All Entries in the "Poetry" Category
chess.master
as an artist, the power of collaboration can never be under-stated. i do not get the opportunity to do much of it. a friend, nique88888, is an iphoneographer and has been chasing me about writing some random words inspired by his images - the pictures are inspiring, the problem has been with the writer. recently, nique twitpic’d the [...]
A Beautiful Soul – Joolz Denby
In 2004, the British Council in South Africa put together a poetry show called The Writers Ball presents Joolz Denby. A couple of us were booked to come and share our poetry at the show, which took place at Horror Cafe in Newtown. We were still finding our own voices as poets and writers and [...]
Poem: Children of the Stars
This Saturday, Ghana celebrates its 53rd year as an independent nation. While I did not grow up in Ghana, I do feel a strong bond with the land of my ancestors and was raised with the pan-African ideals that Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah was instrumental in developing. I still believe in those and consider myself African [...]
The Artist: Activist Publication
The power of Twitter. Through a relationship created through Twitter, I was invited to submit some poetry for the publication Artist: Activist – Rehearsing For The Revolution put together by Joi Sears: www.theatreforthefreepeople.com. If you would like to be included in future publications or would like more information on some of the initiatives taking place, [...]
The Power of Po
The intention is, over time, to record little video clips of my poetry. Often, I get so caught up in how to do it properly, in terms of shooting, that I never get round to anything. This is a poem from my 2005 collection Voices In My Head. The internal debate: do I post the [...]
Bassey Ikpi – Writing Letters
Being a lover of the written and spoken word, I try to explore it as much as possible, often randomly surfing in search of interesting poets and writers (when I probably should be writing). A couple of years ago, I came across the website of Nigerian-American poet Bassey Ikpi and have been following her work [...]
Poem – Musical Chairs
This is a potential performance poem I am currently working. While I am still going to be building it, I need to lock down the first part to possibly perform at a gig. My people at Twitter suggested I upload here for comment. It’s also sitting on YouTube.
Feeling a bit self-conscious about this one for [...]
The Collaboration
Recently, I was humbled by a comment on my Imperfect Poetry blog from Thesz Eyz about one of my poems, closed doors. This space served as my ‘online poetry diary’ where I wrote and posted the results of my almost daily writing sessions. The poems are raw, unedited and often really just residues of potential [...]