"Hey, Legacy! Welcome to SheWrites! I love this site. I noticed that you became a member of the group Poets on SheWrites. What's great about this particular group is that you can start a thread of your poetry and get feedback. Anyway, I hope…"

Oct 12, 2010

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New rough draft: In Love ...Again?

Once a month on Mondays, one of my favorite open mics, The Byte This Poetry and Slam Series, has a Raw Uncut: First Edit open mic where you share only first drafts and new work. It was my intention to share this new draft, but I never made it out the house. So I will post it here. Feedback, thoughts and lurkers are always appreciated :)I think I'm in love...againHeart, you and I have been here beforeFeeling without discretionStubborn tongue carrying weightInto the abyss of our soulI promised I…See More

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"Welcome to She Writes Chantay! So glad to have you here. Check out Getting Started, an easy-to-use guide to, well, getting started. Don’t forget to head over to the She Writes Blog and let us know what you think! If you have any questions or…"

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Who I am:: Chantay "Legacy" Leonard, 32, is a Detroit native, writer, performance poet, and activist. Her literary work has been featured in Stanford University's "Black Arts Quarterly,” Poetry Slam Inc.'s. “Estrology", "The Bandana Republic" and other publications and stage productions. She appeared in the international, critically acclaimed documentary "Shrinking Cities" exhibited at MOCAD and The Cranbrook Art Museum in the US, and other museums in Germany, Italy, Britain, Japan and other sites. In 2009, she featured in the staged reading of “The Revolution’s In The Ladies Room” produced by Jessica Care Moore.

As a spoken word artist, she has commanded stages with poetic icons The Last Poets, Amiri Baraka, Aurora Harris, Khary Kimani Turner, Jessica Care Moore, and others. She has performed at numerous colleges and universities, festivals, and showcases spanning from New York’s Bowery Poetry Club to California’s University of Santa Barbara.

Chantay is one of the founding members of the literary and performance group, Black Ink Collective and is the Vice President of Strange Fruits, Inc. a national all woman non-profit arts and performance collective. She has traveled around the country with Hip-Poe-Tics, a lecture and performance activism series, which teaches college and university students how to organize and use art to aspire to activism. She is currently working on her first fiction project. I Have Come Forth By Day is her first collection of poems.

Connect with me online! My site, blog, or Twitter handle are:: My website: http://www.legacyleonard.com
Poets & Writers: http://www.pw.org/content/chantay_leonard
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/legacyleonard
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/legacyleonard
Poets & Writers: http://www.pw.org/content/chantay_leonard
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Books I've written, anthologies I've contributed to, and any scripts or plays I've authored:: Anthologies:
Estrology (Wordsmith Press, 2008), The Bandana Republic: A Literary Anthology by Gang Members and Their Affiliates (Soft Skull Press, 2008)

Journals:
Black Arts Quarterly

My writing is:: Fiction, Poetry, Journalism

Outlets where I review books, TV, or film:: No

I'm part of these writers' groups or salons:: Strange Fruits Collective, Black Ink Collective

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New rough draft: In Love ...Again?

Posted on October 11, 2010 at 11:00pm 0 Comments 0 Likes

Once a month on Mondays, one of my favorite open mics, The Byte This Poetry and Slam Series, has a Raw Uncut: First Edit open mic where you share only first drafts and new work. It was my intention to share this new draft, but I never made it out the house. So I will post it here. Feedback, thoughts and lurkers are always appreciated :)

I think I'm in love...again

Heart, you and I have been here before

Feeling without discretion

Stubborn tongue carrying… Continue

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At 1:03am on October 12, 2010, Ami Mattison said…: Hey, Legacy! Welcome to SheWrites! I love this site. I noticed that you became a member of the group Poets on SheWrites. What's great about this particular group is that you can start a thread of your poetry and get feedback. Anyway, I hope you'll stay in touch!

At 8:24pm on October 11, 2010, Kate Hanselman said…: Welcome to She Writes Chantay! So glad to have you here.
Check out Getting Started, an easy-to-use guide to, well, getting started.
Don’t forget to head over to the She Writes Blog and let us know what you think!
If you have any questions or feedback as you explore and use the site, don’t hesitate to get in touch.
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