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Anthony Morales

@antmoralesnyc

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Father. Poet. Educator. Nuyorican in Maryland.
Clason Point Gardens Bronx Representative.

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As much for you as for me. Love y’all everyday. Might take this down 🎄🌺🌸🔥 😎🇵🇷 #papigettingflyereachday #fuxyourfrownies #lordstillalive #marylandrican #wheatonpoetry #tunosabescomotqm #clasonpoint by @antmoralesnyc

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2 years ago

Peace. Wish you all the best. Stay blessed. Happy for another rotation. Holla. Much love. by @antmoralesnyc

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2 years ago

Haciendo la misma cosa

How do you honor gifts, gust of gratitude followed by storm of struggle, stay blind beyond abundance, kiss frog find future, trippy toad next lifetime resembles repetition when one more leap will break whole cycle, don’t remind me of where we went & what we did when nearest hug need shows how far ran from home, Puerta abierta, solo pa your keys & special knock, entered new era , yesterday’s done today so much to do, missing work piled higher than horizon, see all the dreams released to sky, face look like cloud cannot grab, saw a star stareback, paused to capture everlasting shine, sparkle was gone after made wish to stand within infinite illumination, left light on so know some one always wanting for your call, as loud as you scream, nobody asks if aight, & those rushed conversations meaningless consequences, was this meant to echo between folded lines of deep pages in back of scuffed books at bottom, rambling prescription to rediscover necessity of presence, how alone are you when best crew is both kids, deserve more lucid Papi, who got so lost had to catch cries & wipe tears in same weeping chuckle, once start bopping down memory lane like stay there Story ave stuck, not ready to see rest of world aight aqui until expire morning solo session only leads to nighttime cypher for who else but same stupido haciendo la misma cosa over and over, pero ya hay limites, upon stay sane al final, dare you to stay brilliant & build a better body. #papigettingflyereachday #lordstillalive #tunosabescomotqm #wheatonpoetry #marylandrican #theoldisthenewtowho by @antmoralesnyc

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3 years ago

Did you hear what the city said

Stop being so stupid, come to do what came to do immediately & ain’t playing with future, can stare backwards all day & not appreciate today before evaporates, touch down on clock, make that minute count, what we do right now will stay with us for rest of lives, never enough rest until permanent sleep, awake & your city awaits along bread crumb trail of graffiti, find way back home, forgive me for not chilling with you longer, won’t be outside late night too many more rainstorms, did you record all the heavens’ tears falling in slow motion beneath the one tree by the chessboards in the lane or Juanito hopping fence, Lottery quickest path to bankruptcy, why did not bring you with me into history, but I called & screamed I love you as the next beat drops that shook the stadium in the capital of the world, with every second lived as once did but can’t for much longer, already know how much each weekend will continue another homily to save life weeping while replaying all the memories, maintain continuous record of rising before sun, as the showers soothed the Story Ave snooze, once the block turns quiet, nothing more peaceful than hum of everyone’s AC mixed with brick breath still wet found piece of cardboard to sit in front of essence, started buzzing from cypher to session, without asking necessary questions for safest delivery of critical epiphany no one else fault been lost, only few will share actual facts behind true meaning of divine songs. #marylandrican #cpg #sogoodtoseeyou #maybeneveragainforreal #papigettingflyereachday #theoldisthenewtowho #tunosabescomotqm #wheatonpoetry by @antmoralesnyc

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3 years ago

43 Introspection

Yo Ant what up bro how you been: alive my brother trying to see more life, Tone ain’t seen you in a minute do you still write: without these poems, would not see me right now, since August 2015 catch me up early on Saturday & Sunday before sunrise in Wheaton Regional Park Picnic Shelter F behind carousel by the train tracks, those tables became my CPG chessboard benches or backpark or 6 train til December 9, 2018, Sunday morning practice before feature with Tony Medina at American Poetry Museum hosted by Sami Miranda, bag full of poetry waiting to be learned while saw them long range & the rest are moments in Nuyorican poetry history I’d rather forget, pero since daily pages are testament to question Why Lord, responses found in stacked sloppy lines bopping with anxious heartbeat, Word Yo you aight out there though right: there are days don’t know if better or worse, certain not thriving, all that appears sometimes ain’t not so many sick days, gift myself a homecoming to heal soul, some nights never felt so lonely wanted to fall into forever alone, pero not too many friends except precious few salutations to introduce to crew, wake up get ready for work drive down Randolph turn onto 3601 Powder Mill Road to High Point HS 2nd floor lounge Cafecito then room 327 oasis of El Puente & critical consciousness daily writing prompts like what was your aha moment when life finally made sense, teens finding their truth among fearless triumph, we both don’t know, what is the point of this vida, once 225 bell rings ride 495 to exit 29 to University Boulevard, scoop Naima from school, pick up Amari from bus, head home to start homework plus snacks, cook dinner, my arroz con gandules tastes like Babita visits, call Moms on Whatsapp so they can have Grandma time, just dance before bedtime, praying goodnight, repeat Monday through Friday then rise to write this poem on one more Saturday morning listening to lost without you but so satisfied on WPFW, oldies house party with Dr Funkenstein, all the everything todo possible estoy en camino, mas o menos, asi asi pero more blessed than will ever know. #poetry #lordstillalive #diablocantstealmysmile #wheatonpoetry by @antmoralesnyc

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3 years ago

Expectancy

Will the poet be alive to see the impact of his poems in the world, insofar as Ant dying, yo in certain sense - ya murio hace many years - perhaps hung with in exclusive cypher & really built a nation with no time or space, only religion this love last forever, how foolish we didn’t take a flick to cement precise moment in Nuyorican history, showed world freedom can exist in spite of imperialist doubt & colonial distraction, procrastinate thinking there will always be another chance, when ahorita is of the utmost importance porque no sabe manana pero si se que next breath will push into promised land pa’lante, ain’t it lovely to be up early on a bench opening heart to sky receiving morning glory watching birds fly as the grass rises, where will your body be when children become stronger than feeble skeleton, nobody wants to really know how doing even as ask what’s popping everything except who sits behind these blurry eyes squinting at bright heat, wondering who understands if kept that scream between both ears roar muffled in chest, when analyze all the verses from then until now, calculate decrease in kinetic potential & carry difference of concrete experience as contributing factor to overall vitality, how well is being human, pulsating with such confusion when need stark clarity for every situation, got survival based on divine serendipity, si esta siempre encendido eventually la luz se apago, life ain’t cheap brother especially at altitude you flapping, where is your foundation when feel so lost, an imagined nation with love as the only cost, amor extra expensive even more carito cuando nothing left in heart

#papigettingflyereachday #tunosabescomotqm #theoldisnewtowho #ifyouonlyknew #wheatonpoetry #marylandrican by @antmoralesnyc

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3 years ago

Before have no voice for a little bit, reminder of what a new poem sounded like before the Divine heals me. Will be relearning everything again. Love especially. To each of you that ever listened to me, mil gracias. Send one up top for some good grace for me. Looking forward pa’lante siempre. #lordstillalive #diablocantstealmysmile #papigettingflyereachday #sogoodtoseeyou #theoldisthenewtowho by @antmoralesnyc

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3 years ago

Brocade

Need some qi gong like ain’t ever breathed, sit still feel the air bring back to life, upon disturbance not supposed to be perfect in center, here you are, until end of sentences, something fuzzy parenthesis won’t say goodbye rather fare thee well, or Buena suerte, con bendiciones, may your shine resonate an everlasting sparkle, allow me permission to smile like once did, pero a fresh sonrisa is required, stretching a permagrin to last for infinite mananas, when appear might not last another moment as that sandclock cage dipping please forgive me for not belonging before when most need salvation or the clarity necessary to improve salud so not in this current crisis of inherited trauma from ancestor loose screws, next trip bring that heavy burden back here to lift each day those problems did not kill you yet, release all those regrets for not reaching past acceptance of daily death, when resigned to this afterlife of steady silence, be plain quien importa, si tu ta dying, all they ever cared about how fast could keep that cypher flying, anywhere but here to the head, pero out this cloudy cabeza oozing while crawling how dare you disrespect your gift as lack the capacity for ascension please chart the exit coordinates to the precise dimension no space to compose the elevation potential for better tomorrows starts with proper preparation.

#poetry #nuyorican #lordstillalive
#diablocantstealmysmile #fuxyourfrownies #papigettingflyereachday #tunosabescomotqm #marylandrican #wheatonpoetry #theoldisnewtowho by @antmoralesnyc

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3 years ago

Campaign Andover celebration luncheon. 25 years later. Young man didn't know what he could do. Gracias for this invitation. Special homecoming. by @antmoralesnyc

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That fast

Snap index & thumb, forget everything don’t want to remember that fast, como que who & what sobre quien, no se nada, en specific olvida de la pena that hurts longer, say ouch, doubt overwhelming confidence, to point towers of past years’ poems block continuum, deja la mierda de no puedes when obviously want to write of that emptiness where heart supposed to beat, space between maybe & for sure, o we done no worries, porque pressed, when stress never increased seconds, let procrastination depart on separate path, delete more disaster, dedicated to dreams, banish bullshit, drop dumout, bobito boohoo, complaint creature, nothing more than negative pessimist, falta un ching de cosa que puede avanzar, identify where you can’t see, a toast to imperfect timing, lending divine vision, once eyes witnessed beauty, had me hooked each hour after, why so many scowls bastante frowns, viste Senor, todo el mundo upside down, con pain as joy, & death as last pleasure, examine omission not all these parts of truth can be taken with you at end, looking lucky if got keys to heaven’s gate, pray not too late for special excerpt of redacted rough draft, some psalms better than gospel, been praying for happiest day looking like right now, all these sunrises better than next when believe in unraveling mystery, one smile at a climb, abandon anxiety continual worry of what’s to come, natural to not know, manana malicia, shout out to staying solid & not stuck on smallest petty of no concern, in long term of living lovely, less lies more truth, menos confundido con mas fuerza, focused on facts y no more false fake fantasy in front of face is all been searching for with a renewed reason to hold on to reality & never let go unless closed & need to view mind’s CPG landscape, ignore all flaws rise above what you thought.

#poetry
#nuyorican #lordstillalive #diablocantstealmysmile #tunosabescomotqm #wheatonpoetry #marylandrican #theoldisnewtowho #papigettingflyereachday by @antmoralesnyc

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4 years ago