Spit Poetry #6

“Falafel Löffel” - Harry Baker
“A Schoolgirl’s Crush at Thirty-Four” & “Smoke Song” - Danabelle Gutierrez
“Where Are You Really From?” & “Beautiful” (a freestyle poem) - Carlos Andrés Gómez

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Carlos Andrés Gómez is a Colombian-American poet, speaker, actor and author of a wonderful poetry book titled “Hijito” & “Man Up: Reimagining Modern Manhood”.

Carlos spills out the beans of his life as a poetry performer in New York, he talks about his relationship with his mother tongue, his early inspiration to poetry as well as a unique learning experience at the Apollo!

Special thanks to Emirates Airline Festival of Literature for inviting The Poetryhood to be a part of the outstanding festival that they’ve setup in 2020 and for facilitating this podcast recording with Carlos.

Video footage of this conversation is on The Poetryhood YouTube channel so make sure to check it out.

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Spit Poetry #5

All the following pieces are performed by Hakeem Kemet

Soul
Type Love
Coffin Sizes

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Farah Chamma is a Palestinian international writer & performer. She started performing at the age of 15 with a group of poets called the Poeticians. She gained a lot of attention on YouTube from two poetry videos performed by her in “كيف أؤمن” (How Must I Believe) and “الجنسيّة” (The Nationality).

Listen to this conversation as we learn how Farah is evolving her poetry into a new focus and listen to her as she uncovers her relationship with the colloquial (محكي) & literary (فصحة) Arabic language.

Filled with many eye-opening points for any poet, writer or performer I truly enjoyed this conversation and I hope you do as well.

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Spit Poetry #4

Move On - Amina Lakehayli
Words Not Heard - Lynn Saad
Beats Like Bones on a Drum - Dana Dajani

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Yaz is a sensational rapper and poet! He has numerous rap songs published (“Outbreak” is my personal favorite and you can hear it at the end of the episode) and has performed in numerous Poetry Nights which you can check out on The Poetryhood YouTube channel. A humble and authentic guy with a great talent, I really enjoyed our conversation.

You can find Yaz on Instagram or listen to all his music on SoundCloud @yazofficialmusic

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Spit Poetry #3

If Only You Knew - Joecool Lorenzo
Tongue Twisters - Malavika Suresh
رفيقتي حبيبتي - Edi Clemens
My Love As Art - Danabelle Gutierrez

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Spit Poetry #2

Lets Pretend This Happened - Dima Mikhayel Matta
Insecure and For Me No To Me - Yaz
The Way We Are Wound - Dana Dajani

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Namal is a traveler, advertising specialist, poetry writer and performer! A lovely conversation with a wonderful human, listen in and get to know Namal’s story and inspirational moments with poetry as well as some insightful tips from her experience.

To experience more of Namal’s poetry check her out on Instagram @namalsiddiqui

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Spit Poetry #1

Life is a Rush - Namal Siddiqui
The Woman’s Blood - Deena Dadachanji
دفن الوطن and Physics - Mohammad Rashid

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