Album Notes

If you've longed to find a collective work that would inspire, uplift and affirm a generation of African-American boys and or men, then look no further! If you desire to lift their spirits, encourage their hearts and motivate them to be all they were created to be, Marina has provided all of this and more in one CD.

If I Decide To Fly-Collected Poems of Affirmation & Celebration For African-American Men contains 14 powerful, passionate and soul-stirring poems set to music that transcend the human experience and speak directly to the spirit of any listener. Commanding poems such as “God Doesn’t Lie”, “May I Offer”, "Black Must Be Beautiful Again" and "Your Excellence" capture and enthrall the listener with awe, and places them on the edge of their seat.

Why a CD/Book celebrating, uplifting and affirming African-American men, Marina has been asked. Her answer - “As a poet, I have been asked this question more times than I can count. I don't mind the question, because what it does is offers me an opportunity to share my passion and hopefully heal the world with words of love. I simply celebrate what has not been celebrated openly enough: the spirit, fortitude, endurance, resilience, beauty and host of other positive traits embodying black men that have gone unnoticed, uncelebrated and unacknowledged far too long.”

With her poetry, Marina offers a contrasting perspective of the many negative images, stereotypes and descriptions that label African-American men today. She paints a vivid picture of an intelligent, committed, educated, beautiful and spiritual being. She offers the world the opportunity to see what she sees. She presents black men a semblance of pride and remembrance of who they are. She offers black women an opportunity to receive black men with different eyes. She offers hope to children, healing for relationships and to the world.


Visit Marina at: www.marinathepoet.com or www.myspace.com/thommarina