Poet Up

We are back again folks!

In this episode, we chat with 2023 Women of the World Slam champion Ayanna Florence about her poetic beginnings and other things.

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We are back folks! Talking about the Grammy's and other shenanigans. Elijah Craig makes an appearance, sorry there's no timestamps we're rusty.

Freestyle Beat: A Beat taken from YJB made by Mall Chi

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In this special episode we talk about the Of Earth and Sky Project and interview those who submitted to the project and created the project. PoetUp Crew: Twitter: @PoetUpPodcast @mallchi @MrBluz @jayward2030 IG: @PoetUpPodcast @mallchi @bluzbluzbluz @jward2030 Facebook: @PoetUpPodcast Email us at [email protected] Visit our website: www.poetuppodcast.com Rate us, Review us tell a friend about us. Thank you for listening. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/poetup/message

In this episode we chat with Charlotte based producer Master Kie. Bluz gets shots fired on him (4:20) Master Kie the meteorologist (5:30) being a woman producer in hip hop (10:02) Master Kie sees sound as color (16:40) no one is on Bluz level (17:00) Jay Ward gets introduced to Lost In Space (21:10) Master Kie wants to collab with Sade but does Mall Chi actually know Sade (22:20) Please Hammer don't hurt us (27:00) the Charlotte hip hop scene and what it needs (35:00) the origins of Before Summer Ends (37:10) Mall Chi has imaginary players beefing with him (44:50) Master Kie is for the orthopedic savior (52:32) Jay Ward throws shade that's not shade (59:40) don't follow Master Kie on Facebook (64:30) and of course we freestyle (67:50)   Master Kie Info:  Follow Master Kie on IG: @Unlock_Her_Sound and click the link below for all her events, beat tapes and beat purchasing info.  https://linktr.ee/masterkie Freestyle Beat by Master Kie PoetUp Crew: Twitter: @PoetUpPodcast @mallchi @MrBluz @jayward2030 IG: @PoetUpPodcast @mallchi @bluzbluzbluz @jward2030 Facebook: @PoetUpPodcast Email us at [email protected] Visit our website: www.poetuppodcast.com Rate us, Review us tell a friend about us. Thank you for listening. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/poetup/message

In this episode we speak with Blumenthal Performing Arts Director of Artistic Experiences Bree Stallings. We discuss her year (6:10) the Immersive Van Gogh Experience that Bree was the head of (10:20) the Of Earth and Sky installation poetry project (15:30) Intentions behind the placement of the project (18:35) her artistic beginnings (21:15) Her family life (25:00) we talk about how Bree's artistic integrity and helping other artists(30:25) food as art (48:10) Pee can vs. Puh-con (53:11) creating magic (61:02)  Jay Ward slowly morphs into Dr. Umar King (61:55) aging as artists (67:50) Mall Chi makes a Mark (74:32) and of course we freestyle (78:40) Bree Info:  Breanna "Bree" Stallings is North Carolina-native multi-media artist, illustrator, writer and activist. Bree graduated from Queens University of Charlotte in 2013 with a Bachelor Degree in Studio Art and Creative Writing. She resides near uptown Charlotte where she works as a painter, illustrator and muralist. Currently, she teaches adults and children intermediate and advanced drawing and painting techniques at her studio called the Learning Lab and is the Director of Artistic Experiences for Blumenthal Performing Arts. website: www.breestallings.com Follow Bree on IG @breequixote Freestyle Beat by S. Carter PoetUp Crew: Twitter: @PoetUpPodcast @mallchi @MrBluz @jayward2030 IG: @PoetUpPodcast @mallchi @bluzbluzbluz @jward2030 Facebook: @PoetUpPodcast Email us at [email protected] Visit our website: www.poetuppodcast.com Rate us, Review us tell a friend about us. Thank you for listening. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/poetup/message

In this bonus episode, we are bringing you an interview with poet and master storyteller Hannah Hasan. This was recorded April 11, 2021 when the Poet Up crew did live shows at Blumenthal for National Poetry Month (check out our FB page for the live videos).  Hannah Info: 2021 Hermitage Fellow Hannah Hasan is an award-winning, highly acclaimed spoken word poet, speaker, and storyteller who believes that our stories can set us free. With themes that center home, social justice, racial justice, women's rights, and more; Hannah is often commissioned to write and perform customized powerful poetry and provide speeches and facilitate workshops for events, conferences, and meetings. Check out Hannah's website www.hannahhasan.com  Follow Hannah: IG @iamhannahhasan Get your tickets to Hannah's live show 'I Am Queen Charlotte' here Freestyle Beat by @mallchi PoetUp Crew: Twitter: @PoetUpPodcast @mallchi @MrBluz @jayward2030 IG: @PoetUpPodcast @mallchi @bluzbluzbluz @jward2030 Facebook: @PoetUpPodcast Email us at [email protected] Visit our website: www.poetuppodcast.com Rate us, Review us tell a friend about us. Thank you for listening. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/poetup/message

In this episode we chat with Emmy winning poet, linguistic supervillian, sports announcer and cultural critic Jugga Levert. We talk about how poetry is what makes JG survive (8:45) his family and sports (11:45) who's tougher Urban Meyer or Scott Woods (17:00) Jay Ward uses "poet voice" reluctantly at first (24:40) We discuss JG's broadcasting career and winning an Emmy (29:00) Bluz forgets Jay Ivy (39:10). We talk about JG wanting to do a one man show (43:20) discuss if poetry slams should have professional judges (46:10) JG makes comparisons of poets to rappers (55:20) Moody love the kids (58:50) and of course we freestyle (61:15)

JG Info: Using the stage name JG The Jugganaut, John Gibson is a 2013 National Poetry Award winner. Through his work, John gives vivid and insightful accounts of life as a black American without shying away from the painful or the humorous. JG has represented the city of Columbus three times at The National Poetry Slam, making it to the semifinals of the competition in 2013. John is a graduate of Bowling Green State University and currently serves as host and curator of The Ness Open Mic Experience poetry show in Columbus, Ohio. 

Follow JG on IG and Twitter: @blamejg and on Facebook: Jugga Levert 

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We're back folks! In this season 3 opener we chat with Wayne Henry a poet's poet. We talk 90's R&B, Wayne's poetic beginnings, getting into intimate spaces with people and why it makes them uncomfortable, his work in Dallas with the youth, why poetry isn't a community and of course we freestyle.  Wayne Henry Info: Wayne Henry a poet who is dedicated to bringing awareness to issues such as mental health, oppression, depression, and concepts of spiritual growth. Raised in South Central Los Angeles, he was exposed to a melting pot of different cultures, giving him a broad canvas for his work. Henry moved to Dallas in 2008 and has become a passionate poet who writes each line to watch it come alive through poetry. Apart from poetry, working with youth has been his crowning achievement. The Writer’s Garret, Big Thought, Wordspace, and Dallas Poetry Slam have all served as platforms for his teaching artist career. Henry likes to use visual, culinary, religious, and conceptual art to help express thought and emotion to further drive the creativity of youth. Follow Wayne on IG: @dreadful_poet and on Facebook: Wayne Henry Check out Wayne's poetry here Freestyle Beat by @mallchi PoetUp Crew: Twitter: @PoetUpPodcast @mallchi @MrBluz @jayward2030 IG: @PoetUpPodcast @mallchi @bluzbluzbluz @jward2030 Facebook: @PoetUpPodcast Email us at [email protected] Visit our website: www.poetuppodcast.com Rate us, Review us tell a friend about us. Thank you for listening. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/poetup/message

In this season finale episode we chat with screenwriter, singer, poet, dancer and all around dope artist Carlos Robson. We discuss musical influence (8:33) family life (12:00) Mall Chi goes on a tangent (22:48) that magic thing (29:55) Terry Creech, dream crusher (34:10) we circle back and give a proper treatment to Eye Am Bic's TV show (36:15) what the college circuit is like for poets (41:15) Dr. Carlos,Dr. Y.E.L.L.O.W.S.T.O.N.E.  (58:10) Jordan Bailey crashes the party (68:28) Mall Chi has the hiccups (74:00) and of course we freestyle (74:55) and you get Drizzy Jay Ward (80:50). Thank you listening.

Carlos Robson Info:

Carlos Robson is a spoken word poet, playwright, and teaching artist. As a competitive “slam” poet, he’s has competed in local, regional, national and international competitions, winning the National Poetry Slam championship in 2007 and again in 2008 as a member of the North Carolina based team, SlamCharlotte. He has performed in all corners of the nation, on Broadway and internationally, and is a co-founder of the Charlotte based artist collective the Concrete Generation. Twice nominated for APCA Spoken Word Artist of the Year, Carlos has performed at over 100 colleges and universities. In 2009, Carlos co- wrote and appeared in the play “Miles & Coltrane: blue(.)” directed by Quentin Talley, which appeared off-Broadway and at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Follow Carlos on IG and Twitter: @carlosthepoet

Visit his website www.carlosrobson.com

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In this episode we chat with singer, songwriter Laurence Maher. We somehow talk fulcrums and levers (1:26) Laurence talks his beginnings (13:10) Laurence didn't want to go to college for the girls (17:00) The WAP brought Laurence to Charlotte (22:10) he learns music heals (30:10) we get into the intricacies of music with Jay Ward's bookmark (36:30) we make up words (38:20) Jay Ward drops Bible knowledge (47:05) Laurence wants  you to just do it (57:20) and he did 50 pushups? (59:39) Have you ever seen a coal in mid stage on it's way to a diamond (1:04:35) and of course we freestyle (65:55)

Freestyle Beat by @MallChi

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