Showing posts with label ArtnSoul. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ArtnSoul. Show all posts
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#PoetryPlug: Decay of Living

Andrew "Prophecy" Harewood Wednesday, April 28, 2010 , ,

Writen By: DeMaria LaForte'

(Vibin to Common- Forever Begins)

Baghdad shoulda had a prom,
Shoulda celebrated under those
ignited skies.
This looks just like 4th of July.
Feels like refuge in rubble.

Lets dance to the sounds
Cuz you know we were born
with this rhythm
tacked to our toes.
Napalm in our DNA,
AK47 heartbeats,

Just let me remember your smile
before it ends.
Run for cover in it
when it rains again outside.
It always rains
So lets be permanent
Like shiny scars,
Lets be ours.

Vibing to bombing,
We young like that.
Let me hold you nervous like
the rifles in 6 year old hands.
Lets be that innocent.
Take shelter in me
like the never named babies
in hurting stomaches.
Lets be their birth
and renew ourselves
like shells reloaded every
200 deaths in the barrels
of our kinsmen (this rhythm runs in the fam)
Lets be dangerous like that.

May the world shudder at the
beautiful horror in our dance.
Let our fingertips burn and fuse
with one another's
for the sake of unity.
Lets be thirst and
drink of the cup that forever spills over
with the tears of our mothers.
Ignore the residual tear gas
and lets sing acidic to eachother.
You don't need to breathe air,
breathe me.

As we dance outside and inside at the same time
Amongst broken walls
under a burning ceiling,
salute to democracy.
Love me like this.
Lets be mysterious
and make this dance look intriguing.
Lets be war photographers,
and show the world that the smoke coiling up
is us.
And if they think these clouds look like Heaven,
they should see it from the inside, it's magical.
Lets be superhuman
and die loud,
and bright,
and bold.

Lets gossip about this night
to the closed ears and eyes of
American idle, and
let us not take offense
to them not wanting their kids
to come out and play with us.
Dare not tell those children that
their parents are the world's music makers.
And that we owe all the success of this
glorious night, to them.
Let's dance to this wonderful world.
Toast to life.

(Written By: DeMaria LaForte')
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The Men of Art&Soul Presents: Love Letters to Venus

Andrew "Prophecy" Harewood Friday, March 26, 2010 , ,
It was a night that any girl would dream about....

From the butter-smooth introduction by Shawn, to the acoustic collaboration between Dre and Harrison, this show was definitely one riddled with pleasant surprises for all the ladies.

Lets see what the ladies have in store for the guys THIS Tuesday...
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Art&Soul Presents Luvapalooza: The Love Renaissance

Andrew "Prophecy" Harewood Wednesday, February 24, 2010 , ,

Seats were something you could only wish about....
had you gotten to the show, after the opening. From all different types of social tracks and genres around campus, people FLOCKED to see what the hype was about - Had they not knew about it from before hand. If you missed this show, this moment in history, you truly missed out on a chance to see some of Oakwood University's finest poets and performers dazzling the hearts of hundreds in a spectacle - in poetry and music (but mostly poetry....POETS RUN THE SHOW). "It was by far the best AnS show I've ever seen" said Maine, a member of the highly esteemed "ArtnSoul" group, and one of the poets that performed that night. The show attracted from faculty members, the student body, and other poets from around the community - even a group of poets that came to support from The University of Alabama in Huntsville.

The show began with the usual open-mic, that grew so long within the ten minutes it was open, literally only half the people that signed up actually got the chance to make it to the stage. However, even in only being able to present half the list, the open-mic list itself was "crazy" - in comparison to the usual.

But then it was show time. As the curtains closed to set the stage, it was then reopened to only reveal Shawn, a rookie poet to the A&S group, doing his piece in classic "Mr. Rodgers" parody. From then on it was "nothing but panty droppers." EVERYBODY brought their A game. Even the host/MC of the night, who tickled the audience with his witty humor and striking appearance (*Cough...I was the host *cough). The show flowed all the way through, even keeping the vast majority of the audience after the intermission - which has always been a struggle AnS has wrestled with. The show was tied together at the end with a piece by Mick, another rookie poet to the group, that dedicated a piece to the special lady of his heart.

On a personal note...
I have been in ArtnSoul for the better part of 3 years now, and i can honestly say, NO OTHER SHOW SINCE I'VE BEEN IN THE GROUP can hold a candle to the spectacle I witnessed that night. It had everything you wanted - Sad pieces, happy pieces, pieces about God, even pieces to scores and acoustic backdrops. I can't explain the emotion I felt watching the show from a shadow on the wall, witnessing what was said to "never be again" and "what ArtnSoul USED to be." In between the camera crew that was filming the show, and the flashes from cameras (from the 4 or so photographers that came), I couldn't but help remembering what "Luvapalooza" was like when I came in. We had NOTHING. We barley filled HALF of the auditorium FOR A FREE SHOW. And to see a body in EVERY seat, on top of the fact that EVERYONE HAD TO PAY, really made me thank God for everything. period. Because I remember a time when they said success and ArtnSoul shall never again be synonymous, and to those individuals I have nothing but love. However...well...that's another post for another day.
Praise be to God for great things He has, will, and continue to keep doing in the lives of every poet on campus, and ArtnSoul as a group.

AnS UP!!!!!! ___ X