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 Caitlin Meissner's Profile |
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2008: Less flash, more substance. |
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| Location: | BROOKLYN, |
| Country: |  United States |
| Last Login: | May 9, 2008 (603 days back) |
About Me |
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............................................................ ............................................... ............................................................ ............................................... "[Caitlin Meissner is] Melodic words of wisdom... streetjazzoetry." - Doodlebug of Digable Planets ............................................................ ............................................... "Caitlin dares us to care and care about every minute of breath we're allotted, with poems that incise and lay bare the universe and our place in it, her heart and ours, our shared hope for the world and all that undergirds it." -Marty McConnell, HBO Def Poet & LouderArts Co-Curator “I have to tell you that Caitlin Meissner is stunning. Her words (poetry and otherwise) speak to something central in my sensory memory. I feel everything in every inch. I know exactly what she means and wish I said it like that too. It’s so clear and so clean and so crisp and so amazingly magnificent.” – Bassey Ikpi, 5 time HBO Def Poet ............................................................ ............................................... Never one to fit neatly into labels, Albany-raised, Brooklyn-based Caitlin Meissner is a poet, activist, educator and graphic designer with a BFA from Pratt Institute. Caitlin began writing at age nine, with a chapbook of Christmas poems acclaimed by Ms. Terry, her fourth grade teacher. Fourteen years later, she uses her background in anti-racism work, disability advocacy and youth empowerment to propel carefully crafted poems on the human experience. She has featured for the progressive literary collective louderArts; opened for the acclaimed Page Meets Stage series, shared sets with musicians such as Immortal Technique, Grandmaster Caz, Maya Azucena, Boot Camp Clik, One Self and many others; has been published in the His Rib and Got Poetry 2007 anthologies; mentors young people through various sources, and has performed on countless stages- from street corners to Columbia University, The Nuyorican Poets Café to Rikers Island. Caitlin is currently Project Coordinator of the all-woman Saturday Performance Series at The Lower Eastside Girls Club (where she also teaches poetry), is involved in way too many projects (ask her about them!) and trying to keep the demons away by madly scribbling poems in her notebook on the subway. Her journey is to live, and help others live, as magically as possible. If you aren't satisfied with this bio, a longer one can be found here . For booking info & other inquiries: caitlin.meissner@gmail.com ............................................................ ............................................... ............................................................ ............................................... DIALOGUE WITH THE SELF & THE SKY (a prayer of sorts.) We were the children catching fireflies captive in glass jars / creating a universe just our own when the sky bled endless unfair belonging to everyone and no one all at once the children who loved the dark throat of storms: big purple/blue-black stallions we imagined galloping rolling thunderclaps’n clouds through that very same expanse of night children whose father’s jazz was church sitting Sunday best for the hot wet belt of Mahalia Jackson / flowering the notes out blossoming gospel in our young swagger we were hungry little thieves then belly-up under bed tents a black hole of teeth and juice open mouthed/ pouring stories to the moon now-days we do not wish for fame nor more money than enough to pay the milkman fair a quiet kind of life with a bowl shaped room just enough to slide our voices ‘round in to pull the latch on these grenades of hearts exploding over ourselves, red as blood orange / sticky little fingers please, lord let one person hear me before I die good and strong let them press their palms flat together to pray on a poem let them throw it down wade in the water, oh children throw it down /down reduced to rhythm pulse where the deep dwelling jellyfish are a simple see-through heartbeat this verse we call life or cycle or journey let me speak it the only way I know how which is soft and loud all at once which is mean and cruel, honest round as a marble on my tongue / sharp, just the same please let me be honest, lord truth is no use for hands if you aren’t planting rubbing / drumming life back into it build me a rocket ship deliver me the strength to touch something greater than this body make me a vessel for something bigger something magical that my mind is too stupid to wrap around make me humble in my wants only enough to count on ten fingers enough to live each blissful moment drenched in my own brand of love & sweat lord, give me a river to drown in fill my lungs with salt and song float me gently toward the sun ... Copyright Caitlin Meissner 2008 ( More poems, rants, daily explorations here ) ............................................................ ............................................... Your wisdom/love/stories here, please. |
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My Interests |
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Music:Member Since: 8/27/2006Band Members: ...................................... contact //message add website blog mailing list graphic design Influences: ............................................................ ................... ............................................................ ................... MAY 23 '08 / 9PM House Meets Poetry II DJ Disciple & friends spin at Langston's 1073 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn NY with poets Helena D. Lewis, Ras Baraka, Kesed, Rainmaker & Coffee $10 .............................................. May 24, 08 / 7pm Dinner & 8pm Show The Golden Ladies w/ Patrizia Ferrara, Sarah White & Fly Lady Di Soloman's Porch Cafe 307 Stuyvesant Ave (Corner of Halsey) Brooklyn, NY $10 For more info click here! .............................................. JUNE 15 '08 / TIME TBA Oral History Workshop @ Community Church of NY 40 East 35th Street New York, NY FREE! For more info click here! . ............................................................ ................... Brighter Yellow Than Morning Sun The Official Caitlin Meissner Extended Play Bootleg .............................................. Possibilities in Time: The Story of Love Type of Label: None |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Experimental / Lyrical / Visual) |
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My Blog |
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March events & shows: The updates series |
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| Hey World,To quickly kick off this email: a big enormous thanks to my people who've held it down for me these past couple of weeks: family & best friends & my love & people who believe in my work & th... Posted by Caitlin Meissner on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 02:48:00 PST |
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Love Has This Funny Kool-Aid Aftertaste. |
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| Fingers on the spine of a new dayunbuttoning to a place where the skin is warmer: the crooked stoop underneath clothingfor hours we post-up here like Brooklyn kids sweating away summer nights greased ... Posted by Caitlin Meissner on Tue, 27 Feb 2007 09:50:00 PST |
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Glimpses of semi-wisdom |
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| Reading back on old journal entries and wanted to share some personal gems from over the past number of months. They aren't poems, nor stories, perhaps most aptly described as "sentiments with a pinch... Posted by Caitlin Meissner on Fri, 23 Feb 2007 11:41:00 PST |
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To the woman who wants my lover as her own... |
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| (Unedited & unfinished... but people have been asking me to open this, so keep an eye out for the edited version in the near future)To the woman who wants my lover as her own and believes he is with m... Posted by Caitlin Meissner on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 11:06:00 PST |
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Miles Runs the Voodoo Down |
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| Remember what it felt like to fall in love the first time? It was a sound of brighter yellow than morning sun. It was the curve of a back when a body is pushed to its limits-- the sweat of a hard fu... Posted by Caitlin Meissner on Sat, 16 Dec 2006 09:08:00 PST |
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a short poem for long days... |
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| The brain is nothing compared to the muscle in my chest.Hold your tongue, it thinks.But the muscle in my chestis nothing compared to the one caged by teeth.No vice clamp handy, it spills with urgency,... Posted by Caitlin Meissner on Wed, 15 Nov 2006 11:14:00 PST |
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Some old writing |
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| From June... just because.--Sitting on a bench in nowhere Queens, a book in hand, waiting. The "sexy" dress on. Aviators that make me look far cooler than I am at heart. The Brooklyn ring repping loud... Posted by Caitlin Meissner on Sun, 15 Oct 2006 02:00:00 PST |
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Said the Female Poet to the Male Poet |
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| The new collaboration piece Sonia and I wrote. You must see us do it for full effect!---Italics: SoniaRegular: CaitlinBold: both of us---Said the Female Poet to the Male Poet "But you can not claim t... Posted by Caitlin Meissner on Thu, 28 Sep 2006 09:27:00 PST |
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Veronique Lets Me Call Her Baby |
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| {first draft, be easy.}It was all springtime May when you moved into the upstairs apartment with your boyfriendand I thought we would take over the world together. We sat permanent post in Bed Stuysha... Posted by Caitlin Meissner on Thu, 31 Aug 2006 09:44:00 PST |
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Why the new page? |
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| Sigh. The old one wasn't recieving or sending messages, and we all know in the myspace universe, how f-ing annoying that is. So I recreated a music page. Add me back to your top-whatevers, leave me co... Posted by Caitlin Meissner on Mon, 28 Aug 2006 04:09:00 PST |
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My Friends |
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Brooklyn House Party, Dominic Wagner is Cazeaux O.S.L.O., lindsay, Marbre, Yarrow, MAYA AZUCENA, AFTA-1, martyoutloud, Division X, stain, intellect slang, Grace Kalambay, Emily, SalloMayDayMayDay!!!, Gala Manzanas, Heavenly Glory, Christina Ghubril, Robo, SPEAK, Lux, Honey Larochelle, Bisc1, PortFormat, Mike Thesis, The Dragon Project, MCY-MUSIC, BIG.B™, Mark Gonzales, Shah Paz, Michael Gregory, P. Namor, ☆ DRE ★♫, jen., Joy Ike, lichiban, Anthro Journo, Tarrah Reynolds, <GAS'D™>, KANAKO: check the So Live! Blog, Nethanel (NTHNL), TOMÁS DONCKER, the artist., tina teens, The Official Jazzie B. Myspace Page
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