A book and CD of poetry, slam poetry and spoken word pieces. Every poem in the book is represented on the CD. The CD consists of poems with music, poems with vocals only and interludes of music. The work is varied touching on subjects of childhood to rants about urban living.
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John Powers is a national performing poet, born in London England currently residing in Providence Rhode Island. He lost his accent long ago. After High School he joined a cult known as Bryant College, a top rated business school in Smithfield Rhode Island. After graduating in 1993 he moved back to Massachusetts and joined another cult, known as the business world. In 1998 he stumbled upon a spoken word open mic hosted by Bill Macmillan and realized the mess he was in. "Poetry saved my life, it taught me to question everything and take nothing - at face value" By day, John still resides in the business world, but now sees himself as an insider. "We need somebody looking out for the artists... Some say being a poet and a businessman cancel each other out, I think their philosophy is over budget." By night, John is the founder and host of the DownCity SLAM, a weekly poetry show on Thursday's at a bar called Nick-A-Nee's in Providence. He also hosts a small reading called the Moonstruck Poetry Caf in Charlton Massachusetts, an hour's drive from Providence. He is the founder of the CUPS performing troop - a touring group of poets with an activist's point of view and is on the organizing committee for the year 2000 Poetry Slam Nationals being held in Providence in August. He regularly reads his work on the AM 990 WALE - Power Bomb Rock radio show, he has performed, slammed, and featured all over New England, New York City, New Jersey, and Washington DC. He was a member of the 1999 Providence Poetry Slam team that competed in Chicago.
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An AMAZING collection! Great for gifts!,
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This review is from: The 14th Apostle (Paperback)
It's a beautiful introduction to one of the great young poets budding in New England. Having been blessed by finding other earlier (out of print) works by this poet, I had to step back in attempting to review this, his latest and most prominent work. Couple the brilliant works of poetry contained within the book with the CD found in the back insert and you have an indespensible addition to your modern poetry collection. Cutting edge poetry and an introduction to the best of spoken word make this book worth buying 2 copies. I have my keep safe one, and my 'loaner' copy to show people the kind of poetry I enjoy to read and to hear. John Powers is an excellent artist who astounds me with prose, and his energy. I'll keep my eye out for any new work of his, and I'd suggest everyone to do the same (after they read this, of course!).
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