Poetry from Kahlil Crawford

Telepathikontinuum The junglist diaspora, fluctuations in rhyme generating whirling ⟳ cross-joint conscience between pulsating vibes ecstatically reverberating baroque riddims… Clear cathedrals emit generational silence, abstractions of sound – black breaks blind lust-filled nights, pulsed syncretism truth beyond means.

Kahlil Crawford reviews Pinhdar’s music album A Sparkle on the Dark Water

PINHDAR returns with the ethereal A Sparkle On The Dark Water. The album begins In The Woods with skipping electric synths, prickly guitar licks and dragging baselines carrying Cecilia’s angst into the Cold River where pummeling kick drums levitate Max’s winding guitar licks. Home drags in with … Continue reading

Poem from Kahlil Crawford

KASTHURI Spawned from civil war; cocoa skin, purple crownand golden jewels emittales of persecution,rebellion, perseveranceand survival. The classroom is her laboratory –  emancipating minds from colonial constructions of misinformation. She’s a capitalist…in the truest senseof the term –deflecting greed backto the … Continue reading

Essay from Kahlil Crawford

WHITE EARTH REFLECTION In the land of Mnísota (Minnesota), the “Twin Cities” consist of the Imnížaska Othúŋwe (Saint Paul or StP) and Bdeóta Othúŋwe (Minneapolis or MPLS). These two areas are noticeably different in layout and structure. Modern MPLS, like … Continue reading