me? Maybe its just the lighting in this room messing with me.
I try brushing you off and you’re still here. How [...]

The Glory Of The Morning

This is straight off the cuff. No editing. No spell check. No going back and rethinking thoughts. I may do this more often just to keep me going but if you don’t like it than so be it. If you are feeling it then holla for me one time. If you are feeling it greatly [...]

Color, Culture, Race: What do you base discrimination on?

A few years ago, I went to see a Broadway show called Avenue Q with this girl I was seeing. There was a song that went, “Everyone’s a little bit racist.” As they were singing, I realized that the statement can be true (and probably is) but I would consider the phrase, “Everyone Discriminates” more [...]

A Man…

Should accept responsibility for his actions-Should set the example for those around him being a positive influence-Should never raise his hands to hurt a woman-Should cry when he feels the need to and know that crying doesn’t make you weak-Should do whatever he can to provide for himself and his family-Should never allow ego to [...]

All Grown Up

Getting old is inevitable. It’s going to happen, no matter how much you go to the gym, pop all the vitamin pills possible, or use some age defying skin cream to make those wrinkles go away (not me, just saying – Good Black don’t crack, unless you’re on it).
I was having a talk with a [...]

Couple Gives Birth To A Dark Baby, She is Forced to Raise

Couple Sues Fertility Clinic for Wrong Sperm
Lawsuit Says Baby Darker Than Either Parent
AP
NEW YORK (March 23) – A couple can proceed with a lawsuit against a fertility clinic they filed after the wife gave birth to a daughter whose skin they thought was too dark to be their child, a judge has ruled.    
Thomas and Nancy [...]

Mayor Bloomberg MIA: NYC Pissed Off

While a Bronx blaze took the lives of nine people, eight of which were children, Mayor Bloomberg found himself in the warm climate of Miami. Did this sit well with New Yorkers who find it hard to believe that its own Mayor wouldn’t be on site lending his support, grief, and sympathy for the lives [...]

Attack on NYC 101 Year Old Woman caught on Tape

If you have been living under a rock then you aren’t aware of the dude that has been going around robbing old ladies in the vestibule of their buildings.
I want to commend this dude on being a disgrace to all of society. Its one thing to go after someone your own age, size, and [...]

Eight children from Mali die in New York City fire

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Nine immigrants from Mali, including eight children, died in a house fire after flames raced up the stairs, trapping people on the second floor, officials said on Thursday.
Twenty-two people from the West African nation lived in a wooden house that had been split into two apartments in the Bronx section of [...]

Election Day 2006

Election Day is finally here. I haven’t had a chance to vote just yet. After work is the best time to go. The good news is I won’t have to wait online. The bad news is there will be more election workers than voters. The people in my community don’t vote as they should. Two important [...]

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