The Live Poets Society meets on the First
Wednesday of each month. Poets and lovers of poetry are welcome to listen and
to read and to share their works and to discuss poetry in all its varied forms
and uniqueness.
At the next meeting on April 2, the Guest
Poet for the month is Poppy Seed (aka Angela Harvey) whose last album Coming Through was complimented and
endorsed by Sade the sultry singer of Smooth
Operator fame; and Mutabaruka the outspoken Jamaican Dub Poet/activist.
Poppy Seed rises somewhere in between and has been called the ‘Warm
Revolutionary’. Her poetry tends to address women’s issues and social
injustices, described as being ‘On the cusp of Poetry and Song.’
After relocating from London to Durban two
years ago, Poppy Seed turned heads at Poetry Africa 2012 and subsequently as a
guest of Concerts SA at UKZN School of Music with an engaging acoustic set.
Throughout her artistic career, Poppy Seed
has contributed a lot of work in education not only as a lecturer in
Literature, Media and Writing skills, but also as a performer offering
workshops and master classes in schools, Prisons, Colleges and guest speaker at
various Corporate and Arts Organisations.
She holds recent Awards for Best
Performance Poet, and the Nina Simone for Black Women in Jazz from BWA (Black
Women in the Arts UK). Her music is featured on sound tracks on the acclaimed Pan
African Award winning films 500 Years
Later and the recent Motherland
both Cinematographic masterpiece documentaries directed by Durban based Owen
Alik Shahada.
A playwright, songwriter and life coach, she
is internationally acclaimed, making appearances in USA, UK, Europe Jamaica,
Gambia, South Africa, over 25 years. Her book Poetry for Phases, Stages, & Pages is out on Amazon and select
bookstores.
The LiPS Rendezvous on April 2 will take
place at 17h30 for 18h00 at artSPACE Durban, 3 Millar Road, Durban (off Umgeni
Road right next to Waste Centre). Admission is free. For more information
contact LiPS Convener Danny Naicker on 083 282 0865 or email: dnaicker@metsond.co.za
For more information on Poppy Seed visit www.poppyseedmusic.com
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