National Novel Writing Month: NaNoWriMo

What is NaNoWriMo?

National Novel Writing Month is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to novel writing. Participants begin writing November 1. The goal is to write a 175-page (50,000-word) novel by midnight, November 30.

For more info, visit the link below:


http://www.nanowrimo.org/modules/cjaycontent/index.php?id=2

Selection for October 31, 2006: Escape

Escape

by Vince Vanguard Vainglorious

I was so high I had to do something

So I outstretched my bare arms,

jumped in the air and landed on top of Kilimanjaro

Came back to Earth and made love to Aset,

on a fragrant mattress of Nag Champa and Collard Greens

I sat on the Ashanti Stool at a platinum table

and ate barbequed pig feet

and drank passion fruit Alize in the presence of my enemies

I tore off a piece of Dead Sea scroll,

so I could roll me another biblical blunt.

Then I flew up to Heaven, but did not enter.

I put my ear to the sky and listened to God laugh.

I then began to think about regular men who appear similar to me,

who go to sleep at 11, wake at 7 and go to work from 9 to 5.



Escape by Vince Vanguard Vainglorious

© Copyright 2005. All rights reserved.
No portion of this work may be duplicated or copied
without the expressed written consent of the author.

Selection for October 30, 2006: The Tuskegee Airmen

The Tuskegee Airmen

by teafor2

That
Hindered lot,
Eventually,

Tested
Under
Sorrowful and
Kindless
Equation;
Given
Every
Evil racial slight:

Aviators availed themselves
In
Run for acceptance;
Made hard
Earned progress for persistent
Negroes.

The Tuskegee Airmen by teafor2
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Selection for October 29, 2006: Unforgettable

Unforgettable

by Michelle Orozco

The urge for lovemaking is running through my mind
You kissing me, oh so gently while holding me from behind
Thoughts of us kissing, laying in the bed
All or this and more going through my head
My body craves your heat, longs for your touch
Who would have thought I would want you this much
Everything that runs through my mind makes me want you more
The passionate lovemaking is what I really adore
My secret place becomes moist by the very thought of you
Picturing you taking your time in everything that you do
Caress my body with your hands and your lips
Stopping oh so gently to kiss and grab on hips
It's getting extremely hot in here
We feel like we have run out of air
I'm ready to heighten our pleasure whenever you are
Grab the whip cream and fruit from the bar
I'm willing to give myself to you completely
All I want is for you to complete me
Now together we're twisting and turning
Our passion light has been lit and now it's burning
Running my fingers all down your spine
With you on my side, your hands in this hair of mine
Turn me over so you can kiss me down my back
Now we've taking it slow, like we don't know how to act
Being like this pieces fall into place
I'm your QUEEN, you are my ACE
We are to the point, where we are going to explode
Pressing all the right buttons to the secret code
Together now we let it all out
Ending the lovemaking in a moan and a shout


Unforgettable by Michelle Orozco
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Selection for October 28, 2006: I Used to Know You...My Black Man

I Used to Know You...My Black Man

by Trina-Williams Emigh

I knew You when......
You were vulnerable
caught up in your youth
incapable of blame

I knew You when......
You were searching
denying answers
despite their claim

I knew You when......
You were proud
steeped in self worth
growing into your frame

I knew You when......
You embraced life
took on its challenge
stating an aim

I knew You when......
You fought the battle
accepted the fight
and won the game

I knew you when......
We walked side by side
Then - I was more than sex
and you had no fame

I knew You when......
You respected Me
protected Me
supported Me
gave Me Your name

I knew You when......
And I rejoiced in you
now I regret that I...
hang my head in shame

I knew you when......
A throne is where you reigned
You must’ve forgotten that
Cause look what you’ve became

I knew You when......
But that seems like long ago
when i was the moth
and You were the flame

I knew you when......
Now frequent tears I do shed
For you have forgotten that WE
are how this all began
I used to know YOU.......My Black Man

I Used to Know You...My Black Man by Trina-Williams Emigh
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