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Thursday, April 30, 2009

Musings and Lyrics

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The last day of National Poetry Month has me in a reflective mood. Back in the day, I was the dopest emcee this one particular side of the Chippewa and Tittabawassee Rivers, but even though I'm now like a car fitted with a spare – retired – I’ve still got mad love for the art of poetry. Ogden Nash’s playful verses jumpstarted my love for puns, Langston Hughes’s “Dream Deferred” helped shape my worldview, and hip-hop music and Ani DiFranco's songs served as the soundtrack for my college and post-graduation years.

Here’s my nomination for favorite rhyme from the past month (we’ve been catching up on “Flight of the Conchords” episodes):

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