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")
What started out one metaphor resulted in a completely different one - a plea for racial colorblindness. (Music: Cafe Anatolia)
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 poem was selected from competitive submissions as part of the Mayor of Boston's Annual Poetry Program in 2022, and was on display in Boston's City Hall in for one year. It 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 was selected from competitive submissions as part of the Mayor of Boston's Annual Poetry Program in 2022, and was on display in Boston's City Hall in for one year. It 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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