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about 5 months ago (12/12/2023)
Light Jacket Reading Series Brings Poetry to Golden Gate Park | KQED Skip to Nav Skip to Main Skip to Footer The Do List This Unpretentious Poetry Series Roams the Pockets of Golden Gate Park Sarah Hotchkiss Dec 12 Save Article Save Article Failed to save article Please try again Facebook Share-FB Twitter Share-Twitter Email Share-Email Copy Link Copy Link Sophia Dahlin reads a poem during the eighth event of the Light Jacket Reading Series in Golden Gate Park on Saturday, Dec...
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about 9 months ago (08/11/2023)
'Lasting power' of Hip Hop: Philosophy of 'empowerment and changing society' - France 24 Skip to main content 'Lasting power' of Hip Hop: Philosophy of 'empowerment and changing society' Issued on: 11/08/2023 - 18:10 Modified: 11/08/2023 - 18:28 05:48 © 2023 Video by: Monte FRANCIS Follow It was born in the break, all those decades ago — that moment when a song's vocals dropped, instruments quieted down and the beat took the stage...
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about 22 months ago (07/27/2022)
The Power of a Poem | ArtsEquator Skip to content Zakir Hossain, a celebrated poet and migrant worker in Singapore, wrote a poem, which sparked a response from the state...
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about 26 months ago (03/03/2022)
Witnessing is political: Picking off new shoots will not stop the spring | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia ArtsEquator Viewpoints March 3, 2022 By Chu May Paing (1,532 words, 6-minute read) Witness (noun) 1 : attestation of a fact or event : testimony 2 : one that gives evidence specifically : one who testifies in a cause or before a judicial tribunal 3 : one asked to be present at a transaction so as to be able to testify to its having taken place 4 : one who has personal knowledge of something 5 : something serving as evidence or proof – Merriam-Webster Dictionary When I think about the word “witness” in English, I feel a sense of passivity: one being interpellated into seeing or being in the presence of an event unfolding in proximity of their own body (or mind)...
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about 27 months ago (03/01/2022)
Witnessing is political: Picking off new shoots will not stop the spring | ArtsEquator Skip to content A new collection of poems and essays bears witness to the bravery of ordinary citizens since the brutal military coupe of Feb 2021 in Myanmar...
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about 30 months ago (11/23/2021)
Mystery Zone, or A Lotta Endings : Open Space November 23, 2021 Mystery Zone, or A Lotta Endings by Poetry Collaborations with Creative Growth They lived happily ever after And then the sun came up And then the sun go down The couple is riding off into the sunset The End They threw a pie at the shark, the end “We’ll have to do this again sometime” “See ya later, turkey!” “I have a train to catch” My hero! Good night and God bless We’re closed! Take and catch an airplane Keep in touch, never come back!...
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about 30 months ago (11/17/2021)
What’s an Amateur, Anyway? : Open Space November 17, 2021 What’s an Amateur, Anyway? by Poetry Collaborations with Creative Growth Eds note: The prose in this post was written by Creative Growth Poet-in-Residence Lorraine Lupo Heather Edgar, Untitled, 18″x24″ acrylic on paper I like to proselytize to any non-poet who will listen....
