Team Hawai'i always makes me think. I really enjoy the pieces that speak about their heritage, because that is another part of history that is frequently left out of lessons.

Just Can't Get Enough

I would have to say that this piece is one of my favorites of the favorites. The message is amazing. The metaphors, etc. Brilliant minds these poets have, brilliant.

Brave New Voices--Alysia Harris

Very powerful.

Brave New Voices--Josh Bennett

I don't have HBO anymore, so I'm having to survive on the videos that are posted online. *sad time*



Live version that I found of when I first heard it.

Apparently, Russell Simmons is producing Brave New Voices on HBO.
It'll be younger spoken word artists that are featured. I'm excited because I continue to deepen my obsession with spoken word. It saddens me that I do not write myself, but that can always change.

Joshua Bennett is a part of the show, and I got to see him at the World Poetry Slam this past December. He didn't perform Tamara's Opus there, but his other work is awesome as well.

"Just listen as I play you a symphony on the strings of my heart made for no other ears on this Earth but yours."