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Sekou Sundiata

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Jane Goodall

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In this week's episode of the Get Lit Minute, your weekly poetry podcast, we spotlight the life and work of a highly esteemed performing poet, Sekou Sundiata. He wrote for print, performance, music and theater.  Source This episode includes a reading of his poem,  "Shout Out", featured in our 2021 Get Lit Anthology."Shout Out"Here’s to the best wordsIn the right placeAt the perfect time to the human mindBlown-up and refined.To long conversations and thePhilosophical ramifications of a beautiful day.To the twelve-steppersAt the thirteenth stepMay they never forgetThe first step.To the increase, to the decreaseTo the do, to the doTo the did to the didTo the do to the didTo the done doneTo the lonely.To the brokenhearted.To the new, blue haiku.Here’s to all or nothing at all.Here’s to the sick, and the shut-in.Here’s to the was you been to the is you inTo what’s deep and deep to what’s down and downTo the lost, and the blind, and the almost found.To the crazyThe lazyThe boredThe ignoredThe beginnersThe sinnersThe losersThe winners.To the smoothAnd the coolAnd even to the fools.Here’s to your ex-best-friend.To the rule-benders and the repeat offenders.To the lovers and the troublersThe engagingThe enragingTo the healers and the feelersAnd the fixers and the trickstersTo a star falling from a dream.To a dream, when you know what it means.To the bottomTo the rootTo the base, uh, boom!To the drumHere’s to the was you been to the is you inTo what’s deep and deep to what’s down and downTo the lost, and the blind, and the almost found.Here’s to somebody within the sound of your voice this morning.Here’s to somebody who can’t be within the sound of your voice tonight.To a low-cholesterol pig sandwich smothered in swine without the pork.To a light buzz in your headAnd a soundtrack in your mindGoing on and on and on and on and on like a good time.Here’s to promises that break by themselvesHere’s to the breaks with great promise.To people who don’t wait in the car when you tell them to wait in the car.Here’s to what you forgot and who you forgot.Here’s to the unforgettable.Here’s to the was you been to the is you inTo what’s deep and deep to what’s down and downTo the lost, and the blind, and the almost found.Here’s to the hip-hoppersThe don’t stoppersHeads nodding in the digital glowOf their beloved studios.To the incredible indelible impressions made by the gaze as you gaze in the faces of strangers.To yourself you ask: Could this be God? Straight up!Or is it a mask?Here’s to the tribe of the hyper-cyberTrippin’ at the virtual-most outpost at the edge on the tipBelievin’ that what they hear is the mothershipDrawing near.Here’s to the was you been, to the is you inTo what’s deep and deep, to what’s down and downTo the lost, and the blind, and the almost found.Support the show

In this week's episode of the Get Lit Minute, your weekly poetry podcast, we spotlight the life and work of a highly esteemed performing poet, Sekou Sundiata. He wrote for print, performance, music and theater.  <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1186383/bio" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Source</a><a href="http://saulwilliams.com/bio/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a> This episode includes a reading of his poem,  "Shout Out", featured in our <a href="https://getlitanthology.org/poemdetail/99/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2021 Get Lit Anthology</a>. "Shout Out" Here’s to the best wordsIn the right placeAt the perfect time to the human mindBlown-up and refined.To long conversations and thePhilosophical ramifications of a beautiful day.To the twelve-steppersAt the thirteenth stepMay they never forgetThe first step.To the increase, to the decreaseTo the do, to the doTo the did to the didTo the do to the didTo the done doneTo the lonely.To the brokenhearted.To the new, blue haiku.Here’s to all or nothing at all.Here’s to the sick, and the shut-in.Here’s to the was you been to the is you inTo what’s deep and deep to what’s down and downTo the lost, and the blind, and the almost found.To the crazyThe lazyThe boredThe ignoredThe beginnersThe sinnersThe losersThe winners.To the smoothAnd the coolAnd even to the fools.Here’s to your ex-best-friend.To the rule-benders and the repeat offenders.To the lovers and the troublersThe engagingThe enragingTo the healers and the feelersAnd the fixers and the trickstersTo a star falling from a dream.To a dream, when you know what it means.To the bottomTo the rootTo the base, uh, boom!To the drumHere’s to the was you been to the is you inTo what’s deep and deep to what’s down and downTo the lost, and the blind, and the almost found.Here’s to somebody within the sound of your voice this morning.Here’s to somebody who can’t be within the sound of your voice tonight.To a low-cholesterol pig sandwich smothered in swine without the pork.To a light buzz in your headAnd a soundtrack in your mindGoing on and on and on and on and on like a good time.Here’s to promises that break by themselvesHere’s to the breaks with great promise.To people who don’t wait in the car when you tell them to wait in the car.Here’s to what you forgot and who you forgot.Here’s to the unforgettable.Here’s to the was you been to the is you inTo what’s deep and deep to what’s down and downTo the lost, and the blind, and the almost found.Here’s to the hip-hoppersThe don’t stoppersHeads nodding in the digital glowOf their beloved studios.To the incredible indelible impressions made by the gaze as you gaze in the faces of strangers.To yourself you ask: Could this be God? Straight up!Or is it a mask?Here’s to the tribe of the hyper-cyberTrippin’ at the virtual-most outpost at the edge on the tipBelievin’ that what they hear is the mothershipDrawing near.Here’s to the was you been, to the is you inTo what’s deep and deep, to what’s down and downTo the lost, and the blind, and the almost found.<a href="https://getlit.org/donate/" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a>

Sekou Sundiata | "Shout Out"

Martin Espada

The Yes Men - aka Mike Bonanno and        Andy Bichlbaum - who discovered that pranks could get press attention to important issues that would otherwise be ignored. Also on        the program, renowned poet Martin Espada speaks about his love of language and the human need for poetry as he reflects on how        heritage and immigration, and violence and war, have influenced his work.

The Yes Men - aka Mike Bonanno and Andy Bichlbaum - who discovered that pranks could get press attention to important issues that would otherwise be ignored. Also on the program, renowned poet Martin Espada speaks about his love of language and the human need for poetry as he reflects on how heritage and immigration, and violence and war, have influenced his work.

The Yes Men, Poet Martin Espada, and a Tribute to Sekou Sundiata