Tag: poetry
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Amsterdam-born and bred artist Sydney Lowell has been writing poetry for thirteen years, and performing her work for the last six. Covering powerful themes with the purpose of connection, over recent years, she has been blending music into her poetic practice. Last month, her long-awaited EP, WORD, was finally released on Spotify, featuring Sydney Lowell’s original poems on music.…
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![The Diaspora experience through poetry by Momtaza Mehri [@RuffneckRefugee]](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2019_Freedom_of_Expression_Awards_46817713744_cropped-1140x850.jpg)
Momtaza Mehri is familiar with the poetry scene, yet her debut collection brings something unheard of Mehri, a Somali-British Poet, is also the Young People’s Poet Laureate for London. Her dual paths as a writer and political activist merge in her most recent work – ‘Bad Diaspora Poems.’ Mehri’s latest collection is rich both lyrically…
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![GUAP Online Meets: The Soulful Spoken-Word Poet, Sophia Thakur [@SophiaThakur]](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/MG_6071-180x180.jpg)
Sophia Thakur is one of those poets that embodies lyricism and soul with her debut poetry book “Somebody Give This Heart A Pen” the Gambian-British performance poet explores the emotions of going through puberty, heartbreak, joy, and fear. Thakur has said the collection was inspired by her experience of being a girl of mixed-race heritage growing…
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— The daughter of two immigrants – an Iraqi father and a Palestinian-Syrian mother, 21 year-old Rafah Mohamed is a multi-lingual painter, student and aspiring poet living with an incredibly rare eye condition called Visual Snow Syndrome; a condition yet still to be recognised by many mainstream doctors. Those affected find their vision is busied…
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![The Story of a Queer Pakistani Muslim Activist, Psychologist and Poet. Meet Sanah Ahsan [@psychology_and_poetry]](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/4e0b465b-8c05-49b0-aff3-d01688af23f4-180x180.jpg)
In the last week I had the opportunity to speak to Sanah Ahsan, a psychologist, poet and activist, as well as a queer Pakistani Muslim womxn. Sanah’s work is truly inspiring. From taking on the challenge of decolonising a predominantly white, middle class profession to voicing a Muslim rhetoric in the Shakespeare Globe theatre. She…
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![Shahlaa Discovers [@ShahlaaTahira] X Guap – [@PitchImperfect_ ] Takeover](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-02-at-08.14.00.png)
I first met Pitch Imperfect in 2015, when I seen him perform at Remel London’s #RateMePlz event. He performed a spoken word piece called Instagirl and between his crowd control, delivery and relevant message, I knew he was going to make waves on the scene. Fast forward to 2017 and not only has Pitch Imperfect…
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![[@halievocalist] Introduces [@damisule1] with “Self Love” #blackboyjoy](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/21041951_830665340440541_6819863661763362816_n1.jpg)
Who Dámì Sule is Manchester based poet and musician. Dami has recently released his debut EP. Crayons, on which the lead single is Self Love. Dámì is a young talent who speaks with purpose, who couldn’t do with a bit more of that? What Self Love embraces unity, empowerment and the uplifting of the Black community. There…