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    Psychedelic Mixtape
    Psychedelic Mixtape
    Psychedelic Mixtape
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    Psychedelic Mixtape

    By Seon Nanton

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    This collection of poetry opens a psychedelic door and lets the reader peek inside and find their meaning and inspiration. Thoughtful moments coupled with the natural ebb and flow of emotions creates a sensory experience that enables readers to explore without and within themselves. In the spirit of the independent artist, the author calls the c

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherColors Publishing
    Release dateApr 20, 2020
    ISBN9781733222228
    Psychedelic Mixtape
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    Seon Nanton

    Seon Nanton is an editor, author, and poet from Brooklyn, New York. His passion for poetry inspired him to take on editing and instructional roles both online and offline. Nanton has earned a Master's degree from Southern New Hampshire University in Writing. As a writer, Seon Nanton has worked with international programs such as the ROOTs (Remembering Our Oral Traditions) Foundation an organization dedicated to the development of independent poets. In addition to writing, Seon spends plenty of time taking photographs. He believes that photography adds a layer of inspiration and observation creating a third dimension for his writing.

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      Book preview

      Psychedelic Mixtape - Seon Nanton

      Psychedelic Mixtape

      Psychedelic Mixtape

      Seon Nanton

      Colors Publishing LLc.

      Contents

      Introduction

      Special Thanks

      Prologue

      Mixtape

      Meaning of Me

      Alt, Perception

      Smart,phone

      Modern Poet

      Ctrl

      Pills Pushed

      Stream of Consciousness

      What Happened?

      Reaching High

      Twilight

      Not Me

      Things Left Behind

      Less is More

      In a Pink Planet

      Changes

      River Blues

      Dreams forgotten

      Stargazing

      Pretty Lights

      Falling Up

      Phone

      Tiny

      Tales of Hunting

      War on Drugs

      Door to wonderland

      Invitation

      Time Around

      Slither-in

      The Notebook

      Wonderland

      Touch, Poetry

      Falling From High

      In Bloom

      Graffiti Sidewalk

      Inner Pumpkin

      American Flute

      Storms

      Shroom

      Messenger

      See Sounds

      Waiting for the van

      Butter

      Emotions Break

      Screaming at myself

      Trust the Cloud

      Choices/Voices

      Transparent

      Dead Stars

      Black & White Party

      Subway (life)

      Herbs and Tea

      Horizontal Rain

      Cloud

      Cold Shower

      Temporary Air

      Minutes

      Plastic

      Yesterday’s

      Lifetime

      Polka-dot Atmosphere

      Signals

      Grass

      Kaleidoscope eyes

      Drawn

      Mushroom Cloud

      Reality

      Press Record

      First Guitar

      Rockstar

      Waiting

      Colored

      I Think

      Kept Real

      Fake News

      Turn On, Tune Out

      Real News

      Touched Feelings

      Conscious Streams

      Sunrise at the Bottom

      Attention Porn

      SkyWalker OG

      When I Wake Up

      Misplace’d Things

      Headful

      Blank

      Woke

      Sweet Seventeen

      Manmade of stars

      Wasting Euphoria

      Yesterday

      Sometime-ish

      More

      Photographer

      Hearing Music

      Levitate

      Goodbye World

      Breathe

      Over

      About the Author

      Also by Seon Nanton

      Introduction

      Hello, reader! You’ve decided to pick up this book. I will tell you what you’re about to experience in this collection of poetry. Poetry must be evocative, thought provoking and it must hold up of some kind of mirror - black or otherwise - to the real world. Not every poem satisfies the requirements that I just listed. The poems in this book are made to make you feel something, to create questions and to be captions on photos of your reality.

      I call the collection Psychedelic Mixtape to pay tribute to the psychedelic counterculture, along with the art and music of the 1960s. In addition to the hippie counterculture these poems are inspired by my life

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