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Poetry

Arts & Life
12:20 pm
Fri November 22, 2013

'Sacrificial Poets' Put On A Good Show

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By Craig Elmore

The poetry on stage at UNC-Charlotte last weekend wasn’t like what you may have read aloud in high school English class. The Chapel-Hill based Sacrificial Poets delivered a show, only the content non-fiction. It came from deep inside themselves.

Click here for Tasnim Shamma's story on the Sacrificial Poets.

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Arts & Life
10:12 pm
Fri November 15, 2013

'Sacrificial Poets' Teach Students How To Spit Poetry

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Starr Seward, the Sacrificial Poets’ Program Coordinator, writes down 'problems of the world' on the whiteboard.
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Northwest School of the Arts 10th grade student Kate Kahil performed a poem about Arab stereotypes.
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A Northwest School of the Arts student reads her poem about an eating disorder during the workshop.
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Sarah Giordano, 17, reads a poem about pollution.
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Ibrahim Muhammad, 15, reads a poem about greed.
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Spoken word poetry is about dramatic storytelling. A Raleigh performance poetry group called Sacrificial Poets is performing at UNC Charlotte this weekend. They're in town for a three-day residency that involves teaching college students and visiting some local schools to teach them about the art of busting a rhyme.

Sacrificial Poets artist director Kane "Novakane" Smego, starts off the class with a piece about growing up in Durham with a single mother.  

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WFAEats
12:58 pm
Thu September 19, 2013

Dining with Monet

The kitchen in Monet's home.
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By Gail Peck

Gail Peck is currently writing a manuscript of poetry on the lives of artists Claude Monet and Vincent van Gogh. These recent poems were inspired by the cookbook Monet’s Table.

Monet’s World                                                                                       

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Arts & Life
4:28 pm
Mon April 29, 2013

When A Poet Throws Rhymes, And A Right Hook

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Boxer John "Spidey" Williams is ranked 41 in his weight class in the country. He is also a poet. "I wanted people to understand and listen to my words rather than just think I'm a fighter," he says. "A lot of times they say boxers are not thinkers."
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Spidey was hesitant to name himself "The Boxing Poet". "A lot of times in a gym they don't want to associate poetry as masculine," Williams says.
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Spidey "The Boxing Poet" Williams wins his fight, bringing his record to 11, 2 and 1.
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Williams recites a poem at an open mic night at Poor Richards Bookshop. He has self-published 5 books of poetry and says he has written over 1,300 poems.
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Boxing requires physical strength to be sure, but a boxer’s words can also pack a punch.Perhaps the best known wordsmith is Muhammad Ali, who is known for his clever rhymes, like in 1974 when he said “I have wrestled with an alligator, I done tussled with a whale, I done handcuffed lighting, thrown thunder in jail,". One local boxer also embraces poetry,  Spidey “The Boxing Poet” Williams. 


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Charlotte Talks
12:00 am
Fri September 14, 2012

Russell Goings (Rebroadcast)

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By Charlotte Talks

After playing professional football, founding Essence Magazine and owning the first African-American Brokerage Firm with a seat on the New York Stock Exchange, Russell Goings became friends with artist Romare Bearden. That is what led Goings to his most recent line of work: writing poetry. His book of poetry, The Children of Children Keep Coming features Bearden's art work and chronicles the African-American journey. Russell Goings talks about that journey, art and poetry.