Spoken four - slam poetry and more
May. 27th, 2009 06:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lizabelleI went to this the other day, and it was the best night's entertainment I've experienced in a while. All the performers were brilliant, and it was so great to see these intelligent, passionate people engaging with their audience. They got a richly deserved standing ovation at the end.
I particularly liked Omar Musa, the current Australian poetry slam champion. His poem about Sydney, "Open your eyes", doesn't seem to be available anywhere, so here he is performing one of the pieces that won him the competition.
Edwina Blush was hilarious and very endearing. This song got everyone giggling pretty early on.
Some of her poetry can be found on her website.
Sonya Renee was fantastic - both funny and moving, and not afraid to bare her soul. I fell in love with this poem, which is partly about her father and partly about the hope that Obama's election sparked in so many people.
You can listen to several performances on her myspace.
Tug Dumbly is mysteriously invisible online, which is a real shame. His poem on creativity was one of the highlights of the night.
I'm surprised Miles Merrill doesn't have more stuff out there, because he's immensely entertaining, and pretty much built up the Australian poetry slam scene from scratch. Some of his poetry (and a video from his new album) is available on his website. Oh! I also found this, which has snippets of various performances.
I did dig out a performance of one of the poems he did last night, here. To listen, click on his name underneath the photo (beside the little headphone icon). The poem is about a minute into this clip, and well worth a listen.
I particularly liked Omar Musa, the current Australian poetry slam champion. His poem about Sydney, "Open your eyes", doesn't seem to be available anywhere, so here he is performing one of the pieces that won him the competition.
Edwina Blush was hilarious and very endearing. This song got everyone giggling pretty early on.
Some of her poetry can be found on her website.
Sonya Renee was fantastic - both funny and moving, and not afraid to bare her soul. I fell in love with this poem, which is partly about her father and partly about the hope that Obama's election sparked in so many people.
You can listen to several performances on her myspace.
Tug Dumbly is mysteriously invisible online, which is a real shame. His poem on creativity was one of the highlights of the night.
I'm surprised Miles Merrill doesn't have more stuff out there, because he's immensely entertaining, and pretty much built up the Australian poetry slam scene from scratch. Some of his poetry (and a video from his new album) is available on his website. Oh! I also found this, which has snippets of various performances.
I did dig out a performance of one of the poems he did last night, here. To listen, click on his name underneath the photo (beside the little headphone icon). The poem is about a minute into this clip, and well worth a listen.