Poet Laureate Performance Schedule
Natalie M. Williams
Utica / Oneida County New York
POET LAUREATE UPCOMING SCHEDULE:
September 28, 2023
TRAMONTANE CAFÉ
7 pm - 9 pm
1105 Lincoln Ave. Spoken Word Open Mic
$3 Cover Fee
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October 4, 2023
UPTOWN THEATER IMPROV COMEDY
2014 Genesse Street
7:30 pm. Donation...
Thanks Giving – A POEM
By Natalie Williams
Contrary Perceptions, Different Views;
The prisms through which we ‘see’ light through…
T’was a time when this was ‘new’
Now, two years hence - not nearly through…
And, this old house has taken me
from ‘technically homeless’
to...
A Poem – Insurrection Day
Insurrection Day By Roger Chambers
Election held with ballots cast
How do we know it’s not the last
time at polls to freely vote,
ending on a dissonant note,
abhorrent taste so sour.
Results rejected at the top
thus free and...
GOVERNOR CUOMO DIRECTS FLAGS TO HALF-STAFF
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today directed that flags on all state government buildings be flown at half-staff on Tuesday, August 29 to honor Information Systems Technician 2nd Class Corey George Ingram of Poughkeepsie and the...
Cassandra Harris Lockwood’s “Putin Slam”
Cassandra Harris Lockwood's "Putin Slam"
by Ron Klopfanstein
"Vladimir Putin, you know you're wrong," says Cassandra Harris Lockwood, Central New York's most prominent civil rights activist and the voice of the Black community in the Mohawk...
Bi- Racial Proud & Gay – A POEM
by Natalie M. Williams May 2019
My Apologies to a Blacker, Stronger Mr. Jussie Smollett
Bi- Racial Proud & Gay - A POEM
Drag You Through the Mud
Claiming your Account ain’t true
Drawn & Quartered Every Time
Bamboozled -...
Poetry Corner: I’m a Card Carrying Member of the eN double A...
Yes. 'Colored People'; Nationally,
United in Our Struggle To Be Free.
I'm a Card Carrying member
of the eN double A Cee Pee.
For more than a Century;
an Organization that Speaks for the Community
All the Colors of the Rainbow....
Including...
Poetry Corner: My Voice-A POEM
My Voice - A POEM
It’s a brutal sincerity,
appealing, though disconcerting all the while.
It’s kind of like the utterance of a child
Truth Serum; Of course! It’s bottled in me
I’m a wealth of veritable possibility
True -...
Poetry Corner- No Justice, No Peace, Know Justice, Know peace
By Natalie Williams
No Justice, No Peace!
That is the chant.
Police Brutalities; Recant
To Brutalizers; we demand
Cease your crimes against us.
We take a stand.
Yes, “Black Lives Matter” - no more, no less
This country’s ‘rules must face a...
POETRY CORNER: Covid & The Fear
Covid & the Fear - A POEM, By Natalie Williams
It’s “The E con o my”;
Not our live’s that is precious. Now we can see...
The Haves and Have-nots; Eternally... Ensnared are we all - to...