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 75
... poems were published in their hearts . " The same point is made in his poem ' Rapid Rapping ' : Long time agu before ... poems he says : " I used to think it wasn't important to me , but then I realised that even in this age of video and ...
... poems were published in their hearts . " The same point is made in his poem ' Rapid Rapping ' : Long time agu before ... poems he says : " I used to think it wasn't important to me , but then I realised that even in this age of video and ...
Page 84
... poems with the poets . When I first started going into schools and said we're going to write some poetry together ... poems now are narrative poems . " Before training as a teacher , Valerie worked as a librarian for a year , then ...
... poems with the poets . When I first started going into schools and said we're going to write some poetry together ... poems now are narrative poems . " Before training as a teacher , Valerie worked as a librarian for a year , then ...
Page 177
... poems in my bag which you can have . I believe in publishing by word of mouth . " Poems come to him at any time . Sometimes he writes by hand , sometimes on the computer : " I can't force a poem . If you have to force it , then it's not ...
... poems in my bag which you can have . I believe in publishing by word of mouth . " Poems come to him at any time . Sometimes he writes by hand , sometimes on the computer : " I can't force a poem . If you have to force it , then it's not ...
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