A few years ago my vocals were stolen and published on a music track without any recognition for myself. Un-paused is about finding your creative flow again after a long time of losing your voice and how courage comes to you in all shapes and sizes.   

My first creative singing endeavour ended up with my voice being stolen and published without any recognition. It silenced me for years until recently I found the courage to write again, to sing again and to dream again. Sometimes we find courage in the most unusual ways.

Sometimes you feel like a part of something with all your heart, and other times, only half. This poem is about connecting my halves and exploring my thoughts on my body changing with Perimenopause, my brush with cervical cancer, cultural identity, and my vocations. It's about being enough and how we perceive ourselves over time. 

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If you have ever been burnt and betrayed then you will relate to this. It can be a journey of transformation into something purer and something new. 

Bronze Statue is about empowerment.

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The children of immigrants rarely get to spend time with their families and this poem explores the dynamics of being a daughter of an immigrant through the eyes of a child and what it must feel like for parents and the sacrifices they have to make to provide better opportunities. 

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Breastfeeding is a journey that is difficult enough as it is, without people judging you for doing it in open spaces. Breasts are often sexualised in the media and I just wanted to say something in my spoken word poetry about how I see them.

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This is a poem about my experience of Endometriosis; a chronic illness, often called an 'invisible illness' and how it can impact parts of your life. There's a lot more awareness and support around Endometriosis now. 

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Being a woman you are raised to think a particular way by media, by society by family and sometimes it is good to stop and question what you want your own message to the next generation to be. Would it be the same one we grew up with all around us? I wrote this about how it feels so good to challenge the narrative that tries to slow you down and how good it feels to breathe. 

As a brown British-Punjabi girl, you are told what to do and how to be and this poem is about smashing that stereotype. You can be whatever you want to be. 

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This is about finding something or someone who helps to anchor you and support you through anything life throws at you. As a daughter of a seamstress, I value the sacrifices of my mother, my anchor.

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This is about my struggle to embrace two different cultures and two languages; Punjabi and English and how I came to find beauty and harmony between the two eventually. Being British Indian has had it's advantages and some challenges which i explore in this poem. I am also married to  French man and have embraced French culture as part of my own identity. 

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All episodes with spoken word poetry contain original poems written by myself, Angela Rideau.

If you’d like to see more, why not head on over to my Instagram page: @poemsfromyheart1