http://wbphillysoul.editboard.com/open-letters-f11/-t1.htm Wanna write a letter to someone...just to get it off your chest. Practice here Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:06:28 GMT 10 http://illiweb.com/fa/xand/logo.gif http://wbphillysoul.editboard.com/open-letters-f11/-t1.htm http://wbphillysoul.editboard.com/open-letters-f11/sam-i-am-t1254.htm jus words AFTER YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE PHILLY SCENE AND DEDICATION TO JUS WORDS SAM I AM IS NO LONGER HOSTING.MY BROTHER AND FRIEND IS MOVING ON TO OTHER CRATIVE OUTLET,SUCH AS BOOKS AND PLAYS AS WELL AS SERVICE TO HIS CHURCH.SO IAM ASKING ALL WHO READS THIS THREAD AND IS A FRIEND TO SAM,PLEASE JOIN US THIS THURSDAY AUG. THE 13TH AS WE GIVE HIM HIS FEATURE/FAREWELL TRIBUTE.THANK YOU. OPEN LETTERS Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:06:28 GMT http://wbphillysoul.editboard.com/open-letters-f11/sam-i-am-t1254.htm#8475 http://wbphillysoul.editboard.com/open-letters-f11/sam-i-am-t1254.htm http://wbphillysoul.editboard.com/open-letters-f11/mrs-betty-s-son-t1253.htm jus words THIS LETTER WAS INSPIRED BY SAM I AM,SOMETIMES WE MUST BE HUMBLED OTHER TIMES WE SPEAK TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR SELF WORTH,AS FAN OF THE REAL RADIO CD,FIRST AND FOREMOST,YOU GOT ME TO THINKING AND I WROTE THIS. MRS. BETTY'S SON IS THE AUTHOR OF;FATHERLES CHILD,NIGGAS TO GODS,NOTORIOUS P O E T,SOUL ON ICE,POEMS IN THE KEY OF LIFE,GOD FOR PRESIDENT,WARRIORS,FIRE NEXT TIME ,FOR MY SISTER,CONVERSATIONS,WORD PLAY,GOD THE BLACKMAN AND THE TRUTH,MOVE THE CROWD,AFTER THE VENUE,QUEEN DEFERED,BLACK BOY LOST,IMAGES,SATAN ... OPEN LETTERS Sat, 01 Aug 2009 02:10:55 GMT http://wbphillysoul.editboard.com/open-letters-f11/mrs-betty-s-son-t1253.htm#8465 http://wbphillysoul.editboard.com/open-letters-f11/mrs-betty-s-son-t1253.htm http://wbphillysoul.editboard.com/open-letters-f11/poets-and-people-t1249.htm jus words I AM WRITING THIS LETTER TO ADDRESS AN ISSUE I BEEN HAVING WITH POETS. AS IN ANY ARTFORM YOU WANT RESPECT FROM YOUR PEERS,AND AS I HAVE RECIEVE QUITE A BIT BUT THERE IS ALWAYS THE OTHER SIDE.MY GOAL WAS ALWAYS TO TOUCH AND OR REACH MY PEOPLE.THIS IS WHY I ALWAYS LOVE VENUES THAT PATRONS OUTNUMBER THE POETS ATLEAST THREE TO ONE.AS I FEATURED ALL OVER THE EAST COAST PHILLY, NJ,B-MORE, D C,DEL AND NY IT IS HELD TRUE POETS RARELY BUY EACH OTHER CDS THEY MAY SHAKE YOUR HAND AND HUG AND EXCHANGE VERBAL ... OPEN LETTERS Sun, 19 Jul 2009 14:35:39 GMT http://wbphillysoul.editboard.com/open-letters-f11/poets-and-people-t1249.htm#8421 http://wbphillysoul.editboard.com/open-letters-f11/poets-and-people-t1249.htm http://wbphillysoul.editboard.com/open-letters-f11/letter-to-jus-words-t1137.htm Tizzy Lizz^ This is a letter of appreciation. Dear Jus Words Family, I wanted to personally thank you for being a consistent venue that has held this city down through highs and lows. So many venues start and stop, but thanks to your dedication and love for the art, we ALWAYS had / have a home no matter what. Having a place to express is so important to artists. Sometimes we just want to hang and be around other people, sometimes we want to get on stage and let it out. You kept that platform ... OPEN LETTERS Wed, 11 Feb 2009 22:08:02 GMT http://wbphillysoul.editboard.com/open-letters-f11/letter-to-jus-words-t1137.htm#7542 http://wbphillysoul.editboard.com/open-letters-f11/letter-to-jus-words-t1137.htm http://wbphillysoul.editboard.com/open-letters-f11/goodbye-to-my-peeps-in-illadelph-t1206.htm Anonymous I'm at work right now and decided to google myself. I just dropped a novel and now i have people Internet Stalking me. This site came up and it was shocking. I love this place and I have revealed some indepth personal sh... during my time on this board. This site was like therapy but now that im in the public eye, i'd feel cheated if i held back on the things i really wanted to discuss. Thanks for everything. Feel free to hit me up on myspace or twitter tho. Stay up. Peace and ... OPEN LETTERS Mon, 04 May 2009 12:39:10 GMT http://wbphillysoul.editboard.com/open-letters-f11/goodbye-to-my-peeps-in-illadelph-t1206.htm#8155 http://wbphillysoul.editboard.com/open-letters-f11/goodbye-to-my-peeps-in-illadelph-t1206.htm http://wbphillysoul.editboard.com/open-letters-f11/real-radio-2-t851.htm sam I am I am writing this letter to myself to remind my ever humble self that there is nothing wrong with believing that I am the sugar honey iced tea sometimes. Sometimes. Artistically, I believe that my gift is limitless as long as The Lord continues to bless me with words. I don't go around trying to think of concepts, poems, stories or the like. God has allowed me, this vessell to carry thoughts, to paper, to words, to the stage- all courtesy of Him. As I embark on the creative ... OPEN LETTERS Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:15:00 GMT http://wbphillysoul.editboard.com/open-letters-f11/real-radio-2-t851.htm#5842 http://wbphillysoul.editboard.com/open-letters-f11/real-radio-2-t851.htm http://wbphillysoul.editboard.com/open-letters-f11/an-open-letter-t109.htm glory i am just checking in. i knew that staying away from the scene would be hard. but i didn't know that staying away would be so easy once i did it. neither did i know that the realization that staying away is easy would be hard on me. i worry sometimes if the changes that i assume are happening in my absence will be too alienating when i come back. the last time i came out to jus words i looked around at a group of people that, but for some few precious exceptions, were strangers to me. ... OPEN LETTERS Wed, 04 Apr 2007 15:31:46 GMT http://wbphillysoul.editboard.com/open-letters-f11/an-open-letter-t109.htm#371 http://wbphillysoul.editboard.com/open-letters-f11/an-open-letter-t109.htm http://wbphillysoul.editboard.com/open-letters-f11/gratitude-list-4-13-07-t122.htm Tizzy Lizz^ my shelter
my mom
my love
my gifts
and protection

have a positive day ya'll]]> OPEN LETTERS Fri, 13 Apr 2007 13:09:30 GMT http://wbphillysoul.editboard.com/open-letters-f11/gratitude-list-4-13-07-t122.htm#436 http://wbphillysoul.editboard.com/open-letters-f11/gratitude-list-4-13-07-t122.htm http://wbphillysoul.editboard.com/open-letters-f11/why-is-it-when-t816.htm k/d/morris You read and reply to a topic with a quote, the text is so darn dark to the point that you have to highlight it to read it? Can the settings be changed to make easier on the eyes?
Thank you]]> OPEN LETTERS Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:09:41 GMT http://wbphillysoul.editboard.com/open-letters-f11/why-is-it-when-t816.htm#5606 http://wbphillysoul.editboard.com/open-letters-f11/why-is-it-when-t816.htm http://wbphillysoul.editboard.com/open-letters-f11/the-man-in-the-mirror-t810.htm IkanCyoursoul I was talking to a friend of mine this morning about the whole Little Wayne thing I have been ranting and raving about lately. She explained to me how she acknowledged that Little Wayne was ignorant etc. She also said how much she really needed to hear that kind of music with the week she has been having. She’s an extremely gifted artist and she is in an office wearing a suit bossing people around. She said that if felt good to let all her anger and aggression out via his music. It felt good ... OPEN LETTERS Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:31:30 GMT http://wbphillysoul.editboard.com/open-letters-f11/the-man-in-the-mirror-t810.htm#5509 http://wbphillysoul.editboard.com/open-letters-f11/the-man-in-the-mirror-t810.htm http://wbphillysoul.editboard.com/open-letters-f11/i-sure-would-appreciate-a-woman-that-writes-me-a-letter-t787.htm Duane Face ]]> OPEN LETTERS Wed, 11 Jun 2008 04:04:05 GMT http://wbphillysoul.editboard.com/open-letters-f11/i-sure-would-appreciate-a-woman-that-writes-me-a-letter-t787.htm#5204 http://wbphillysoul.editboard.com/open-letters-f11/i-sure-would-appreciate-a-woman-that-writes-me-a-letter-t787.htm http://wbphillysoul.editboard.com/open-letters-f11/barnes-and-noble-what-s-up-t708.htm glory from the blog: I left this message on Barnes and Noble's website tonight because I went book shopping. I was looking for something by Toni Cade Bambara, Paule Marshall, or Alice Walker. I went all through the fiction section, but I couldn't find any books by these authors. I was directed to the African-American section - I didn't know where it was because I don't shop for books very often, but there it was, stretched out along a wall near the entrance. I walked over to the section and I ... OPEN LETTERS Thu, 01 May 2008 02:13:39 GMT http://wbphillysoul.editboard.com/open-letters-f11/barnes-and-noble-what-s-up-t708.htm#4471 http://wbphillysoul.editboard.com/open-letters-f11/barnes-and-noble-what-s-up-t708.htm http://wbphillysoul.editboard.com/open-letters-f11/i-get-it-now-t575.htm Tizzy Lizz^
Remember when you played that song by R.D? I am about two years late, but I get it now... Were you trying to come on to me? I wish I would have gotten the clue then.

I didn't realize it, but the last time I [self-loved] I pictured you...I want to tell you about it, but I just can't. Anyway, it was nice.]]> OPEN LETTERS Mon, 11 Feb 2008 21:36:02 GMT http://wbphillysoul.editboard.com/open-letters-f11/i-get-it-now-t575.htm#3343 http://wbphillysoul.editboard.com/open-letters-f11/i-get-it-now-t575.htm http://wbphillysoul.editboard.com/open-letters-f11/speak-up-speak-out-by-nathaniel-gadsden-t544.htm Tizzy Lizz^ SPEAK UP/SPEAK OUT By: Nathaniel Gadsden Founder & Director Nathaniel Gadsden’s Writers Wordshop 1416 Cumberland Streets Harrisburg, Pa. 17103 pgadsden@aol.com www.nathanielgadsden.com (717)233-7611 Recently, the cities of Harrisburg and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have been rocked with a string of senseless shooting deaths. Almost all of the victims were young African Americans, and the killers ... OPEN LETTERS Mon, 21 Jan 2008 13:51:10 GMT http://wbphillysoul.editboard.com/open-letters-f11/speak-up-speak-out-by-nathaniel-gadsden-t544.htm#3228 http://wbphillysoul.editboard.com/open-letters-f11/speak-up-speak-out-by-nathaniel-gadsden-t544.htm http://wbphillysoul.editboard.com/open-letters-f11/cowards-suck-t232.htm IkanCyoursoul I swear some times I think cowardice is the single greatest threat to most people’s success and growth. Time and time again, I am forced to deal with people who are just plain fucking scared of success. They see it on TV and they wish for a house on cribs. They hear it on songs and they wish for those things that those lying ass rappers are disingenuously pontificating about. These punk ass cowards sit on their Asses wishing and complaining but when it comes right down to it? They are just scared ... OPEN LETTERS Tue, 03 Jul 2007 17:26:36 GMT http://wbphillysoul.editboard.com/open-letters-f11/cowards-suck-t232.htm#1058 http://wbphillysoul.editboard.com/open-letters-f11/cowards-suck-t232.htm http://wbphillysoul.editboard.com/open-letters-f11/checking-up-on-the-ex-t299.htm SUPASTAH! Hello, You continuously come out and do nothing more than attempt to discourage me. All last year you wanted nothing more than to see me fail, and on more than one occasion you got your wish. Even against my best efforts, you continued to watch my trials and tribs stack up. Did it make you smile? The doubt I felt from your presence held no weight against the true doubt I wrestled with in my own mind. The Gemini in me tried to kill its twin, which ultimately would have meant the death ... OPEN LETTERS Wed, 08 Aug 2007 17:34:55 GMT http://wbphillysoul.editboard.com/open-letters-f11/checking-up-on-the-ex-t299.htm#1500 http://wbphillysoul.editboard.com/open-letters-f11/checking-up-on-the-ex-t299.htm http://wbphillysoul.editboard.com/open-letters-f11/taalam-acey-s-open-letter-to-oprah-winfrey-t177.htm Tizzy Lizz^ ***I got this from being on his mailing list...check it out.... Notes on "An Open Letter to Oprah Winfrey" by Taalam Acey I want to approach this critique cautiously if only because these ideas are among my most sincere. I applaud you for writing your "Open Letter to Oprah Winfrey," and though it took me awhile to get around to reading it, I'm glad I did. When James Baldwin remarked that, "The poet or the revolutionary is there to articulate the necessity," ... OPEN LETTERS Fri, 11 May 2007 17:36:15 GMT http://wbphillysoul.editboard.com/open-letters-f11/taalam-acey-s-open-letter-to-oprah-winfrey-t177.htm#713 http://wbphillysoul.editboard.com/open-letters-f11/taalam-acey-s-open-letter-to-oprah-winfrey-t177.htm http://wbphillysoul.editboard.com/open-letters-f11/the-power-of-poets-t128.htm alyson When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the areas of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses, for art establishes the basic human truths which must serve as the touchstone of our judgment. ~John F. Kennedy the other day i realized how much power we have as 'poets' - that is if you choose classify yourself as such... this came ... OPEN LETTERS Tue, 17 Apr 2007 02:39:40 GMT http://wbphillysoul.editboard.com/open-letters-f11/the-power-of-poets-t128.htm#462 http://wbphillysoul.editboard.com/open-letters-f11/the-power-of-poets-t128.htm http://wbphillysoul.editboard.com/open-letters-f11/free-at-last-mlk-t98.htm Tizzy Lizz^
I finally get it. I know what and who you are now. I'm free. More free than I've ever been. I can take the jabs, the slanderings, the back biting and anything else you got. Love is my strength. No more weak, naive me. Clarity is a beautiful thing.

checkmate.

ps - the lessons you taught me were a true sacrifice on your behalf and will never be discounted. thank you...]]> OPEN LETTERS Thu, 29 Mar 2007 12:03:45 GMT http://wbphillysoul.editboard.com/open-letters-f11/free-at-last-mlk-t98.htm#349 http://wbphillysoul.editboard.com/open-letters-f11/free-at-last-mlk-t98.htm http://wbphillysoul.editboard.com/open-letters-f11/dear-kanye-t78.htm Tizzy Lizz^ Ya'll might want to watch the video first http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lWlK9v3Wsw Dear Kanye, Dawg, what happened? I mean okay, okay I see the humor in it somewhat...especially if you are just talking among friends...but to make this a song, a video like that for the masses? Considering all of your power and influence? And yes, I'm speaking as a B flat- so what! "Just got a model chic - Throw some D's [cups] on that bitch, Just got a stripper chic - Throw some ... OPEN LETTERS Wed, 07 Mar 2007 10:46:56 GMT http://wbphillysoul.editboard.com/open-letters-f11/dear-kanye-t78.htm#290 http://wbphillysoul.editboard.com/open-letters-f11/dear-kanye-t78.htm http://wbphillysoul.editboard.com/open-letters-f11/me-against-the-block-t40.htm vincentlopez Dear Kneegrows, Thank you for your assistance. Because of your actions, you have helped me to decide upon a particular course of action. That action is to leave your neighborhood. And make no mistake about it; it is indeed your neighborhood. I had been wavering on this decision for some time now. Stay in the city or leave for the suburbs? But that last shootout in front of home finally convinced me to move. To think, I used to believe we were one and I used to worry about you. ... OPEN LETTERS Tue, 30 Jan 2007 15:37:46 GMT http://wbphillysoul.editboard.com/open-letters-f11/me-against-the-block-t40.htm#146 http://wbphillysoul.editboard.com/open-letters-f11/me-against-the-block-t40.htm http://wbphillysoul.editboard.com/open-letters-f11/i-like-this-idea-t31.htm alyson ]]> OPEN LETTERS Tue, 23 Jan 2007 02:05:38 GMT http://wbphillysoul.editboard.com/open-letters-f11/i-like-this-idea-t31.htm#101 http://wbphillysoul.editboard.com/open-letters-f11/i-like-this-idea-t31.htm http://wbphillysoul.editboard.com/open-letters-f11/streets-is-preying-what-will-it-take-t35.htm Tizzy Lizz^ Dear ____ At first, I regretted putting that song on the cd. I felt like I wasn't honoring you. But today I have no regrets. How long will you wait? What will it take for you to be a father? No, it doesn't always take money. Sometimes its just your presence - as dad. How many excuses will you come up with. Streets are preying, and if he ends up in the streets or prison YOU FAILED!!! We both will have failed. I'm doing my best as a sister, but you as a father - I need to see you do ... OPEN LETTERS Sun, 28 Jan 2007 23:00:03 GMT http://wbphillysoul.editboard.com/open-letters-f11/streets-is-preying-what-will-it-take-t35.htm#129 http://wbphillysoul.editboard.com/open-letters-f11/streets-is-preying-what-will-it-take-t35.htm