The Chocolate Fairy Poem
Because the people need more chocolate your happiness can increase till you rock it.
You can take control of your destiny, dissolve a little piece of heaven with sensual intensity.
Theobromine filling your brain cells, exploding hope to move through marketing’s lame sells.
Buy more, they say, consume rall you can grab, you need, you need, you need.
The greed can never be filled till you find a small quiet spot in the world
To sit and be still and enjoy what you will and then be done.
Then say, enough is enough, I set some limits made myself tough
Strong and rough so I can open my eyes to see how the world is wrong and stuck
Like what I want to improve in my life, how people can barely get by
Oppression in oil producing countries, freshwater mined beyond its once feed.
So its time to think small, to build a life within our means
To feed our dream of what we believe
To free ourselves from all addictions and impossible convictions
Expand our own existence into inspiration and resistance
Choose a life of friendship and excitement, enlightened and delighted
Eat more chocolate in joy and sadness, just a little moment free of madness
Moderation for problem dissolvation, build fantasies out of your frustrations,
Then dig deep and work for their creation.
14 out of 47 evaluations collected during the pilot phase of the program said that the poetry was the most useful or most motivating part of the performance.
The Chocolate Fairy poem recently won third place at Jazz Poetry Jams, the biggest and most prestigious poetry slam in Kansas City. This event brings in featured artists and some of the biggest names in spoken word poetry from across the nation. This month’s feature was the four Kansas City poets that have recognized as Cave Canem fellows. This is a residency for African American poets and a very selective and competitive event. Corinna has been entering Jazz Poetry Jams for about four years, and this is the third time she has been on the podium at the event. She has also won with her M.I.P. poem and Sometimes Doing Nothing Is Immoral.
The funny thing is that in oral art forms like spoken word poetry, the poem never comes out the same. This performance missed one of most audiences’ favorite lines, the one about “Dissolve a little piece of heaven with sensual intensity.” However, part of being a pro is just keeping your flow when things don’t always go how they’re meant to go. This is a masterpiece about that delivery, definitely good enough for third place that night against a very stiff competitive field.
Here is the very first recording of The Chocolate Fairy poem. This was created at the Scout, one of Kansas City’s best overlooks. This poem was written on a Tuesday afternoon and the very first performance was Friday night, so it was a fast rehearsal and learning process. This video at the Scout includes all the lines of the poem.
