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Category Archives: Poetry
BOOK OF LONGING
Book of Longing By Leonard Cohen Reviewed by Jorge Antonio Vallejos We all long for something: community, conversation, sex, love, friendship, and many other things. Most people do not express what they long for. Artists tend to be the bold … Continue reading
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Tagged "Book of Longing", "I Miss My Mother" by Leonard Cohen, "My Mother Asleep" by Leonard Cohen, "My Mother Is Not Dead" by Leonard Cohen, "The Remote" by Leonard Cohen, "Who Do You Really Remember" by Leonard Cohen, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, Jorge Antonio Vallejos, Leonard Cohen
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HONOURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2011: LILLIAN ALLEN PERFORMS DUB POETRY
Lillian Allen is a two-time Juno Award winner and the originator of Dub Poetry. Allen’s poetry challenges the mainstream, is entertaining, and very original. Enjoy her words.
HONOURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2011: INTERVIEW WITH LILLIAN ALLEN
Dub poet Lillian Allen continues to define the form and explore its leading innovative edge. She has performed her work in many major venues in North America taking poetry to larger and larger audiences. She has produced Juno award winning … Continue reading
HONOURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2011: PSYCHIC UNREST BY LILLIAN ALLEN + A TALK WITH BLACK FEMINIST ERICA NEEGAN
Psychic Unrest By Lillian Allen Reviewed by Jorge Antonio Vallejos All the great poets learned from those who came before them. Many young and aspiring poets have Walt Whitman sired. Willam Butler Yeats has influenced many. And Sylvia Plath is … Continue reading
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Tagged "Borderlands" by Gloria Anzaldua, "Dear Mr. President" by Chrystos, "Don't They Know" by Lillian Allen, "Psychic Unrest" by Lillian Allen, "The Poetry of Things" by Lillian Allen, 'STOP THE WAR ON WOMEN AND CHILDREN", Black Coffee Poet, Chrystos, Dub Poetry, Gloria Anzaldua, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, Juno Award, Lillian Allen, O.J Simpson Trial, Oklahoma Bombing, South African Apartheid
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BREAKING THE SILENCE ABOUT CANADA’S 800+ MISSING AND MURDERED ABORIGINAL WOMEN: CREE POETS NICOLE TANGUAY AND DANA WESLEY SPEAK OUT
Nicole Tanguay is a Cree and French Two-Spirited Poet, Playwright, and Musician. She has been playing music from the age of nine, and has been writing poetry and plays for over twenty years. She has been published in a number … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Coffee Poet, Breaking the Silence About Canada's Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women, Breaking the Silence About Canada's Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women: Cree Poets Nicole Tanguay and Dana Wesley Speak Out, Dana Wesley, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, Nicole Tanguay
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HONOURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2011: DIANA BRAITHWAITE SINGS AT SILVER DOLLAR ROOM
Diana Braithwaite is a Toronto based Blues singer/songwriter and Black History educator. Braithwaite has won multiple awards for her albums and songwriting. Enjoy a short piece of a recent performance of Braithwaite’s at Toronto’s Silver Dollar Room (January … Continue reading
HONOURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2011: INTERVIEW WITH BLUES SINGER DIANA BRAITHWAITE
Diana Braithwaite is an award winning Blues singer and songwriter whose ancestry traces back to the Underground Railroad. Not only a musician, Braithwaite educates youth about Black History and the Underground Railraod via workshops that include the Blues. Braithwaite brings … Continue reading
HONOURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2011: NIGHT BIRD BLUES
Night Bird Blues By Jorge Antonio Vallejos Braithwaite and Whiteley’s new CD is appropriately named Night Bird Blues as Braithwaite’s voice soars on every track. Pulling her listeners in, keeping them, and then letting them fly away in between songs … Continue reading
HONOURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH: JAMAL HARVEY RAPS A TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE HIM
Jamal Harvery is poet, rapper, and improv actor. Winning awards for his dedication to helping youth, Harvey is now living in the big city pursuing his artistic dreams. Writing the rap in the video below for those who came before … Continue reading
HONOURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH: AN INTERVIEW WITH BLACK POET KAIE KELLOUGH
Kaie Kellough has been based in montréal since 1998. He is a bilingual author, editor, educator, & general word-sound systemizer. His bop-inflected vox & text syncopate canada’s solitudes. kaie has dubbed & inked his way from coast to coast, B.C to … Continue reading
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