Update #5f— Cleveland, Edward E Parker
Poems come out of wonder, not out of knowing.. —Lucille Clifton The OctoGenarian Tour 24-25—September & November, Fort Wayne IN; March, Ithaca NY; April Boston, Framingham MA, & Cleveland OH; May Comer, GA, & Washington DC; June, Fort Wayne IN; July,
Update #5d — Cleveland, Vince Robinson
Poems come out of wonder, not out of knowing.. —Lucille Clifton The OctoGenarian Tour 24-25—September & November, Fort Wayne IN; March, Ithaca NY; April Boston, Framingham MA, & Cleveland OH; May Comer, GA, & Washington DC; June, Fort Wayne IN; July,
Update #5b — Cleveland / Ron Fuqua & Leo’s Casino
Poems come out of wonder, not out of knowing. —Lucille Clifton The OctoGenarian Tour 24-25—September & November, Fort Wayne IN; March, Ithaca NY; April, Boston, Framingham MA, & Cleveland OH; May, Comer, GA, & Washington DC; June, Fort Wayne IN; July,
Update #5e — Cleveland
Poems come out of wonder, not out of knowing.. —Lucille Clifton The OctoGenarian Tour 24-25—September & November, Fort Wayne IN; March, Ithaca NY; April Boston, Framingham MA, & Cleveland OH; May Comer, GA, & Washington DC; June, Fort Wayne IN; July,
Update #5 — Cleveland/Robin Robinson & Sankofa Fine Arts
Update #5a — Cleveland Poems come out of wonder, not out of knowing.. —Lucille Clifton The OctoGenarian Tour 24-25—September & November, Fort Wayne IN; March, Ithaca NY; April, Boston, Framingham MA, & Cleveland OH; May, Comer, GA, & Washington DC; June,
OGT25 — UPDATE 3 – On the Way to Cleveland
As we walk our way into & thru another dispensation of the capitalist disarrangement of the hueman presence here on our Mother Planet, we must ask ourselves: Is this the natural order of things unfolding deep within my core? Is
Ithaca jumpstarted OGT25
April 5—Warm weather for a day, then the chill came back to Ithaca. Leaving this city of cooperatives, next to the enthusiastic welcome I received at the gatherings here, I was impressed by the deep co-op feel of the city.
GATHER YOURSELVES!
Peace, Gratitude, Respect! OGT 25 began here in Ithaca, NY, on March 21st—one week beyond my 80th SoulDay. "OGT" stands for OctoGenarian (8th Generation) Tour, a journey through sound, spirit, and sacred engagement. Now that we've completed the Ithaca leg of the
Saturday the Ithaca leg of OGT25 closes
The Ancestors be recognized & praised for bearing me up with strength & clarity to do this work. Begun in late 2024 as a freejazz improvisation that family & friends supported & collectively helped to shape, the 2025 leg of
OUR GARDEN BREETHZ
our garden breethz[1] our garden breethz our garden breethz rootz kracking konkrete, vinez reklayming steel & stone. our children, petalz playing, unfolding whispered prayerz —ancestor naymz oyaz wind refuzez to forget. poetz, sound shayperz, imagemaking artistz & artisanz, activistz, & earthtenderz whose soiled handz & rhythmik voycez, brushstroke keyz with
OCTOGENARIAN TOUR FIRST STOP ITHACA NEW YORK
OCTOGENARIAN TOUR — ITHACA NEW YORK  GIAC ELDERS Friday March 21 Elder’s breakfast reading  - breakfast at 9 with 9:45-10 reading SOUTHSIDE Friday March 21 two workshops with young ones followed by dinner with the kids. BUFFALO BOOKS Saturday, March 22 Noon gathering of poets at Buffalo Books. DURLAND ALTERNATIVES LIBRARY Sunday,
homage for malcolm, our warrior-priest
if you’re not ready to die for it, put the word ‘freedom’ out of your vocabulary. —malcolm x the nite devoid of stars hooded vampires crouched in shadow crystal ice hung twisted in lynchknot, & a lone trainwhistle sang your name malcolm, you came into this