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Tag Archives: Black Coffee Poet
LETTER FROM A SEATTLE HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER
September 18, 2012 Dear Black Coffee Poet (Jorge), I am happy for this opportunity to email you directly. I hope you enjoyed your time away from your blog. Time for rest, reading and reflection is often what helps us survive. … Continue reading
BCP READING POEMS ON HOWL RADIO
It was a pleasure and an honour to read on HOWL radio. Host Nik Beat asked me a few questions and I read 3 poems. I wrote an article about my time on HOWL and here is the video! … Continue reading
HOWLING IN YEAR 3 WITH NIK BEAT AND ROBERT PRIEST
Howling In Year 3 With Nik Beat and Robert Priest By Jorge Antonio Vallejos About a month and a half ago I got an email from Nik Beat saying he wanted me on his show. It literally read, “I want … Continue reading
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Tagged "A Poem For Mayor David Miller", Allen Ginsberg, Black Coffee Poet, Boxing, CIUT 89.5 FM, Diego Corrales, HOWL, Jorge Antonio Vallejos, Mayor of Toronto, Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women, Nik Beat, poetry, Prison Poetry, Robert Priest, Toronto Poetry Scene
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BACK IN THE SWING OF THINGS
Back In The Swing Of Things By Jorge Antonio Vallejos Last week I got back in the game. After getting an email from a publisher about a book launch downtown I decided it was time to get back to work. … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Coffee Poet, Detroit, Emmanuel Steward, First Wave Feminism, Gloria Steinem, J. Fisher, poetry, Thomas "Hitman" Hearns
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A KICK[in the ass]START FROM A READER: PLANNING FOR YEAR 3
A KICK[in the ass from a reader]START: PLANNING FOR YEAR 3 By Jorge Antonio Vallejos I am in my office: my room. My ass is on the hardwood floor, boxes of books are all around me, stacks of The New Yorker … Continue reading
VLOG: DOING WRITING EXERCISES TO MUSIC
For years I have been writing to music. I journal, edit, and do writing exercises. I started doing this to Jungle music while playing a tape by a local DJ named Freak Flow. Over the years I have learned … Continue reading
FREAKY FLOW
Freaky Flow By Jorge Antonio Vallejos I grew up listening to Hip Hop. RUN DMC, The Fat Boys, and Big Daddy Kane were always pumping in my room. I discovered my favorite rapper in the 1990s: Biggie Smalls. His lyrics … Continue reading
VLOG: SHOW UP EVERY SINGLE DAY
The past two weeks I have had trouble motivating myself to do my videos for Friday posts. This is the first time I have not been motivated to do work for my site. I wrote about all this in my … Continue reading
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Tagged Affirmation, Anderson Silva, Black Coffee Poet, bravery, Chael Sonnen, Courage, Fear, Fear of Failure, Inspiration, Leadership, Mind Gym, Mixed Martial Arts, motivation, Never Give Up, Philosophy, Quotes, Success, UFC, UFC 148, Ultimate Fighting Championship, Work Ethic
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SHOWING UP #4: EVERY SINGLE DAY…
Showing Up # 4: Every Single Day… By Jorge Antonio Vallejos Two weeks ago I sat at the edge of my bed with my head hung low and feeling lethargic. Doing a video for my Friday post was the last … Continue reading
IF JAMES HOLMES WAS NOT WHITE…
In my last post, and VLOG (James Holmes: Shooter or Terrorist?), I talked about BIG media labeling James Holmes a “shooter” as opposed to a terrorist. In this VLOG I talk about James Holmes if he was not white. We’d … Continue reading
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Tagged "Platoon" by Oliver Stone, 1492, Al-Qaeda, Amy Goodman, Anastasio Hernandez Rojas, Aurora Colorado, Black Coffee Poet, Bombs, Chris Rock, Colonialism, Colorado Movie Theatre Massacre, Colorado Movie Theatre Shooting, Colorado Shooting, Dark Knight Rises, Dark Knight Rises Murders, Homeland Security, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, Islamaphobia, James Holmes, James Holmes Colorado, Jessica Ghawi, Jorge Antonio Vallejos, Kenneth Chamberlain, Mohammad Usman Chaudry, National Public Radio, NPR, Oliver Stone, Police Brutality, racism, Shooting 2012, Terrorism, white privilege
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