“Yo my dude
“what’s up with you?
“Looks like you got
“something to do.”
I do and its got
everything,
To do with
trying to bring.
You on board
with this movement right here,
But it takes getting
over what … Read the rest
MLK (2023)
By Kevin “Rashid” Johnson
From the outset
a word about MLK,
He was NOT assassinated
by James Earl Ray.
If you investigate
you will find,
The King family won a lawsuit
back in ’99.
Where they sued Lloyd … Read the rest
LITTLE PEOPLE (2023)
By Kevin “Rashid” Johnson
Eyes of wonder
taking everything in,
Breakfast dribbling
down your chin.
Tiny fingers grasp
everything in reach,
The world your classroom
eager to teach.
That smile of yours
had me duped,
You weren’t … Read the rest
SOLITARY CONFINEMENT/TORTURE (2023)
By Kevin “Rashid” Johnson
I spent over 20 years
in the hole,
Watching humans
lose their souls.
Into sheer madness
many descended,
At their own hands
many lives ended.
It’s not as though
officials don’t know,
The … Read the rest
WAKANDA FOR WHAT (2023)
By Kevin “Rashid” Johnson
Wakanda for what?
A comic book drama
To keep our eyes wide shut.
A caricature
of Black struggle against
the most heinous conditions,
Replacing our actual history
with animated fiction.
Lowndes County … Read the rest
2020 VISION (2023)
By Kevin “Rashid” Johnson
A pandemic
brought things
to a halt,
No vaccine no cure
no clues how caught.
Closest of kin
closest friends
passed on with no warnings,
Like instant nightfall
from a bright sunny morning.… Read the rest
STRANGER FRUIT (2023)
By Kevin “Rashid” Johnson
Compact spaces
Contain a stranger fruit,
Dark bodies crammed together
Like grapes with no roots.
Mass incarceration
Razor wire plantations,
Confining people
Of oppressed nations,
Chicano AmerIndian
New Afrikan Haitian.
A process of… Read the rest
By Kevin “Rashid” Johnson
There’s a hidden contract,
In you’re black.
Looking to make a debut
Hollywood ain’t gonna take you,
Unless you let ’em
Make you.
A cop soldier or spy on the silver screen… Read the rest
Others exalted him
But Mao was a modest fella,
Saw himself like a monk
Wandering with a leaky umbrella.
Devoted to the people
Never grew tired,
To be a good teacher
Is all he aspired.
Rejected opportunism on the right … Read the rest
