Still Living on my Feet is the follow up to Tichaona Chinyelu’s first book, In the Whirlwind, which was rooted in a sense of hard-hitting revolutionary black love. However, in this sophomore effort, Tichaona brings the revolutionary essence from deep
Still Living on my Feet is the follow up to Tichaona Chinyelu’s first book, In the Whirlwind, which was rooted in a sense of hard-hitting revolutionary black love. However, in this sophomore effort, Tichaona brings the revolutionary essence from deep
Poematic \Po`em*at"ic\, adjective: Pertaining to a poem, or to poetry; poetical.
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If you're looking for quirky, clever, fun stuff, I'm the poet for you.
Background
Information
My work consists of quirky, clever, short pieces that will bring a smile to your face.
Influences:
Shel Silverstein: "Invitation"; "Smart"; "Poem on the neck of a running giraffe"
Blanca Domínguez: "Con esas flores"; "Auto-retrato"
Favorite poets/poems:
Billy Collins: "Special glasses"; "You, reader"; "Introduction to Poetry"
Jill Scott: "Blue"; "Young buck lovin' on the kitchen floor"; "Haiku #6"; "Dis niggah"; "It's the little things"
Nikki Giovanni: "And I have you"; "I wrote a good omelet"
Langston Hughes: "Feet o' Jesus"; "Dreams"
Robert Frost: "Stopping by woods on a snowy evening"
Amber Tamblyn: "Oh, you"; "Dear demographic"
Colin McNaughton: "Picking noses"; "A heart of gold"
Sonia Sanchez: "Poem No. 3"; "Blues"; "Song No. 2"; "Haiku"
Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz: "Reader"
Publications:
True Love Magazine (non-poetry), Northeast Newsline, Ecuatoriano, Current/The Hudson Reporter, SpeedPoets, Margen Cero, Ceremony and Turbulence.
Poem-atic, my first book of poetry was published on March 30th, 2009 by PublishAmerica. It contains 109 poems. A review by Diana Schwaeble of The Midweek Reporter is featured below.
Chapbooks:
Poetry is..., Poesía es... and Faith in the City.
Favorite book:
"El niño que enloqueció de amor" - Eduardo Barrios.
Updated - 9/19/10
Accomplishments
PUBLICATIONS:
"How I know I'm in love" True Love magazine 2/98
"Love is..."; "Me and my face" 4/15/05
"Love is..."; "Me and my face" Northeast Newsline 10/06
"Biografía"; "A mi tierno admirador"; "Oración de una muchacha soltera" Ecuatoriano 9/07
"I miss you"; "Rats!"; "Butterflies" Northeast Newsline 10/07
"Mr. Right"; "Love is..."; "Untitled"; "Cinderella"; "Realization" Current/The Hudson Reporter 2/7-13/08
"Me and my face" Speedpoets 3/08
"I miss you" Current/The Hudson Reporter 3/27-4/2/08
"HillBilly Observation"; "Rats!"; "Me and my Face" Current/The Hudson Reporter 4/17-23/08
"My Bucket List" Current/The Hudson Reporter 6/12-18/08
"Depressed" Current/The Hudson Reporter 6/19-25/08
"Season" Current/The Hudson Reporter 6/26-7/2/08
"Finder's keepers" Current/The Hudson Reporter 7/3-9/08
"Colors" Current/The Hudson Reporter 7/10-16/08
"Jersey City, Circa 1992" Current/The Hudson Reporter 7/17-23/08
"Poetry" Current/The Hudson Reporter 7/24-29/08
"Hearsay" Current/The Hudson Reporter 8/14-20/08
"Love" Current/The Hudson Reporter 8/21/08
"Se busca" Margen Cero 7-9/08
"Fleeting..." Current/The Hudson Reporter 9/11-17/08
"Man-eater" Current/The Hudson Reporter 9/18-24/08
"Loss"; "Daydreaming"; "Time"; "Grape"; "Friends" Ceremony Fall 2008
"Unwell" Current/The Hudson Reporter 9/25-10/1/08
"It ain't over..." Current/The Hudson Reporter 10/2-8/08
"Butterflies" Current/The Hudson Reporter 10/9-15/08
"Daydreaming" Current/The Hudson Reporter 10/16-22/08
"Puppy love" Current/The Hudson Reporter 10/23-29/08
"Today's special is..." Current/The Hudson Reporter 10/30-11/5/08
"Time" Current/The Hudson Reporter 11/6/08
"Loss" Current/The Hudson Reporter 12/4-10/08
"Menhattan" Current/The Hudson Reporter 12/11-17/08
"'Tis the week..." Current/The Hudson Reporter 12/18-24/08
"Mary Christmas" Current/The Hudson Reporter 12/08
"Sweet Dreams" Current/The Hudson Reporter 1/8-14/09
"Cancer" Current/The Hudson Reporter 1/15-21/09
"Ungrateful" Current/The Hudson Reporter 1/22-28/09
"Pretty" Current/The Hudson Reporter 1/29-2/4/09
"Love is..." Current/The Hudson Reporter 2/12-18/09
"How Love got her name" Current/The Hudson Reporter 2/19-25/09
"Sad Poem" Current/The Hudson Reporter 2/12-18/09
"Upset Stomach" Current/The Hudson Reporter 3/19-25/09
"Darya" Current/The Hudson Reporter 3/26-4/1/09
"Identity" Current/The Hudson Reporter 4/2-8/09
"B.F.F. (best friends forever)" Current/The Hudson Reporter 4/9-15/09
"Dilemma" Current/The Hudson Reporter 4/16-22/09
"Haiku" Current/The Hudson Reporter 4/23-29/09
"The Beatles lied" Current/The Hudson Reporter 4/30-5/6/09
"Grape" Current/The Hudson Reporter 5/7-13/09
"Little Faith Disarray" Current/The Hudson Reporter 5/14-20/09
"Bean Counter" Current/The Hudson Reporter 5/21-27/09
JC writer is a 'Poem-atic' - my first book review - The Midweek Reporter - June 18, 2009
"Shy" Turbulence - Autumn 2009
"In the pink fuzzies of the night" Turbulence - February 2010
"Up for Grabs" Turbulence - May 2010
"Writer's Block" Turbulence - August 2010
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