The Speakeasy Society

03/18/2025

~ The
People

Have
Always

Thought

That
They've

Needed
A
King

That's
Why

They
Take
The
Average

Champions

And
Worship
Them

In
Their
Dreams

Contrary
To

Popular
Belief

The
Kingdom

Is
Everything

The
Light

Touches

Above

&
Underneath

Beneath
The
Surface

&
Outside

Of
The
Screens

Beyond
Idol
Worship

Where
The
Talented

Sing
Songs

For
Relief

Unified

Understanding

No
Man

Is
A
Beast

Our
Souls

Are
Not

Our
Own

&
Can't

Be
Sold

Or
Extinct

Do
Unto
Others

Kindergarten

Gave
Us

Everything
We
Need

Yet
Only

Grace

Can
Save
Us

Mercy

Mercy

Mercy

Me

12/31/2024

~ Can
I
Get
A
Witness

On
The
1's
&
2's

Like
Big
&
Pac?

This
Rapture

Sounds

How
Poetry
Moves

&
Beats
Drop

On
Display

Pokin'
Holes

In
The
Groove

Like

"What
I
Got"

Something
Sublime

Across
The
Sky

Lincoln
Hawk

Over
The
Top

Every
Syllable

Is
Alive

Inside
The
Plot

Defined

Nouns
&
Verbs

These
Words

Dance
On
The
Clock

Sound
In
Mind

&
Born
To
Shine

A
Gemini

Upon
This
Rock

A
Corner
Stone

Foundation

Every
Nation

Sit
&
Watch

Not
Your
Average
"White boy"

~ Go
Ahead

Them
Pawns
&
Props

Carvin'
Idols

Out
Of
Trailer
Park
Trash

Right
On
The
Spot

Dressed
In
Black

Like
Johnny
Cash

Adjust
The
Tracks

Travel
By
Notch

This
Train
Of
Thought

Rides

On
These
Wavs

From
Day
To
Day

Connecting
Dots

This
Has
All
Been
Written

Way
Before

Her
Water
Popped

&
I
Was
Splashed

Into
This
World

Of
Boys

&
Girls

That
Call
The
Shots

Vibin'

Like
A
Remix

From
The
Beaches

To
This
Box

Of
Missing
Pieces

This
My
Thesis

Ain't
No
Secrets

Block
To
Block

Telekinesis

True
Completeness

Senorita's

Hips
Gon'
Hop

Between
The
Seasons

Rhymes
&
Reasons

&
Dis'
Riddim

When
It
Knocks

11/08/2024

~ Conception

Spoken
Out

Into
Existence

Every
Word

Woven
Now

Threaded
Through
Resistance

Speak
No
Evil

Hear
No
Evil

See
No
Evil

Witness

People
Being
People

By
Design

&
Blind
Commitments

Stay

Far
From
Those
Islands

Where
The
Snakes

Fly
On
Planes

Set
Your
Eyes

To
Zion

I & I

&
I

Proclaim

Amongst
The
Tribes

Of
The
Horizon

The
Lamb

The
Lion

&
The
Name

Known
Only

To
Who
Carries

Many
Crowns

Mine
Eyes
Aflame

Scrolls
Have
Opened

Elders
Spoken

Golden
Bowls

The
Prayers
Of
Saints

All
The
Souls

Of
Those

So
Persecuted

For
Their
Righteousness

By
Name

Forever
Written

By
The
Grace

Of
Him

Who's
Risen

From
The
Pain

Of
Being
Born

To
Bear
The
Sins

Of
Those
Imprisoned

By
Their
Shame

When

It
Comes
To
Pass

Historic
Mysteries

Explained

This
Revelation

True
&
Living

Light
Within
Them

Night
&
Day

Both
Men
&
Women

In
This
Rhythm

Without
Needs

Delivered,

Saved

All
The
Glory

&
The
Honor

To
The
Most
High

Golden
Waves

&
Open
Gates

10/25/2023

~ Everything
man
made

is
made

mostly
the
same

a
Positive

a
Negative

the
ground
in
between

nowadays
is
so
primitive

if
you
know
what
I
mean

for
years

clubbin'
eachother

for
what's
seen
on
T.V.

entertained
by
good
&
evil

broadcasted
through
the
screens

what's
a
few
million
people

who
forgot
how
to
think?

when
the
truth
is

this
was
written

long
before

you
&
me

or
these
useless
competitions

between
demons
&
kings

long
before
the
witches

were
burned

for
spelling

every

single

word

that
we
speak

leads
to
things

perfect
example

is
when
Christ

cursed

the

Fig
tree

as
a
sample

of
the
power

in
saying
what
you
mean

every
second

every
minute

every
hour

human
beings

are

effected

by
these
media
showers

that
keep
on
manifesting

these
ideas

of
"yours"

&
"ours"

just
to
keep

us

all
dividing

underneath
these
Babylonian
towers

of
5G

06/27/2023

Summer Writing Workshops -

with Cai Quirk. We grow up with many narratives fed to us about how the world is ‘supposed’ to be, but so often these tales are limited or false versions of deeper truths. Oppression has narrowed gender to a binary, but together in this interactive writing workshop we will discuss and write poem...

05/02/2023

FYI - for all you performance poets out there: Free virtual open mic. Thursday May 4th at 6:30.

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