“Slaughter” by Mega at the first Poetry Lives show at Metropolitan Room
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safia rhymes with mafia
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artlessjay asked:
Word to Allah, I thought I saw you and Mega at the Canal Street A train station the other day. Also, I miss seeing your face in real time aka in person.
WAIT ignore my last answer, we were there after the show on Sunday transferring to the C!!! Miss youuuu
phopefreedom asked:
Hi Sofia, What is the best way to get in touch with you about collaborating on a poetry project with youth in the SE Brooklyn? I'd love to talk with you more! Thanks & Cheers, Karen
Awesome! Send me an email at safia.elhillo@gmail.com :)
Cruella El Hill / DFC featured at the Metropolitan Room today so I wore some lipstick about it
(new alias courtesy of Rob’s genius)
our first “Poetry Lives” event was wonderful and gorgeous and bathed in purple light- here’s the recap video!
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suit and fake haircut
(I made this bad biddy poster in the thick sunlight of yesterday afternoon.)
FRIENDS! HOMIES! CONFIDANTS! DO show thyself in full gusto at THIS MONTH’S Greenlight Poetry Salon, featuring the VERY DOPE, VERY UNSTOPPABLE, Safia Elhillo! Stevie Edwards! & Cornelius Eady with music from Rough Magic! APRIL 24th. 2013.
tonight!!!! and FREE. and tonight!
(Source: oddballsdontbounce)
Love is just something to do until the war starts
:)))
4.20- our last phone conversation
you disappeared/i went
to egypt/why do you
leave so much/to check
where night is blackest/
say something/ok/say
something that proves you
can feel/i’m going
to california/stay/maybe istanbul/
stay/i’m not from here/here is
my whole chest put down
roots i don’t care if
you draw blood/sudan/what/
i’m not from anywhere/what/
i’m going home/stay/what/
stay/i’m going home/what/
i’m going to find where
night is blackest.
Binge Channel: Speak Up Contest: Spoken Word/Motivational
The Poem Prayer For Her is by Brooklyn Poet Shane Romero. The poem is about a girl from Khartoum, Sudan and his amazement at her history and journey. The poem explains how before her, he knew nothing of her culture. It displays detailed imagery about her journey from Sudan to New York and how all he now knows and still doesn’t know is what has made her so beautiful.I want to thank everyone who has taken the time to Watch, Share, HIT THE LIKE button and continue to share it. Your support for me and my art work in this competition is amazing. Its hosted by BingeNow.Com & Talib Kweli with a grand prize of 10,000$ and cause of yall I am doing really well in it. Thanks for the continuous support.
but my friends are actually the illest
4.19- apricot jones: a memoir
i full of all kind of
story/ they make
a low purple kind of
song/ i body full of
hips/ trickle down the
sidewalk/ i full of all
the blues all the different
kind of ripping a
body can make/ i
long-fingered like a
tree a naked tree got all
my leaves off in fistful/ the
boys like that like the
fever kind of sound i make/
ever love a man the way that
hurls all name from lung/yeah/
that how i lost my leaves i
said take take take take take
take take he took/ way i see it/
more space for this
big song i got
upcoming poetry events at Metropolitan Room
Here are some cool events I’ll be curating in the next few weeks at the Metropolitan Room. Do you like poems? Do you like really pretty jazz clubs? Then you should absolutely come hang out!
Sunday, April 28th: Poetry Lives featuring the Divine Fabrics Collective
The “Poetry Lives” series at the Metropolitan Room is a monthly series of Sunday afternoon poetry performances for all you classy kids out there.
So, what happens when a dapper troupe of poets find themselves in an internationally acclaimed jazz cabaret? MAGIC AND COOL THINGS, OBVIOUSLY.
Doors open at 1:30, show starts promptly at 2pm
$10 general admission, $7 with student ID, and a bar serving whatever your pretty little heart desires
You can pre-order your tickets here, because we love that you’re efficient:http://metropolitanroom.com/show.cfm?cart&id=98397
So, what happens when a dapper troupe of poets find themselves in an internationally acclaimed jazz cabaret? MAGIC AND COOL THINGS, OBVIOUSLY.
Doors open at 1:30, show starts promptly at 2pm
$10 general admission, $7 with student ID, and a bar serving whatever your pretty little heart desires
You can pre-order your tickets here, because we love that you’re efficient:http://metropolitanroom.com/show.cfm?cart&id=98397
And let’s make it Facebook official! RSVP here: http://www.facebook.com/events/398812506892936/
There will be a short open mic followed by our awesome features:
Camonghne Felix: 2010 Urban Word championship team alum, featured on HBO’s Brave New Voices, two time New York Knicks Poetry Slam Finalist and the 1st Runner-Up of the 2010 NYC Youth Poet Laureate Program. In 2011, Camonghne was the 17th ranked poet in the world.
Aziza Barnes: LA-born poet and playwright, member of the 2012 NYU championship slam team, releasing her first book “me aunt jemima and the nailgun” this spring by Button Poetry Press.
Mega: Member of the 2013 Brooklyn College slam team, ranked 2nd in the nation, member of the 2012 LouderArts slam team, Aquarius and introvert.
Ishmael “Ish” Islam: 2010 Urban Word championship team alum, featured on HBO’s Brave New Voices, 2012 NYC Youth Poet Laureate, and author of “Meet at Greene” published by Penmanship Books.
and keep an eye out for information on our upcoming Thursday open mic series, starting in May! $5 admission, aka the cheapest fun thing to do in New York City on a Thursday night, 7pm-9pm, and here’s the cool part: at the end of each night, the audience will vote for their favorite open mic performer, and the winner will get to do a feature-length set of poems the upcoming week!
Metropolitan Room
34 W 22nd St
New York, NY 10010
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swrd-play asked:
Hey, I'm Chris. I first saw you through Robalū's illustration of you, and after I heard you slam, I see why he had to draw you. Yoursystem energy is entirely intense and abundant. You are a motivating force behind my own artwork and my first steps into poetry. Thanks.
ahhhhh thank you!! this made me smile/you’re awesome :) love love love
PS: Rob, look what you did!
weweresupernovas asked:
Hi! I'm Mariam! I think I've met you only once, and that was last year at LTAB DMV and you were a guest host. I was on the 2012 DC Youth Slam Team, and I'll (hopefully) be back on for 2014. (I'm not sure why I mentioned all that...) ANYWAYS, I just wanted to say that you are a true inspiration and I hope to be like you one day. Also, you're very lovely
Hi :) YOU are lovely and your message is lovely and it’s awesome to hear from a fellow DC youth team alum- that team changed my life dude, I hope you loved it!
Safia Elhillo & Jamaica Osorio - “What I Learned in the Fire”
“Love is just something to do until the war starts.”
Our first video from FInal Stage at CUPSI 2013. This poem from the championship team - NYU - transcends the traditional boundaries of what can be done in slam, in group poetry and on stage. Our hats are off to Safia and Jamaica.
:) all my love to Button Poetry!
