In the midst of a stormy social climate, with race, in many ways, the strongest barometric factor, Columbia artists turned to poetry and dance Wednesday to turn issues, ideas and emotions into words and movement. “They who were there when the rain fell relentless were sure that we won. That we won,” Monifa Lemons Jackson … Continue reading Poetry paints painful, hopeful picture of race in Columbia (via The State)
Additional Info All Def Poetry is a new channel brought to you by Russell Simmons - a world-renowned champion of the spoken word art form. Fresh, riveting, and featuring some of the best voices in the genre, All Def Poetry brings you the raw power of spoken word! #AllDefPoetry → CONNECT HERE ← https://twitter.com/SDPoetryslam https://twitter.com/iamcolelawson https://twitter.com/thenatashadee … Continue reading (Video) San Diego Slam Team | Text Me Back
IN OCTOBER 2014, poet Mark Doty stood onstage at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark — the same place where pop stars ranging from Aretha Franklin to Britney Spears have performed — and looked out at a packed house during the Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival. "I can't tell you how inspiriting it is," … Continue reading Dodge poetry festival returns to Newark (via NJ)
Additional Info Kevin Yang, performing at Button Poetry Live, May 2016. Follow Button on Facebook: http://on.fb.me/SG5Xm0 About Button: Button Poetry is committed to developing a coherent and effective system of production, distribution, promotion and fundraising for spoken word and performance poetry. Information courtesy, YouTube
Kat Magill, founder and executive director of the organization Say Word, stumbled upon spoken word poetry at the age of 17. She said she was shaking while reading from the paper in her hands in front of a paltry group of ten people. But those ten people introduced her to something she had never experienced … Continue reading Youth Find Healing and Support in Spoken Word Poetry (via Epoch Times)
Additional Info Nego True and Shan Smile link up for the ultimate Lovers Medley. A mix of some of the greatest love songs being sang by the amazing Shan Smile, complemented by two original verse by Nego True. After both artists just released EP’s of their own, yet the word doesn’t stop as they’ve teamed … Continue reading (Video) Nego True (with Shan Smile) | Lovers Medley
Cave Canem, a nonprofit group founded to nurture the work of African American poets, has won the National Book Foundation’s Literarian Award for service to the American literary community. This is the first time that the $10,000 prize has been awarded to an organization instead of an individual. Previous winners include Maya Angelou, Dave Eggers, Lawrence Ferlinghetti … Continue reading National Book Foundation honors group that supports African American poetry (via Washington Post)
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I (and a few uncertain but optimistic friends) hopped on the D train and headed downtown for a night of poetry at the Sheen Center on Sept. 10. To some, this may sound strange, or even dreadful, but unlike the poetry one might read in his or her Texts and Contexts class, spoken word poetry … Continue reading A Night. Of Spoken Word. And Originality. (via The Fordham Ram)
Additional Info Sleep With Your Dreams By Alexzenia Davis Can you sleep with your dreams? And when you sift through the scenes, are you falling in peace? I still remember when you loved everything When you viewed this place as an ocean of opportunity The horizon, some unreachable destination And your fascination... it made you … Continue reading (Video) Alexzenia Davis | Sleep with Your Dreams
