Moving Voices: Black Performance PoetryHansib, 2002 - 231 pages A comprehensive collection of poems by twelve,leading Caribbean and UK-born performance poetsthis book not only features biographies of each,poet and a detailed introduction discussing Black,performance poetry and its roots in the oral,traditions of African and Caribbean culture, but,also an accompanying CD with live performances,of selected poems. Check out the website,www.movingvoices.co.uk. |
From inside the book
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Page 113
... begins : As I lay asleep in Italy There came a voice from over the Sea , And with great power it forth led me To walk in the visions of Poesy . She likes the poem because it talks about oppression and exploitation , but also , as Bob ...
... begins : As I lay asleep in Italy There came a voice from over the Sea , And with great power it forth led me To walk in the visions of Poesy . She likes the poem because it talks about oppression and exploitation , but also , as Bob ...
Page 138
... begins : The cracked contorted scream Hangs naked Shivering in the comfortless cold air . Her inspiration can come from anywhere , including television , which , for instance , led to her writing about the massacre of schoolchildren at ...
... begins : The cracked contorted scream Hangs naked Shivering in the comfortless cold air . Her inspiration can come from anywhere , including television , which , for instance , led to her writing about the massacre of schoolchildren at ...
Page 177
... begins : I tried writing a poem But the words wouldn't come I sat and thought Sat and tried Thought of some pretty verse But it sounded like a lie So I sat again Head in my hands Think of a master poem Was the master plan No poem came ...
... begins : I tried writing a poem But the words wouldn't come I sat and thought Sat and tried Thought of some pretty verse But it sounded like a lie So I sat again Head in my hands Think of a master poem Was the master plan No poem came ...
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