“I sometimes channel Robert Nesta up above.” I had mentioned in my previous review of K’naan’s work that there was more than a little Marley in his voice and words. Now teamed with J.Period (DJ/producer for Lauryn Hill, The Roots, Kanye West, Q-Tip and Mary J. Blige), he drops the first three tracks of a [...]
Posts tagged with "poetry"
Listening to: K’Naan
I’m a dreamer but I ain’t the only one | Got problems, but we love to have fun | This is our world, from here to your hood | We alive man, it’s okay to feel good Delivered in a sing-song that’s not entirely unlike Jay-Z’s 2003 single ’99 Problems’ (but without the menace), ‘Dreamer’ [...]
Poem: tibet
to tibet she thinks where it is quiet i wish to sit in a little cell of stone and gold my clothes and things would not be important and i would listen to the birds in my heart to decide why i always choose the wrong man to decide if i want to recluse myself [...]
Poem: [what remains ...]
what remains is a certain feeling an aridity a lawless guilt some unsung heroes in the quiet the midmorning after you gunned me down with your love took me in your arms and pressed so tight what was then i; the silent white smoke from the tips of your fingers you blew away with a [...]
Poetry
Between 1990 and 1995, I wrote poetry. Drawn to finding a creative outlet during a time of newfound English language proficiency, I stumbled upon a group of Cape Town poets organized by Peter Horn, then professor of German at UCT (where I was studying). Peter had impeccable political, academic and writing credentials, and had put [...]
Shane Koyczan
This guy is awesome. He’s the most inspiring poet I’ve read/heard in a long time. I don’t follow poetry much anymore. I used to write it and now I think I want to, again. (Direct URL: http://youtube.com/watch?v=yjjKchi7DWQ) Shane’s first book is also incredible – I find that his performances are often very fast (though he [...]
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