Found Poem

I'm not usually too impressed with found poems, but this little one is sort of perfect. 

Okay Player

I love music, especially when it's free.  I was so excited to find this interesting website today called Okay Player, which has a free streaming player.  Total score!
I love the music I've heard on this site so far.  Really cool jazzy, funk-soul stuff.  Bilal's "All Matter" is perfect.   

How Dark I Would Turn

I feel bad for essayists when a poet decides to become one, because almost always a poet turned essayist outshines the only-essayist.  I was reading a Cherrie Moraga essay today, and she said "if my thoughts could color my flesh, how dark I would turn," and I was struck by how poetic that was.  How amazing and perfect.  And how much better she was as an essayist for having a poetry background. 

Almost Perfect

I'm posting this little video here because it seems a little too...well, perfect.  As most of you know, I'm a feminist.  And I love music that is about empowering women.
"I don't want to look like you, because you're too perfect" could sum up my feelings about a lot of girls I was around in high school.  I don't know what it is about college, but after a certain point you're too busy to notice anyone else.  Or at least I was.
The only umbrage I take with this is that the young woman singing the song is the epitome of modern female beauty.  If this song was being sung by someone who didn't somehow fit the mold, I might like it a little better.
So, really, if the Donnas or some angry grrrl band could cover this, I'd be much more in.