{Shaking not Stir
No Alcohol No Smoking
Da Chillout Spot
Poetry without the hype, just the words to hit your nerves in sparking awareness of social living.
The location was in a house at 25 Clarendon road in Walthamstow, where the mood was intimate and evolutionary.
The experience and objective reflected a serious attitude towards the craft of written verses and monolog poetry as well as artistic inclusions. Three artists read their works and one artist recited his words, as the audience of Afro-Caribbean-British gathered to express their pleasure by clapping, laughters and sounds of stimulating over-standing on the poets' and poetess' gifts of creative writings. The atmosphere was packed with people, as the heat began to show, later someone open a window, ah... the fresh air swept in the room, it seemed to cause the words of poetry to sound much clearer. Expect nothing, when the requirement is inspired sharing, the rewards of appreciations will be greater. After the reading the music continued, the djs were spinning their vinyl collections of reggae, hip-hop and old school smooth jazz. In the back-room... the kitchen... those were the procuring area to get some soya drink, juices, water and cakes. Upstairs... there were two rooms of occupying sharing on creative networking. One room had an artist showcasing the art of portrait rendering. While the other room was set for information sharing and literature distributions on books about the full-black diaspora in humanity. The evening concluded with several sub-gathering of philosophical groups in discussions about topics of social awareness and community responsibilities. It was a magnificent difference on learning to heal with positive light.
Written by Absolute Sovereign Ank Justice SteadySpear
Creative Director, IOTA Magazine © 2005
An inspired poem after writing this passage
Ghetto People a Try
Abusing me... amusing me... some a try
Everyday mi hide mi pride with a smile
Mi walk on by... mi nu like the crimes
The fakers in dem shine... stimulating egos on high
So i close mi eyes... some think mi blind
Dem still a try fi ponder who am I
This isolated guy the dread sharing the Cosmic cries
Goddess Bless with no regrets some still figet
The reasons why we dress the confusions of tests
Listening to life... living without guns and knives
Sharing words for better strides, She is not equal
Our Mothers are greater never forsake Her
Ghetto people a try, some abusing me, others amusing me
Everyday mi hide mi pride... with a smile mi walk on by
No... I am not a prophet I care not for bull-shit
Knowledge of facts we all must know that
Love the accepted key comes from seeing
Our creator is She not men in a state of greed
The Ankh Her Divine Sovereignty
Many sages spoke these words before me
Womb-man I love to see some I need to feel
Her warmth causes our blood to flow free
Children running around we, they asking questions to see
Om... the lingum, Her omnipotence in harmony
Her meditative wisdom emanating frequency of vibrating energy
Ghetto people a try... some a dem abusing me
Some a dem amusing me, everyday mi hide mi pride
With a smile mi walk on by, everything shall be fine
My sculpture for my wife & daughter Diana & Ama
My family in unity brings tears of joys
Yet some still wishing to play mi for a toy
Words without meaning communicate dreaming
In our perplexing society, screaming scheming realities
So I adjust my thoughts the angles of sought
Master, Ph.D., a foundation of degrees for others like We
The Ankh Society, VS = Vegan Shop & D-Gallery
It's not easy many only want to tease we
Promise is a comfort to the fool so I hide my moods
Emotions in strong many will say you're in the wrong
They are speaking repeating lies as truths
So the youths stay in pollute with no sense of being a brute
Human brain in a tussle regression of the muscle
Everybody trying to make a hustle
Ghetto people a cry, some abusing me, others amusing me.}
"Performers"
in order of appearance
Aisha Phoenix
Oxford graduate, 23, new poet
is British, Vincentian, Grenadian. She graduated in 2004 in Arabic and Modern Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Oxford. Aisha writes poems and short stories, often exploring issues of identity, migration and equality.
Abraham Gibson
Abraham Gibson, winner of 'The Voice' newspaper's Poet of the Year Award and London Transport Museum's Writer in Residence, will be performing a selection of his poetry.
Free tickets are available from Bedford Central Library
Baden Prience
Baden Prince is a writer of poetry, fiction and autobiographical prose, exploring the links between personal histories and wider social and political issues. His writing draws on the richness of his Afro-Caribbean heritage, as well as his experiences of growing up in Britain, where he has lived since the age of fifteen. Baden is an established artist on the performance poetry scene, well known to London audiences and with a growing reputation elsewhere, notably Amsterdam. He is also the promoter and host of “Speakeasy,” a dynamic and popular monthly poetry/spoken word event based in north London. Writer, poet and performer and latterly, grandfather!"
{Absolute Sovereign:
Ank Justice SteadySpear
Ank Steady as he is preferable called, is a US/Jamaican National. He has been expressing poetry since an early age, likewise he has been traveling to numerous locations around the globe reading his poetry. In Counties like China, Hong Kong, Japan, Jamaica, America, Holland, Serbia, St. Croix US Virgin Islands and many more locations he has made poetry stops . Recently, Ank has written and published a Children Book titled "Ama and the Talking Tree" ISBN 0970335261. Ank has also published a collection of 120 poems with their source of inspirations in a book titled "Artist@Large Poetic MC Lyrics" ISBN 0970335318. Poetry lovers can now order through this web site http://www.cafepress.com/the_scribe or go to their local book stores to obtain their copies. Ank Steady is a research fellow at the Institute of Education where he is engaged in Gender Studies and International Development. You can read, listen and download some of his poetry from these web sites: Sound Vibration, Steady Record, The Scribe , Pure-V. Please Enjoy and share with your friends.}
