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Poetry That Tells a Tale!

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7 years ago

July 11, 2017

FWDmedia

The power in his words that create a story, XabisoVili shares a quote about Performance Poetry with FWD life

Words: Abigail George Images: Various sources

The Master of Performance Poetry, Xabiso Villi says “I utilise my writing to interact with the world. Before I started writing I was always confused as to how to relate to the world and my peers. Through writing, I can take in these external influences, filter them through and externalise my internal world. “

“Never been a thin boy till now, Born so fat, “Yo mama jokes rotated around me”:

Through performance, I can hold up a mirror to the world and say look here, this is what u have experienced and learnt and the world can respond and say yes, that is similar to what I have experienced and learnt. When you are in the audience or performing, you can feel this, it is tangible, and so, you have an audience and performers that are excited to push, represent and share this tangible beauty, this tangible change. I am living proof of that work.

Listen to these words of familiarity:

This is not necessarily the same for all poets but this is also how I believe performance poetry gains its popularity. It always for an array of voices and opinions to exist simultaneously, it allows for those voices to be heard. For those voices to find homes within others.

Performance poetry is popular because it change the world, the one without and the one within. This art form pays my rent and buys my groceries but it also keeps me sane (arguable) and invested in affecting lives.

“I.. hate being a romantic…… :

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