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THE BENJAMIN FRANKLIN "AUTOBIOGRAPHY PROJECT" WAS A CHALLENGING 300 WORD CONTEST.
ONI'S STORY ABOUT GROWING UP GOING TO THE UPTOWN THEATER WAS ONE OF THE 20 WINNERS.
HER STORY POSTER WAS POSTED AT THE BUS STOP SHELTER AT 20TH & WALNUT ST.
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
PANTENE TOTAL YOU TOUR
ONI RAPS DUNBAR'S "WE WEAR THE MASK" FOR MC LYTE & AUDIENCE AT CONVENTION CENTER IN PHILADELPHIA, PA
Professor Nikki Giovanni on the making of "Hip Hop Speaks To Children" & giving Oni props in this award winning book she created & edited.
Philly Scam or Paying It Forward? Is a biographical short story on the joys and dreads of a visit back to Oni's hometown, the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly affection, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Baptized By The Blues, a short story on how Oni's dream to play her bass guitar and present "Love Must Fall" at Morgan Freeman's Juke Joint in Clarksdale, Mississippi....came true!
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January 30, 2022 - Sunday - 2:00 PM EST
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February 12, 2022 - Saturday - 9:00 MT / 11:00 EST
"I listened to Peace & War this morning on your podcast Your telling of that moral message was incredible. What a blessing that the world is able to access and enjoy these stories for free. Thank you." Diane Williams.co, Author, Storyteller
Spoken word from Sister Wings, CD. A experimental collaboration video. Please excuse the low pixels in the photos...many were taken before HD. Oni wrote and delivers this mix over the groove of Samori Coles of lil drummaboy LLC, Philadelphia
An excerpt from the spoken word tribute poem, from the independently produced CD "Sister Wings, Spoken Word Songs Bass & Beats"
ASCAP (SR) (c) 2005 Words by Oni Lasana - Music by Samori Coles of lil drummaboy, LLC Philadelphia.
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full lyrics are enclosed with purchase of CD. If digitally downloaded, contact Oni for the poem.
Please excuse the photos as the pixels are not clear and were published before HD.
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SISTER WINGS & 'LIAS' MOTHER PERFORMANCE
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
BIG TRIGGER'S SOUND OF JAZZ & POETRY SHOW, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A tale on teamwork.
Mercer Museum, Pennsylvania
A poem of encouragement by Paul L Dunbar @ Tobago Library Services
An adult story on perspective.
Contributions to Sonia Sanchez Mural Arts Haiku project
Haiku's is a form of Japanese verse, written in 17 syllables divided into 3 lines of 5, 7, & 5
The following are my submissions for the project.
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Make me dance all day
See me reach out to the light
Know me in a song
Travel unravels
Stereotypes fall apart
Releasing our fears
More than blood thru veins
Family tears joys and pains
Connect in one love
Peace, silent words heard
Inside our mind space in time
Whispers unknown ...ssssh
People make money
Money makes people mo' friends
Money goes friends end
Old houses light up
Walls reflecting our history
Murals tell stories
December 2015-2025
I have come to the conclusion the TV world is an illusion to entice sick and poor (not only in $) folks into spending money, being ill, (not the cool ill as in chill) but the real one as in illness and in getting us very, very ill.
Lately, I managed to avoid watching the degenerate reality and non-reality TV shows. However, it is our dinner time ritual to stop for 30 minutes and watch the national American news. It is making me sick.
Last night it occurred to me that Americans are suffering from a political dis-ease name Trump, societal poisonings of police abuse, prophetical last days of unnatural disasters; El Nino warming, tornadoes, flooding, fires and an overall sense of doom for USA, NORTHERN AFRICA, ISIS, JEWS, ISLAM, CHRISTIANS, MUSLIMS, CHINA etc. fill in the blank__________.
I take a deep breath, transfixed with hopeful relief for a commercial break. During the western world's season of hoLIEdays, I gaze in amazement at the American state of health. Advertisers who cater to viewers who must be very sick, as in ill, as in plain old old school sick.
Millions spent to place ads during what should be the most factual and informative 30 minutes on TV. Millions spent to convince you to see Star Wars, escaping the reality of Human Wars on this planet. One most recently being the dire possibility of getting caught in a hail of police bullets while showing concern and "looking out" for your upstairs neighbor.
AMERICA IS SICK. I have proof, a list of commercial ailments "as seen on TV" so it must be true. I list the ailments in caps, then the cause (as I see it) = suggested TV remedies at the end in caps.
WARNING: If you are suffering from any of these ailments, consult your primary (insurance controlled) doctor before purchasing any of the commercial remedies. or better yet, IF you can afford it...consult your nearest natural healer, chiropractor for an alignment/adjustment or certified herbalist.
In order of commercial appearance here’s the diagnosis;
(please read phonetically, some products ain’t in the spell check)
ACID INDIGESTION - enjoying red mystery meat at McDonalds, Burger King, Taco Bell, Chipotle, or any place where bare hands other than your own, handles the food. = TUMS
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE - screaming at your kids, husband, neighbor, slavery syndrome, police paranoia, anger issues over reports of cops getting off the hook after killing blacks, or any folks by any means they find necessary = PRILOSEC
VITAMIN DEFICIENCY - eating white bread, white rice, white potatoes, white pasta, & NO raw fresh veggies or fresh fruit. (one night it was plain gummy’s, the next night it was mint blowin' up in some guys face. So BIG kids please take your vitamins! You wouldn't need them if you exercised and eat non-GMO, organic or REAL food. Gummy/mint chew vitamins? Check with your dentist while you're at it. = CENTRUM
HEMORRHOIDS - from sitting on your butt watching TV all day, at the office or any job in front of a computer, birthing children, or a male x rated activity = PREPARATION H
NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY - same reasons as vitamin deficiency + boiling + frying vegetable + fruit to death = BOOST
ACCIDENT PRONE - suffering from ALL ailments above while texting or talking on your cell phone + driving = PROGRESSIVE INSURANCE COMPANY
COLDS & FLU - swapping spit kissing a stranger, breathing on the plane, bus or train, around sneezing, runny nose kids = NYQUIL
DRY MOUTH & BAD BREATH - smoking cigarettes, weed, taking antihistamines for allergies to chemtrails, artificial ingredients in food, dust, not brushing your teeth before you go to bed at night, (Listerine toothpaste or non-flouride herbal toothpaste may help, my ad;-) = BIOTENE
ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION - only YOU MEN know WHY you have this problem (hope the skinny slinky girl gazing at you in the ads helps you at least think about satisfying your wife during the four hours of toting around a hardy, for a change) = VIAGARA
NEW CAR - with the outrageous cost of rent/mortgage...you'll need a place to sleep one day = NISSAN
NEW CLOTHES - a closet full of clothes - not a thing to wear? Notice you rarely see ads for upscale stores, Lord & Taylor or Saks, save $ while supporting a family in china = ROSS
UPSCALE CAR - after you total the Nissan, get paid from Progressive, time to front = LEXUS, CADILLAC...SUV is my personal choice.
TV STILL ON? - 30 minutes of dreadful national news = TURN IT OFF
Inside Hollywood is where you gape at live blond Barbie & Ken dolls and get to see how interesting they are....NOT.
COMMERCIALS with your NEWS? Don't worry...it won't go away...turn on your phone, your computer, buy a newspaper and you can still read all about it and maybe even “come down with something”
PS: If you find any of this humorous its cool. Like Smokey sang..."laugh to keep from crying". It’s a personal motto "Humor Reveals Truths" the title of the only A+ paper I received while attending Laney College in Oakland, Cali...before I dropped out to live.
I know, I should have stayed + lived off popcorn (like I did in between jobs in LA) & got that degree. I'd be VERY impressive...maybe I'd be a better poet & writer...or not.
In any case...skip the commercials...
America is sick and whatever it is... it's going around.
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