D’Dra White- Open Mic Host- Writer, Poet, Spoken Word Artist D’dra White is the breath of fresh air you didn’t know you were missing. Armed with a smile, and the knowledge that this is her calling; D’dra is an empath, using poetry to tell the stories of those who forgot that they had a story to tell. As a “slam rookie” in 2008 she was the lone female voice of the nationally ranked Oakland Slam Team, a member of the 2009 “New Word Series” winning San Francisco Slam team ranked 3rd in the Nation, 2010 Golden State Slam rep for the Women of the World Poetry Slam, as well as 2010 “School of Slam” winner. D’Dra is also a member of the Bay Area All Stars writing collective; one of the first spoken word collectives to tour the Hawaii Slam scene while also ranking top 10 at the Southern Fried Regional Poetry competition while she herself ended the competition ranked 9th out of 180 poets as an individual.
Not only does D’Dra assist with hosting our Open Mic but this “Earring Diva hailing from East PALO Alto” Co-Hosts the poetically friendly “afterWords” as well. She’s “Googlable”
Comments (2)
July 13th, 2012 at 11:25 pm
I”m soooooooo loving how my earrings look on D’dra in this picture!!!! WHAT?! lol *yea I had a moment*
November 12th, 2012 at 1:35 am
, any time I see Andy redline it’s beeeirswttt. That said, I think he’s got one or two big runs left in majors before he’s done.Murray was outstanding. Like Fed he has all-court, multiple option game and an ego to match. Andy thinks of himself as a Slam winner already. A legend in his own mind. Much like Fed did. Fed won his first and history is still being written. I think once Andy takes his first major, the train will be impossible to move off tracks. But, he has to prove he’s capable of not losing big matches, and by losing I mean falling in love with his wheels and excuse the following, but dicking around on court. It was disgraceful to see him blow 3 of his 4 Slam exits last year. Just giving up control as if the glory of it all was a burden. Roddick actually beat him in London, but the others Murray imploded. What to make of Rafa? He slept walked through his return last summer, but thus far this year he’s come on with mental aggression and was getting close to his top form. As well as Murray played, obviously Rafa lost it with his poor break conversion and in the 2nd set when he played a low energy game after breaking. When Murray broke back, Rafa was done.I think Nadal’s exit last year and his injury yesterday was/is half physical half mental. I think he’s going through a version of burn out. As we saw last night the one part of his game that was lacking was the laser mental focus, the “I’ll take you to hell and back before losing.” How bad was his knee? I dunno. I think he more or less tapped out. When he was thinking of pulling the rip-cord (thanks BG) but found his way to a break point, you could see him look to his box and smirk after a Murray ace as if to say “why get reinvested when he’s seeing the ball this big.”We’ll see how long Rafa’s out. But, he’ll keep losing against the top until he gets that focus back and it may not come until he’s back on the salt of the earth.I like Fed to win. The man was a few GAMES away from the Grand Slam last year. We keep thinking the run has to end, that a deep breath is in order, but the man lives to dress well and kick ass on court. Neither changes here. (i apologize for any typos I’ve written a lot and just have had dinner shoved in my lap. Mmmm.)