Come see words come alive at WORD UP Volume 5.

WORD UP Volume 5 

holds this Saturday August 17, 2013. 

Venue is Terra Kulture Hall, Tiamiyu Savage Street 

off Ahmadu Bello Road, 

Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria.

Time is from 2pm.

Tickets: Regular 1k, VIP 5k

It will feature some of the Best Spoken Word Poets in Nigeria, such as Jeffrey Jaiyeola Plumbline, Efe Paul Azino, Atilola Moronfolu, Ibrahim Uzbek Edu, D-Ray Elom Itima, Titilayo, Obii Ifejika, 'Dolapo Ogunwale and many more.

We will also have interludes of Soul Music from

 Olumide "Lumynos" Oyibokure and "Aduke" Ayobamidele Aladekomo .

Emcess are Don Fabrino and Delectable Duvy

BEFORE I BECOME A SENATOR......!!!

Not my making just a futuristic inkling
Politics is not my game
But might find myself in same
Though a little dirty, hope not to end up in shame
Corruption is a sweet virus;
They all fly abroad having their holidays in Cyprus
Even though i like the money, i won’t be cunning like Hon. Lawan and Senator Ete
Even though i love young beauties but i won’t be a paedophile like Senator Yerima
Acts that is scandalous, absolutely ridiculous
My mama thought me well
Instilling values, discipline and integrity to uphold
My woman will be my strong pillar, supporting me with prayers and love for my home
Even if i end up having a shoeless and clueless head
Kind that plans on giving mobile phones to farmers
I will stand for the truth and forge ahead
Making my constituency consequential and my nation essential
Saying Hi and Nay where it matters, so to make my country greater

Before i become a senator, Voices heard from the creator
Want you to know I’m a professional Estate Surveyor
C.E.O of Bishop & Knights, a priority closely on my mind
Though i write a little in my leisure
And listen to music for my pleasure
A goal getter though a slow pacing nature
Always i use my church mind Cus I’m one of a kind
I’m the Preachers son, trying to catch a little fun
Just like the thriller in manila
I always have my finger on the trigger

Before i become a Senator
Hold me, hug me, kiss me, and please me
Be my elevator, be my motivation.

by 

Yommy Bishop

Plumbline coming with tight lines and right rhymes to WORD UP Volume 5.

The last time at WORD UP Volume 4, he told us "How Richard Branson lost his Virginity." Check out the video via this link How Richard Branson lost his virginity.

His name is Plumbline, and he is a Poet, Songwriter, Political Blogger, Hip Hop Rapper and Spoken Word Artist.  

He started and hosts a monthly Open Mic Spoken Word Poetry event, Chill and Relax and has performed in all the major Performance Poetry and Spoken Word Circuits in Nigeria.

He was also a Judge at Season 1 of War Of Words (Slam Poetry Competition).

This Saturday August 17, 2013 you can be sure he will thrill us with his tight lines and right rhymes at WORD UP Volume 5. The venue is TerraKulture Hall, Tiamiyu Savage Street, Victoria Island, Lagos from 2pm. 

Plumbline doing a Poetic piece on Religion 

at Chill and Relax (August Gusto) 

on August 19, 2012

 in Gbagada, Lagos. 

Chill and Relax is a monthly Open Mic Performance Poetry, Spoken Word and Soul Music Event.

How to Develop a Poem for Spoken Word Performance.

Written by Ami Mattison

Developing and rehearsing a poem for spoken word performance can be as rewarding as performing it in front of live audiences. For me, the development of a performance is an ever-evolving process through which I come to understand and appreciate my poetry better. Performance is a kind of bonding experience with a poem—with the experiences and sentiments it expresses. This bonding is a creative process for me, in which I lift the words from the page and nurture them into life with my body and breath.

Plus, developing a poem for performance is fun. It gives you an opportunity to experiment with your body and your voice, to find new meanings in your poetry, and to express yourself in new, creative ways.

If you’re just starting out, it’ll take time, patience, and lots of rehearsal to learn to develop your poetry for confident and successful performances on a consistent basis. These tips, however, will give you a head start on some simple practices that work for me.

• Find a rehearsal space. A physical space in which to develop and rehearse your poem, alone and uninterrupted, is ideal. This should be a place where you are free to be yourself and to experiment with your voice and your body movements without worrying about disturbing others or being overheard. However, finding such a space can be challenging, especially if you live with others. If that’s the case, then let them know what you’re doing, ask them not to disturb you, and try to tune them out.

• Memorize your poem. Certainly, you can develop a great performance while reading your poem from a book or the page, but dropping the paper and memorizing your poem frees up your hands for gestures, allows you to make good eye-contact, and creates a “barrier-free” zone between you and your audience. In other words, memorization provides a foundation for developing an intimate interaction with your audience. If you have trouble memorizing, then don’t worry. Instead, check out this article on memorization.

For Closet Poets: How to Claim Your Creative Identity.

Written by Ami Mattison

Do you write poetry but rarely if ever share it with other people? 

Does anyone even know you write poetry? Are you reluctant to call yourself a poet? Do you dream of publishing your poetry, but can’t bring yourself to move forward towards that aspiration?

If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, then you’re probably a closet poet, or a poet who hasn’t yet formally and publicly claimed that identity and embraced the full significance of his or her poetry and creative process.

Life in the Poetry Closet

In college, I was a closet poet. When a renowned poet Adrienne Rich visited our school, I was excited and eager to meet her. When I did, she asked me point-blank: “Are you a poet?” While I wrote poetry, and I was indeed a poet, I rarely shared my poetry with others and I had never publicly claimed that identity. So, my reply was: “No, I’m not a poet, but my friends are.”

At the time, I thought poets were only those artists who wrote brilliant poetry, not someone who, like me, was a mere beginner and who, like me, wasn’t formally trained to write poetry.

Why Come Out?

If you’re a closet poet and you’re reading this article, then you probably possess a deep desire to own your identity as a poet, to share your poetry with others, and to improve your writing skills.

By sharing your poetry with other poets and supportive friends and family members, you may just receive the necessary ego-boost and inner drive to work harder to improve your writing.

Plus, when done in a thoughtful way, sharing your poetry is fun and deeply rewarding, and you can’t reap the benefits of those rewards until you come out of the poetry closet.

Most significantly, if you’re dreaming of publishing your poetry, you won’t be able to take yourself or your poetry seriously enough to do so, until you come out as a poet.

War Of Words Season 1 DVDs and Audio CDs now available.

The DVD and Audio CD of War Of Words Season 1 is now available. 

You can get your copy at TerraKulture Hall, Victoria Island, Lagos on August 17, 2013 

during WORD UP Volume 5.

War Of Words is a Slam Poetry Competition 

open to all Spoken Word Poets that have never performed on the WORD UP stage before.

The aim of the event is to provide a platform for new, upcoming and unknown Spoken Word Poets.

It also seeks to showcase the poetic talents that abound in Nigeria 

and to also help in their growth and development.

The video submission for the next edition of the event tagged War Of Words Season 2 comes up in September 2013.

Stay tuned for more information.

One of Naija's finest Spoken Word Poet, Obii....!!!

Obii is a lady that came from nowhere, (okay somewhere that we did not know before), and won the maiden edition of the Naija Poetry Slam competition hosted by Bassey Ikpi in 2012.

She was at WORD UP Volume 2 and 3, and she blew us away with words. This piece done in the video below by Obii is one of the best spoken word poem I have ever heard. 

If you doubt this, just listen down to the last line, and I bet that you will shout.  Do holla back with your comments, and don't lie that you did not shout o!!!

Obii will be live at WORD UP Volume 5 coming up on August 17, 2013 at TerraKuluture Hall, Victoria Island, Lagos from 2pm.

WORD UP is the biggest Spoken Word Poetry Event in Nigeria and holds in February, May, August and November of every year. 

It features the best Spoken Word Poets across Nigeria and even the world all on one stage.

Spoken Word Poetry by Obii at Word Up Volume 2, in Lagos, Nigeria. 

Chill and Relax: August Crush (an Open Mic Spoken Word Poetry Event) holds on August 11, 2013.

Chill and Relax : August Crush

This is a Performance Poetry and Spoken Word open mic event where everyone and anyone can step up and rock the mic. 

Date is August 11, 2013

Time is 3pm

Venue is 16,  Abeni close,  ASA Estate, off Ayodele Okeowo street, after Deeper Life church, Soluyi Gbagada, Lagos

Featuring Lagos Finest Poets.

I Don't Want to Write a Poem.

I don't want to write a poem

Since poems aren't meant for MEN.

Men drink their pain away in whiskey every night

And smoke their sadness pretending to be all right.

You ask what brings this pain and sadness.

What instance was it? What madness?

Well just guess and I bet with the first try you'll find it.

Yes, of course! What else. My woman, not anymore, was it.

And I am trying to avoid all my friends

But stuck I am with all their clichés.

You'll forget her. She doesn't deserve you or even worst

Don't worry. It's ok. She will regret it and it's her loss.

That's why the whiskey I love.

Lost I am in this dark bar.

To the always nice songs from the 80s listening.

They don't really help. Who am I kidding?

My chest, my lungs is squeezing.

It hurts so much, even the breathing.

And at the end I know that I myself became the cliché.

My feelings for her so stupidly in this trap led.

I didn't want to write a poem

Since poems aren't meant for MEN

And this unbearable pain in a poem I ended up writing

Until I wake up one day and go back on leaving.

by

Geopapas

Source:

http://voices.yahoo.com/i-dont-want-write-poem-3944218.html?cat=42

The Poets that will be on parade at WORD UP Volume 5.

  This is the First Anniversary edition of 

the biggest Spoken Word Poetry Event in Nigeria, WORD UP.

This edition tagged, WORD UP Volume 5 will feature the

 Best Spoken Word Poets in Nigeria,

such as 

Plumbline, Efe Paul, Atilola, Obii, Dolapo. 

Arch Angel, Mayowa, Increase (14 year Old Poet), 

Titilayo, D Ray, Uzbek and many more.

The Celebrity Poet of the day, Toni Payne.

We also have Sensational Soul Singers, Lumynos and Aduke, to spice up the event.

  

Emcees are: Delectable Duvy and Don Fabrino

The first 50 people will get a free DVD from any of the past WORD UP editions and/or War Of Words Season 1 DVD.

Atilola

Obii

Mayowa

Dolapo

Mayowa and Arch Angel                                                               Increase

Plumbline                                                                                                                                       Efe Paul Azino

 

D Ray

Uzbek

Titilayo