“I remember attending an Open Mic session at a venue located in downtown Detroit. A poet took the stage and before reciting his piece, he said that a poet has five minutes to impact his or her audience either negatively or positively. What a poet said in those five minutes could either create change or maintain the status quo. I went home that evening and asked myself, “What if, after five minutes, I could no longer write poetry for the rest of my life. What would I write in my last five minutes?” The answer? If I Only Had Five Minutes. The Last Will and Testament of a Hip Hop Poet....." CLICK HERE TO VIEW.
