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...affectionately known as Oke, began his relationship with poetry in elementary school. Just a little more than a decade later, Oke opened for Busta Rhymes’ on-campus concert last spring. His affinity for poetry in all its forms—traditional, rap, and the spoken word—goes as far back as elementary school...
...viewing it as a natural extension of my respect for the word and for communication. In high school, I began performing in poetry-slams after some guidance from an English teacher, in addition to small hip-hop concerts, and thus was introduced to the “spoken word,” or performance poetry. For me though, a lot of the barriers in genre-title don’t exist. I view hip-hop and rap as poetry: any time an individual takes words to express herself, she makes a poetic statement...
...baritone voice carries and has the power to fill auditoriums with his words. Thankfully, when he arrived on campus he found a home in the Spoken Word Society, an outlet through which he can channel his creativity and ideas and develop his craft...
...Spoken Word Society has been a truly inspiring and invigorating family for me, a strong group of people who love the power of the word but also love service and connecting with others…The workshops help serve as spaces to relax and to inspire people to write in any form (poetry, fiction, non-fiction, rap), and the open mics bring out peoples of all types. I really enjoy the way that we have tied the word to teaching and involvement with middle schools and high schools...
...Spoken like a true...