HeyJaredPoetry As Usual
Poetry As Usual, is a spoken word poetry podcast created by poets, for poets. Hosted by a collective of spoken word artists known as the Dope Poets, the show explores the culture, craft, and business of spoken word poetry.
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The Convergence Era (opens the original)
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On this episode of the Poetry As Usual podcast, we're joined by members of The Dope Poets collective: Imani Waweru, Storyteller Gordon, Lady Kay, Jerome Heka, and Brittany Barker-Waweru. In this episode, they take a journey through some of the most influential eras in Black poetry, exploring movements such as the Harlem Renaissance, the Black Arts Movement, and The Last Poets, while discussing how each period shaped the evolution of the art form and the role of the poet in society. The conversat
Legit or Ego Trip (opens the original)
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On this episode of the Poetry As Usual podcast, we're joined by members of the collective known as The Dope Poets: Imani Waweru, Storyteller Gordon, King Quinc, Lady Kay, and King Kamayera. In this episode, they explore the differences between prose writing and poetry. They discuss the tension between the academy's attempts to define art and the idea that art is a form of expression that becomes limited when we try to place rigid definitions on it. They also acknowledge that some poets primarily
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