THE TENSE: Anis Mojgani
This man has more accolades than I can name here. National Poetry Slam Individual Champion in 2006 and 2005, one of only two people to win the competition consecutively. He is the 2007 World Cup Poetry Slam Champion, and took second place at the 2007 Individual World Poetry Slam. HBO def poet. Seattle Poetry Slam Champion
He was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, now living in Portland, Oregon. Anis has written and published four books of poetry and produced the spoken word album aeroplane.There is something so simple and just... pure about this man and his work. So lightbulb switch and pocket watch honest. Those are some of the highest praises that I can bestow upon a poet and Anis shares this bite of refreshment for all that have ears. I urge you not to let yours go to waste.
Seeing the nature in the words of this man may be some of your fondest memories. So turn off the ambient light, the trappings, the artificial distractions and enjoy some of the universe shining through the atmosphere.
Here is Anis Mojgani with
-Direct Orders
- Here am I
And of course,
-Shake the Dust
Stay Tight.
What it is gangstas, scuba divers, & dentists. Welcome to the first post of THAAATS RANDOM. So I was eating some scandonavian mashed potatoes with Arsenio Hall, and I stumbled upon brilliance. Its like i found greatness and greatness got mad and I was like DONT TAZE ME BRO!Now its been a minute since ive watched Nick Jr but they BACK BANGIN' !! So press play my fellow Kool-Aid drinkers.(Hold your cleaned out pickle jars to the sky.) and watch it in its entirety or Obama will get impeached and you dont want that!
THE TENSE: Alaka'i Kotrys
Since a young age Alaka'i has been living up to the translation of his first name: Leader. From age 13 he has represented the Hawaii team at the yearly Brave New Voices festival. With the team he is now a 2008 and 2009 back to back BNV National Champion. Currently is a Senior at the Hawaiian Charter School: Halau Ku Mana. Now armed with the knowledge and history of his native ancestry is poised at the brink of the world, (First Wave Prospect) he is ready to embark upon college and carry his culture into the world.
When he is not writing poems or wrecking heads, you can find this young gentleman rocking the flyest kicks this side of the ocean, or barefoot and bombing off the wall into the water at Cromwells (its a spot in Hawaii for all my mainland fam. I'll take you one day and you will get what Im talking about… Don't lose any sleep over it).
Anyways back to the important ish… Check this kid out. This here is one of my favorite indie pieces of all time - Lotus, and stay watching for the Ittai Wong team piece and Will Giles feature on the poem Virginia Tech.
Until next week stargazers,
Stay Tight
Danny Sherrard is a Seattle star that has been in your peripherals for longer than you know. With roots in Youth Speaks Seattle, he graduated onto the adult scene and won the Individual National Poetry Slam competition in 2007, becoming the youngest competitor to win the title. In 2008 he went on to win France's Poetry World Cup where he competed against national champions from 15 countries. Danny has been on two Seattle poetry slam teams (2007, 2008) and diversified his bonds by representing the Honolulu poetry slam team in 2009.
Also in 2009 Danny toured with the spoken word group The Spilljoy Ensemble composed of himself, Jon Sands, Shira Erlichman and Ken Arkind. Keep your ear to the ground for their next tour.
Danny's first book, Cast Your Eyes like River Stones into the Exquisite Dark, is set for release in 2009 through Write Bloody Publishing. Search for him under the moon in alleys, and places that smell like rare books. Find some of his incarnations here. http://www.myspace.com/dannysherrard.
And as always fam.
Stay tight.
HolyShit!: By MaryMagdalene is a new weekly blog presented to you through the UW HipHop Video blog! “Holy Shit” is a great source for poetry, updates, and simply Art from poets all over the nation spitting poems to educate and inform young and old minds with some relative and dope shit. This blog also pays tribute and respect to writters published, gorilla, signed, or still cafe “spittin.” Its all the same. Look out for HolyShit! every Friday to get your weekly high of Art. HolyShit! brings it to you raw, uncensored, and dangerously bad ass as possible from a University of Wisconsin student. And if you are still left hungry please hit up The Tense: By AstroKnot every sunday. This is MaryMaggy until next time, see you later my fellow Art Addicts. Stay faithful.
ZORA HOWARD!
So this young lady first took center stage at the UrbanwWordNYC 2006 teen Slam and so far she is to date the youngest poet to ever make it on to a UrbanWordNYC Slam team at the youthful age of 13. Let me be the first to tell you “That is a big fucking deal!” Now as a senior at Laguadria High School in Manhattan, New York Zora is studying Theatre. The young woman is credited as one of the most talented and accomplished poets out of New York City winning everything from The Knicks Poetry Slam to New York City’s Youth Poet Laureate. But do not be mistaken Zora Howard is not limited to just slam she is a story teller, actress, a captivating writer and simply a role model for not only young writers but young women alike. And her accolades do not end here Zora recently won an Emmy award through a production with documentarist Lisa Russell for her adaptation of Zora’s poem Bi-Racial Hair, a piece that spoke about the struggle of growing up as a Bi-Racial female through problems with her hair. Enough reading!! Check out these two videos of Ms. Zora Howard and be sure to find her on Facebook at facebook.com/zorahoward.
The Tense: by AstroKnot is your weekly fix for audio star dust you crave. We here at www.uwhiphop.com know how rigid your muscles and minds can be feeling after a rough week, so tune in, listen, and relax. Join me here every Sunday for the latest liftoff on videos of Spoken Word and Poetry, or if you just want to know how I see things in space. If you cant wait that long and need to kick off your weekend right peep my girl MaryMagdalene's blog: HOLYSHIT! every Friday for additional quality Poetry. Until next time stargazers…
Stay Tight.
Buddy Wakefield is a poet who forced his way on the scene in Spring of 2001 when he quit his job sold all possessions and started his cross continent journey touring poetry venues until 2003; he later went on to win the Individual World Poetry Slam in 2004 and 2005. Yeah… He's that intense. When he isn't touring he can be found around Seattle, Washington writing, living, and being on the Board of Directors with Youth Speaks Seattle. This poem "Convenience Stores" is one of the most heart wrenching and solid emotion driving poems, songs, or collections of noise that I have heard in my life. If this isn't a "Poem that saves lives" its one that will double check that your heart is still beating. If you cant track this man down to see him live you can also pick up his book "Live for a Living" available through Write Bloody Publishing at http://www.writebloody.com/
Enjoy the listen fam and until next time -
“Shelell Freeman”