Videos - HBO Def Poetry Star Beau Sia @ The Inspired Word

HBO Def Poetry Star Beau Sia @ Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011, One and One Bar/Restaurant, Nexus Lounge, Manhattan, NYC. Hosted by Gemineye.

Spoken word poet Beau Sia has toured Europe and the U.S. and was one of the true superstars on HBO Def Poetry. He authored the poetry book A Night Without Armor II: The Revenge as well as the spoken word CD's Attack! Attack! Go! and Dope and Wack. His work also appears in numerous anthologies including Bum Rush the Page: A Def Poetry Jam, and he has appeared in several documentary films, Slamnation, Slam, and Race is the Place. He was featured in the 2000 ESPN X Games and on Hardball with Chris Matthews, Last Call with Carson Daly, Showtime at the Apollo, The Today Show, and The Tony Awards. His film career expanded to include Hitch, with Will Smith, and The Manchurian Candidate, with Denzel Washington. He is one of the original cast members in Def Poetry Jam on Broadway, a 2003 Special Event Tony Award Winner.

This event was funded in part by Poets & Writers, Inc. with public funds from New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.

Def Poetry Stars Regie Cabico & Claudia Alick Headline @ The Inspired Word - Feb. 17

Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word features HBO Def Poetry stars Regie Cabico and Claudia Alick! Rare New York City appearances! Regie is coming in from D.C., Claudia from Oregon. Don't miss these two forces of nature. + 12-slot open mic (open not only to poets and spoken word artists but fiction/nonfiction writers, comedians, monologists, singers, and musicians).

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Regie Cabico is a spoken word pioneer having won The Nuyorican Poets Cafe Grand Slam. His work appears in over 30 anthologies including The Outlaw Bible of American Poery, Spoken Word Revolution & Aloud: Voices from the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. He is a 3 time National Poetry Slam Finalist and appeared on 2 seasons of HBO's Def Poetry Jam. He received a NY Innovation Theater Award for his work in Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind & fellowships from The New York Foundation for the Arts, The DC Commission for the Arts & The Hip Hop Theater Festival. He recently performed on tour with Sister Spit & co-wrote 2 Dicks & A Diva with D'Lo & Kit Yan for Zero Capital.



Claudia Alick is a playwright, performance artist, actress, producer, teacher, journalist, and HBO Def Poetry poet. She produces the outdoor performance series "The Green Show" for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, has guest-lectured at New York University, Montgomery College, taught with Arena Stage and The Shakespeare Theatre, and was named by American Theater Magazine as one of 25 theater artists who will shape American Theater in the next 25 years. She has also served as the Artistic Director of Smokin' Word Productions, authored and directed plays staged at The Kennedy Center, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, LaMama E.T.C., Cherry Lane Theater, and the Hip Hop Theatre Festival, and is a member of the award winning NY Neofuturists. She lives in Ashland, Oregon.



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When: Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011

Where: One and One Bar & Restaurant (downstairs Nexus Lounge)
76 East 1st Street (corner of 1st Avenue)
Manhattan, NYC
http://www.oneandoneny.com/
Phone: (212) 598-9126

Time: 6:30pm

Cover Charge: $10

Must be 21 years of age or older. Please make sure to bring ID.

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HBO Def Poetry Jam - Alicia Keys "P.O.W."

Shanelle Gabriel Shows The Inspired Word Some Love

Def Poetry - Nikki Giovanni "Talk To Me Poem"

Curious: What is your favorite poem ever?

Mine is Desiderata:
written by Max Ehrmann in the 1920s

Go placidly amid the noise and the haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.

As far as possible, without surrender,
be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others,
even to the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons;
they are vexatious to the spirit.

If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain or bitter,
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.

Exercise caution in your business affairs,
for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals,
and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love,
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment,
it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.

Beyond a wholesome discipline,
be gentle with yourself.
You are a child of the universe
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be.
And whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life,
keep peace in your soul.

With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful. Strive to be happy

Suheir Hammad: "First Writing Since"

On Thursday, I finally met Suheir. Admire her greatly. And she now knows it.

Rachel McKibbens @ The Inspired Word - March 26, 2010

Taylor Mali's "Like, you know"

Thomas Fucaloro @ The Inspired Word - March 12, 2010

Timothy Prolific Jones @ The Inspired Word - March 12, 2010

5-Time Def Poet Bassey Ikpi @ The Inspired Word - March 12, 2010

Def Poet Paul Flores Sends Kind Words

Without any solicitation, Paul wrote about The Inspired Word: "Your event inspires me."

We adore Paul as well. His piece on HBO Def Poetry Jam, Brown Dreams, is something of extraordinary brilliance.

Def Poet Shanelle Gabriel @ The Inspired Word - Jan. 29, 2010