Mental Escape #4

Because blue is my favorite color....

Or either I'd go here!!

(found these pictures over at i am i am iam,  a great blog)

Marcus Jamison, the Rare Poet

Picture It Rare (July 20, 2011)

When was the last time I posted some great photos?  It's been ages.  Well, hopefully you all enjoy these so much that you try not to hold the lack of posting against me.  Please comment on your favorites.

Another group of amazing photos.  Once again, I do not own the rights to any of these pictures.  Just wanted to share.  I really like the little cowboy and the spectacular sunset behind the line of chairs beneath the Polynesian style enclosure.  Looks very blissful.  Have a fantastic evening, and do your best to picture life rare.

Marcus Jamison, the Rare Poet

Something New

Note to readers:  Lately, I'm polishing up both my poetry and prose, as I will be doing a ton of submitting in the next few months, to literary magazines and contests.  This is a new poem that I just finished, hoping it is the first step in producing material worthy of publication.  Enjoy.

Manned

for the first to let me touch

when NASA announced the suspension of the shuttle program

I was suddenly slapped by recollection of your thighs,

cosmic, other worldly vessels

all thrusters and rockets

sparking thought of

exotic lands

you taught my fingers to be payloads,

delivered expertly, with missions in mind,

you hid your treasures, a trove on Mars

and demanded I find a path to them

I was a rover, probing happily

oh, to sojourn those corners, seeking truth!

sunset spilled across our

pores, like sweat,

until we lay, stretches of untamed red terrain

your lips, extraterrestrial beings

taught me their language in

short, sweet spurts

finished, fluent, I relayed my findings

your smile communicated

that you concurred

I’m not sure if we can call that

summer successful, once we collected our

samples, we sought reentry,

back to those lives where the

lights didn’t blink

across our weightless bodies like

provoked stars

in my mouth, the feint taste of uncharted rivers,

the air smells of a foreign mixture

somewhere between acceptance and need,

on my skin, I feel yours, this

phantom land

where I once fingered my way

through your lack of gravity and swore

I reached Heaven, as a man

Tuesday Groove, July 19, 2011

Bringing back the groove again!!! Music really lifts the spirits and makes people feel good. And Tuesday is right there at the beginning of the week, where some lifting is always in order. So welcome back, Tuesday Groove.

Today, I decided to take it back just a bit.

This is one of those CDs that should be in your collection if you're a fan of R&B. I mean you have Raphael Saadiq, Dawn Robinson, and Ali Shaheed Muhammad in the same group!  These three artists were members of three of the most influential groups in hip-hop and R&B: Tony! Toni! Tone!, En Vogue, and A Tribe Called Quest, respectively.  By coming together, they brought a great 90s vibe to the early part of the 2000s.  This by far was their biggest hit.



Lucy Pearl --- Dance Tonight

This song just makes me want to dance.  Makes me want to smile.  Makes me feel like tonight, everything will be okay.  And when a song can do that, it is always appreciated.

Marcus Jamison, the Rare Poet

Recently, I Acted Like a Tourist

I was on my way to the Library of Congress.  It was going to be the most awesome trip in the world!!  And then I got there and discovered that they're not open on Sunday.  So I decided to walk around and act like a tourist for a change.  I've been becoming so adjusted to living in the DC area, that I forgot about all the wonderful attractions that surround this great city.  Enjoy.

Marcus Jamison, the Rare Poet