I've written poetry for years but have always wanted to bring it to life in a way that it can resonate more deeply with readers. I hope you enjoy these living poems and the layered atmosphere of visuals and verse.
I think we've all experienced this situation of desperation to get across the finish line and breathe again. (Music- S.G. Lewis "Dusk")
This poem began as an entirely different metaphor but ultimately speaks to the need for collective racial colorblindness. (Music- Cafe de Anatolia "Enta Omri", Billy Esteban mix)
This is a poem dedicated to Helen Keller and her extra-human capabilities in communication. (Music- Bonobo "Cirrus")
This theorizes about potential reasons for a language going extinct. Fact: the text in the washing machine actually comes from the near-extinct Potawatomi language. (Music- Cybertribe "Finding the Magic Oyster")
This poem is dedicated to fellow pre-ordained perpetually "singles". (Music- Ants "edit Crying over pros for no reason")
This is a poem for my fellow transit-riders and the unique experience of being completely surrounded or entirely alone at any given point on a daily journey. (Music- Bassnectar "Reaching Out")
This poem was built from a small one I had written ten years ago after an experience visiting and learning from informal settlements in Nairobi (all my own photographs). (Music- B-Complex "Girl With Flower")
The nostalgia or deep melancholic longing for something lost or not yet experienced. (Music- Sunlounger "Balearic Breakfast")
This poem is about memories that escape when we don't want them to, or more importantly, when they take control and escape when they should. (Music- Teho "Space Explorers")
This poem is about the "luck of the draw" in life. (Music- Jay Mellock "Sahara Fragments")
This poem investigates the metaphor of time as bread. (Music- Bright Angel Deep House Progressive 2021)
This poem ponders the evolution of a relationship, and if sounds of objects and experiences related to it were not as we knew them. (Music- Chicane "Lost you Somewhere")
This poem speaks about the experience of every one of us as we move along the queue towards the unknown afterlife. (Music- Tanya Tagaq "Aorta")
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