The poem read by Yeancah of Soundcity at Word UP (Spoken Word Poetry and Soul Music Event) held in Unilag August 18, 2012 (poem was written by Tofarati)

CRAZY LOVE | Shared by Yeancah

We make love with punches and kicks,
Make up with hugs and kisses,
This crazy whirlwind of ours,
That we call love,
Seems so strange,
Yet so familiar,
I find comfort in your rage,
Seek solace in your arms,
But you always bring me harm,
And I ask myself,
Am I crazy?
Have I lost my mind?
Or have I been hypnotised,
By this bestiality,
My beauty,
Seems to bring out the beast in you,
I thought they said love was true,
Guess whoever said that didn't think it through,
Cos our love is filled with violence,
A slap today,
A shove tomorrow,
You hurt me to my bone marrow,
My man, my anchor,
You're supposed to be my shield,
But you're the one who causes me pain,
You're driving me insane,
Yet I have to put on a happy face,
A fake smiley,
While inwardly I cry,
And ask, why me?
We hold hands together,
And people think we're the perfect couple,
How wrong they are,
I pity those who wish to be in my shoes,
What fools!
I beg to be let loose,
For of what use,
Are appearances to a ghost,
The society has chained me to you,
Cos they say it should be for better for worse,
I thought marriage was supposed to be fun,
Only now I know better,
It's an emotional prison,
And I wish to be set free,
Marriage should be a celebration of love,
Not a festival of hate,
I choose to live,
I choose to leave,
I'd rather have a dead marriage,
Than a dead body!

written by Tofarati

Yeancah of SOUNDCITY doing Spoken Word Poetry at WORD UP

Yeancah of SOUNDCITY 

doing a poem on 

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 

at 

WORD UP 

(a Spoken Word Poetry and Soul Music Event) August 18, 2012 

at UNILAG Guest House Lecture Theatre.

Akoka, Lagos.

WORD UP style of counting one to seven..........!!!!!

He will be live on stage at 

WORD UP,

and it's none other than

OLULU, the King not from Zulu

Stay tuned for 

WORD UP 

(a Spoken Word Poetry and Soul Music Event)

Venue is the Lecture Theatre, UNILAG Guest House, Akoka, Lagos

Date is August 18, 2012 

Time is 3pm to 6pm

Feel the pulse of WORD UP, just a lil....!!!!

He will be live on stage at 

WORD UP,

and it's none other than

TORPEDO MASCAW  aka Number One

(the master of FREESTYLE)

Stay tuned for 

WORD UP 

(a Spoken Word Poetry and Soul Music Event)

Venue is the Lecture Theatre, UNILAG Guest House, Akoka, Lagos

Date is August 18, 2012 

Time is 3pm to 6pm

In the spirit of WordUp....................!!!!

In the spirit of WordUp..............
Ladies and Gentlemen, give it up for the original Mutabaruka!!!!

Stay tuned for 

WORD UP 

(a Spoken Word Poetry and Soul Music Event)

Venue is the Lecture Theatre, UNILAG Guest House, Akoka, Lagos

Date is August 18, 2012 

Time is 3pm to 6pm

Spoken Word Artists who will rock the MIC and blow minds at WORD UP AUGUST 2012

Sage Hasson

is Nigeria's premier poet! He became a popular performer in 2006 when he got an uproarious applause at the 1st Hip Hop Awards. He has done about 300 shows since then and done near a 100 brand poems for major Nigerian corporations from MTN to Zain to Unilver, Guinness, NBC, ThisDay Festival, and a host of others! He's recorded over 30 poems in 2 cds. He's currently working on a new album and a book of psycho-cosmic philosophy!

Torpedo Mascaw aka NUMBER ONE

is a spoken word artist who is an IT consultant by the day and a poet by night.

He is a regular performer at FreedomHall Nigeria and FreedomHall Ghana (an open mic event for music, poetry, spoken word and comedy). He has also featured in many other open mic poetry shows across the country. 

WORD UP

 

(a Spoken Word Poetry and Soul Music Event)

Venue is the Lecture Theatre, UNILAG Guest House, Akoka, Lagos

Date is August 18, 2012 

Time is 3pm to 6pm

 

Spoken Word Poets that will kiss words and make them dance at WORD UP August 2012

Olulu, the King not from Zulu

is a Writer, Poet and Spoken Word Artist.  He loves reading, writing, dancing, making people happy and generally having fun. He is passionate about Spoken Word Poetry and his dream is to make it a big industry where poets can earn a very decent living from their performances. 

He co-organizes Chill and Relax (a performance poetry event), and is a regular performer at Freedom Hall (V/i and Ikeja). He also performs at other poetry events which  includes Taruwa and Anthill.

He is the editor in chief of an online satire magazine, F-FACTOR Magazine  (www.f-factormagazine.com) and is currently building an entertainment website, www.wordup411.com, which will have core focus on Poetry and literary events.

Atilola

is a multi-faceted entrepreneur. She is a Writer, Editor, Neighbourhood Magazine publisher, and popular writing blogger on atilola.blogspot.com.She also edits books for fellow writers and bloggers and gets them ready for publishing. 

Graduating from University of Lagos at the age of 21, where she studied Computer Engineering, she started consulting with PricewaterhouseCoopers at a very young age.

Because of her style of writing, which most times borders on the reality of the societal ills around us, she has been tagged so many names, ranging from social writer to social commentator. But she sometimes calls herself The Character Thief.

Transiting from consulting into the literary world, she has made giant strides in a very short period. She is the author of Antonyms of a Mirage, the now popularly trending short stories collection in Nigeria, and is currently working on her second novel.

When not writing, or editing books for other writers, she makes natural hair products for women, which she calls her kitchen business. 

Tofarati
is a writer based in Lagos, Nigeria. He has two published books of poems, ORIKI (PRAISE POETRY) and TOWN CRIER and over fifty unpublished manuscripts. He also writes for Acada magazine, Film Afrique, and he is also the past Editor of Inside OOU magazine, a campus based journal.

WORD UP

(A Spoken Word Poetry and Soul Music Event)

It will be an evening of Poetic Expressions in Words and Sounds.

Venue is Lecture Theatre, UNILAG Guest House, Akoka, Lagos

Date is 18th of August 2012 

Time is 3pm to 6pm

The A-List Poets that will be rocking the MIC at WORD UP August 2012

Enigmatic Olumide Bisiryu

is a Performance  Poet, Actor, & a Writer. He runs a Talent discovery Network called ETERNAL ORDER and doubles as d president of a Talent promotion company called EGC. His blog (The Enigmatic) was nominated as most inspiring blog in Nigerian blog awards 2011. Aside the creative world, he works as a Real Estate professional with First World Real Estate group, being part of the team presently building 10,000 units of houses across Lagos State.

Nini Efem,

is from Cross River State, a graduate of Social Work from the University of Calabar, Cross River State. She is a dressmaker, singer, poet, costumier, make up artist, in short she is blessed with so many talents.

She is also a lover of nature and art, the Queen of Soul, and a true African. 

Eleri 

is from the Church. He is an Orator, a singer and also a song writer. He is the herald of Eledumare.

WORD UP 

(a Spoken Word Poetry and Soul Music Event)

Venue is Lecture Theatre, UNILAG Guest House, 

Akoka, Lagos

Date is 18th of August 2012 

Time is 3pm to 6pm

A-List Poets that are a must watch at WORD UP August 2012

Chiedu Ifeozo

is an Engineer and writer based in Lagos. In 2008, he self published his first poetry collection titled "Thoughts on a page". He has been published on various online and print media and was featured on CNN's inside Africa in 2011 as an emerging contemporary African poet 

 

Ndukwe Onuoha aka "ND"

resides in Lagos Nigeria, where he is a copywriter by day and poet by design. He has performed at some of Lagos’ most acclaimed poetry circles like Anthill 2.0, Chill and Relax, Taruwa and Freedom Hall, garnering commendation for some of his works like ‘Boom!’ and ‘Puff, puff, pass’.

He draws his inspiration from the many human stories that play themselves out every day, providing a unique insight into the animal called man (thank you, OBJ).

 

Soonest I NathanielBorn-In: 19XX
Studied: Maths and Computer Science @ FUTO.
He's a scientist who believes in the arts,who thinks Albert Einstein would have influenced the world better as an artist, well, as a poet precisely. He started to write poems hoping he too would have the kool hair colour of Soyinka.  He has been published in Sentinel Nigeria, ILUME (Port Harcourt), and won awards such as Best poem for Nigeria @ 50(City Fm).2010, Inaugural Winner of the  FUTO writers award 2011, Winner loudthotz poem of the month, June 2012.

Stay tuned for more of the A-List Poets coming to

Word Up 

(Spoken Word Poetry and Soul Music Event)

Date is August 18, 2012

Venue is  Unilag Guest House Lecture Theatre

Time is  3pm to 6pm

More of the A-List Poets coming to Word Up August 2012

Efe Paul Azino

For over a decade Efe Paul has held audiences, locally and internationally, spell bound with his words. 

Widely regarded as one of Nigeria’s leading Spoken Word Poets, Efe leads a generation of visionary poets in using the otherwise esoteric medium of poetry as a transformative tool for the masses. 

Donna K

She is an expert oil and gas lawyer by day and a poet at all times.

 Donna is a Senior Associate in the Energy and Project Finance Group of Adepetun Caxton-Martins Agbor & Segun with over 9 years of dynamic experience in Energy, Commercial, Environmental and Property law practices. She consults extensively on a wide range of investment issues for international exploration, oil service and multinational trading companies.

Utilizing both her career path and lyrical talents, Donna is keenly passionate about entertainment; and particularly, has a long-held love for poetry, dance and music. She has authored over 80 poems and is presently working on 2 short stories and a novel. “

Ivori 

is an African masquerade poet, who hails from our subcolonial repressions. He huffs and puffs in 'their' language but never uses their words.

Stay tuned for more of the A-List Poets coming to

Word Up 

(Spoken Word Poetry and Soul Music Event)

Date is August 18, 2012

Venue is  Unilag Guest House Lecture Theatre

Time is  3pm to 6pm