Good Books - Metamorphosis

This video has recently been restricted to viewing only on vimeo. I've kept it up here because it's worth checking out. Trippy.... If you've seen the movie adaptation of the drug infused autobiographical novel by Hunter S. Thompson  "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream, you'll remember the unforgettable performance of Johnny Depp as a lead character. Check the source link below for the creators of this animation with Depp performing one of the most memorable scenes.

Good Books - Metamorphosis from Buck on Vimeo.

Boy: Bullet: Bullet Boy by Miggy Angel

Chilling real talk from poet Miggy Angel

Animal Charcoal by Alastair Cook

Produced by A FilmPoem / Seven Prodctions
Source:

How to Give a Performance from Hamlet by William Shakespeare (speech)

Dear Family - Liz Dubelman

Long drawn out suicidal cry for attention goes freakishly wrong.
Brilliant animation by Adrienne Martin

NOT GOOD - Liz Dubelman

A charismatic first person poem about aging and Alzeimers.
Poem by Liz Dubelman
Animation Adrienne Martine

More Marc Barmuti Joseph

Speaking and moving intimately about his Grandfather death/life and his first born child. Beautiful journey exploring Manhood.

Its Ours - Charles Bukowski

Tornado Child - Kwame Dawes

'Love My London' by

August was a tough month for  London.
Some of our finest London based Poets take you on a visual and musical tour
of the city you can love to hate or hate to love but bottom line, 'Love' exists in the sentence...

'Love My London' ft Soneni, The Soul ft. Leroy Rose,

Ms KG, Tshaka Campbell, Comfort & Alim Kamara

Oscar Brown Jnr - Bid Em In

Black History Month Begins today in the UK.

Oscar Brown Jnr's brilliant and haunting redition of day at the auction block...

Lest we forget the Maafa - the African Holocaust. RIP all those lost in it.



Wiki Of Oscar Brown Jnr

Common Rumour - Marcina Arnold

Vocalist, songwriter, performer and all round Supa-Talent Marcina Arnold recounts a personal story of her mixed heritage, Scottish and South African Cape Malay, but growing up a Londoner. This poem to music is so rich with muti-layered beauty and  gritty storytelling, something a London experience would inevitably give birth to.
Click play to hear "Common Rumour".

Common Rumour

Sh'maya @ Ronnie Scotts June '11

Don't be put off the by the quality of this vid. Sh'maya is a beautifully lyrical and musical poet. And with musicians Simon Wallace on Piano, Winston Clifford on Drums and Davide Mantovani on Bass, his work paints so many pictures....



He takes it a step further.
Pheonix Solo - breath, rhythm, word, fire...




Pheonix Lyrics

From the ink of the strain
From the pain of the prayer
From the pain of the Word

The Word will rise
From the breath of the page
To the rains of the city
To the rains of the gasp

Those Winter Sundays by Robert Hayden

The story of a son observing his fathers routine and the mystery of it.

Musika Parts 1 & 2 - Truba

A fusion of folk, soul, jazz and spoken word.
An experimental interpretation of the poetry in music and music in poetry.

Poetry and Vocals - Zena Edwards
Percussion and traditional flute Moss Velez
Percussion - Randolph Mattews
Double Bass - Henrik Jensen


MUSIKA I by Zena Edwards


MUSIKA II by Zena Edwards

COUNTRY BOY by HKB FiNN ft Maxwell Golden, Zena Edwards, Soweto Kinch

HKB FiNN performs as part of the Conversations Project @ The Albany
An etheric, soulful autobiographically themed live performance workshopped in one day!

benji reid

dramatic poetic dealing with the polemic of race identity and mental health

Ty - Don't Cry

Hip Hop generates some vivid and dramatic imagery for storytelling and Ty's charaterizations make a quirky comedic point...

Doña Josefina Counsels Doña Concepción Before Entering Sears

Poem by Maurice Kilwein Guevara.
Funny take on racial stereotypes.

Jean Binta Breeze - I knoh Mi Duck

Jean Binta Breeze, the dub poetess does something amazing. She bring dub poetry and the lilt of the North of England together in the reading of this poem. It is so musical in its empathy.