Title: The Power of Poetry | OBV
Headings: The Power of Poetry
The Power of Poetry
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Content: The Power of Poetry | OBV
The Power of Poetry
The power of poetry makes it a real force to be reckoned with. Poetry can affect all generations, and make people consider anything from love to loss, indeed poetry does what little else can, it can inspire. The poet speaks to the reader intimately and exclusively giving you an insight into the inner workings of their minds, their ideas, their loves and hates. And if done well it can illuminate parts of life to the reader that had never been considered. And spoken word is no different, it is performance poetry that is rapidly growing in popularity. One of its most appealing qualities is that it can be performed in many ways varying from a soliloquy to rap. This project, entitled The Power of Poetry, delivers a series of films and interviews with some of the most prominent young poets of the day from Dean Atta to George the Poet. OBV has worked with these artists to explore the issue of racial inequality and injustice from a new perspective and incorporating other themes such as ethnicity, sexuality and, arguably most significantly, identity. BRIDGET MINAMORE : Bridget Minamore is a student and writer who has been performing her own spoken word poetry since 2009.