Yesod, born Fredrick Douglas Knowles, is a Poet-Educator-Activist involved in Community Education and the Performing Arts. In 2001 and 2005, he competed on the Connecticut and Brooklyn, NY National Poetry Slam Teams. In 2002, he developed Social-Emotional Artistry, interactive workshops infusing creative writing with life skills. Yesod's works have featured in the Martin Luther King Jr. Anthology, published by Yale University Press (2003), East Haddam Stage Company of Connecticut, (2004), the 13th Annual Acacia Group Conference at California State University, Folio-- a Southern Connecticut State University literary magazine (2005) and Fingernails Across the Chalkboard: AIDS Anthology by Third World Press (2006). He released his debut CD: The Conduit in 2005.
In May of 2007 he finished his MA in English at Southern Connecticut State University where he now teaches English Composition and infuses it with social issues such as AIDS, hunger, poverty, and war. In the meantime, Yesod works ..ing Black Rose City, a collection of autobiographical poems.
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Hey there! I'm afraid I'm not doing any gigging presently. Giggling- yes. Gigging- no. All studio stuff has been on hold due to some other commitments. Thanks for checking in though. I hope to be able to get out there closer toward the end of the year.
First and foremost I would like to thank god For giving me this lyrical skill
To call women bitches To sling crack with words To shoot guns with my tongue Pulling the trigger To win this Grammy
As if god was this hip hop industry Telling rappers to feed the apocalypse Musically
One album at a time
I would like to thank god For allowing me to Play Satan in Devils Advocate
This Oscar was worth more than All of my salvation
As if god was lights, camera, action demons
Into your iris until your brain cells Possess zombies to conduct Your every day walks
Artificially entertain your reality Until your mouth only utters fake
I want to thank god for giving me the rights To play Jesus as a bisexual in love with one of his disciples while impregnating Mary Magdalene the prostitute
cause Jesus Christ Superstar walks downtown Manhattan unstable with his third leg cause any sexual activity will work for a show on Broadway
I would like to thank god For letting me make jokes About him in every comedy show Cause even god would laugh If I fart while praying to him
Thank you god For the athletic abilities I possess to be number 1 And everyone else below me
I would like to thank god For blessing me with this dance praise team I can feel the Holy Ghost coming down On me when I shake it fast
Even in the clubs I can still remember the moves For tomorrow in church
I would like to thank god For being my best buddy Like god is a person you can sit and have A shot of whiskey with But can’t see him as a president like George Bush
I want to thank god For allowing me not to Believe in him But still have the audacity to say
God bless you, when you sneeze or Oh my God! when I’m at the edge of life
I want to thank god For strapping these bombs around my Waist cause I want to meet these Blue eyes virgin on the other side
Like god only turns his name To Allah whenever Christians and Jews Want to
It's Alisha DelBuono, I don't have a myspace so I'm using my friend's. I've been trying to get a hold of you, but your hard guy to find these days! I was wondering if you still had my essay on Christianity and the death penalty. I have to write a similar paper for my philosophy class and I was going to use some of the ideas from the paper I wrote in your class. I normally would have it saved on my computer, but my computer crashed last summer and everything got erased. If you do have it I was wondering if you could email or mail it to me. I would really appreciate it! I miss you and your class! Hopefully I'll hear from you soon!
Peace Fredrick-Douglass, Just reaching out to say what's up and hope life has been overloading you with blessings. Whenever you are downstate, our doors at UJJ await to share in your spirit and poetry. Much respect always, Ken from UJJ
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