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Ed Garnes Pitch And Toss Yet Anotha Tribute Poem

Award winning writer Ed Garnes pays yet another poetic tribute.

When Low Self Esteem Meets Open Mics

Another Ed Garnes Jr. joint!!

Blue Aint The Only Color Of Jazz Ode To Richard Pryor

In a touching tribute to Richard Pryor, award winning writer Ed Garnes praises the genius who served as a life long inspiration.

Still Black Still Blue

Sugar Jonson vents on why cops leave black folks blue.

Her Blues Wasn’t Blue Enough

Award winning writer Ed Garnes discusses self esteem/ black women in this latest excerpt from his highly anticipated poetry collection Like Sweet Tea On A Hot Summer Day.

Jesus Two Way

Award winning writer Ed Garnes slaps fools upside the head with another joint from his book Like Sweet Tea On A Hot Summer Day.

40 Years No Acres and I’m the Mule

Live from the corporate plantation, Sugar weighs in on deferred dreams and coping with 9 to 5 brown nosers.

Like A Slave On Freedom Morning

I wrote this piece when I left the plantation (my 9 to 5) at a college who slept on my genius. Don’t be a slave to your job…get your dreams out of layaway…find your FREEDOM MORNING!! I dedicate this poem to my homie Jessica Care Moore, a friend, poet, mother, and warrior who does not have to walk alone (WE GOT U)…

Ain’t No Calgon in the Hood

Sugar Johnson offers a new poem on self preservation in the hood!!

Mad At God: A Poetic Attempt At Healing

On what would have been Everett Garnes’ B Day, his brother heals from his passing the best way he knows how…ART!!!!

What We Need Now Is Not Another Blues Poem

In a poignant poem, Ed Garnes responds to the death of Oscar Grant, a recent victim of police brutality.

Ed Garnes Tribute To Jazz Legend Freddie Hubbard

Before Street Lights Call Us Home
(A Tribute to Jazz Legend Freddie Hubbard)

By Edward M. Garnes, Jr.