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. |
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Page 116
... live ya in a Englan We nah wait for nobody To gi we permission We nah wait for nobody To mek we feel welcome We have we opinions And we a put dem wid conviction Some a hold up dem corner Hold up dem position Some out deh now a get a ...
... live ya in a Englan We nah wait for nobody To gi we permission We nah wait for nobody To mek we feel welcome We have we opinions And we a put dem wid conviction Some a hold up dem corner Hold up dem position Some out deh now a get a ...
Page 128
... live there For poetry is in your eyes , in your smile and even in your tears Poetry is your happiness , your anger ... lives and poetry cannot die Poetry is Imagination If you want to , you can touch the sky Poetry is the sound of a ...
... live there For poetry is in your eyes , in your smile and even in your tears Poetry is your happiness , your anger ... lives and poetry cannot die Poetry is Imagination If you want to , you can touch the sky Poetry is the sound of a ...
Page 188
... live . They come , they wake us Time and time over . They are to be happy in : Where can we live but days ? Ah , solving that question Brings the priest and the doctor In their long coats Running over the fields . ( ' Days ' ) She ...
... live . They come , they wake us Time and time over . They are to be happy in : Where can we live but days ? Ah , solving that question Brings the priest and the doctor In their long coats Running over the fields . ( ' Days ' ) She ...
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