Additional Info Nego True returns with another release from the award winning double EP 'Black Suit'. - Keys By Robery Bigkeyz ( @RobertBigkeyz ) Pick Your Poison is easily Nego's most anticipated video so far, after 6 months of filming within a hired out Church and all around London, Nego True unleashes a Spoken Word … Continue reading (Video) Nego True | Pick Your Poison
In the spring of 2012, Philip Levine delivered a lecture at the Library of Congress called “My Lost Poets,” marking the end of his tenure as the eighteenth U.S. poet laureate. In the talk, which was later published in Five Points, Georgia State University’s literary journal, Levine takes us to Wayne University’s Miles Poetry Room … Continue reading My Lost Poet: Interviewing Philip Levine (via The Paris Review)
Additional Info Flirtus of Untamed Souls lays his Lite16 down poetically.Lite16 brought to you by LitesOutEnt.com. Follow us @LitesOutEnt.com. Showcase coming soon. To book and inquire about LITE16 email request with info to Lite16media@gmail.com Information courtesy, YouTube
Even folks I know who read dozens of books a year seldom read poetry. Myself included. Some find it overly difficult to understand. Others equate all poetry to sentiments found in greeting cards. When I was a newspaper editor, few things could evoke a newsroom groan like a poem submitted for publication. Because, of course, … Continue reading Local poets tell stories in different ways (via Shreveport Times)
Additional Info HBO show "Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry or Def Poetry" Air Date: November 2002 Name of Performer/ Poet: Poetri Performed Piece/ Poem: Money Information courtesy, YouTube
Full Title: Faith Matters: Poetry helps discover what God has hidden in the world The St. Peter's University audience of 250 students and guests knew exactly what Kathleen Norris, poet and author, was describing. Shutterfly allows parents to create a photo album of a child and share it with family and friends. That's just what … Continue reading Poetry helps discover what God has hidden in the world (via NJ)
Additional Info Falu,as part of Taylor Mali's Page Meets Stage Series performs"10 Things I want to say to a Black Man" on a stage shared with Jeff Friedman. May 18, 2011. The Bowery Poetry Club, New York Information, courtesy YouTube
Aly Spaltro, known professionally as Lady Lamb, is the rare indie rock artist whose words live as vividly on paper as they do in song. It’s not simply that she gives so much in her lyrics—of herself, of her imagination—but that she writes with such strange, radiant detail. The Brooklyn singer-songwriter’s new album, “After,” out … Continue reading Brooklyn’s Lady Lamb Brings Poetry To Indie Rock (via The Artery)
Additional Info Simple Conversation is a Christian spoken word poem that sheds light on a spiritual conversation between man, God, and the Holy Spirit. Young Poet out of Dallas, Texas by the way of Detroit wrote this poem. You can contact him by email youngpoet313@gmail.com. Information courtesy, YouTube
University at Buffalo. UB was given a thorough introduction into the heartfelt, emotional world of slam poetry on Friday night. The sound of snapping fingers echoed throughout the Student Union Theater as the audience showed their respect and appreciation for poet after poet pouring their hearts out onstage, attempting to show off their poetry and … Continue reading First official Intercollegiate Poetry Slam is a slam dunk (The Spectrum)
