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Adisa the Verbaliser
Adisa was born with a silver tongue and a head full of rhymes. He exploded onto the spoken word scene in 1993. His mango flavoured metaphors and his larva-fuelled performances soon became legendary on the London performance poetry circuit. One year after taking his show on the road, Adisa landed first place in a National competition titled New Performance Poet of the Year. Benjamin Zephaniah, who was one of the judges said: “Adisa is the future. It’s so good to have something to look forward to.” Adisa’s really amazing website with contact info is here.
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Here is one of his fabulous poems:
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I am carnival
London is no longer naked
Picasso’s brush has kissed human skin
The world unites on one doorstep
Now the masquerade can begin
A million voices crescendo
All speaking the same tongue
The sound system speaker pays respect
To the godfarther the African drum
A sea of hands holds the heavens aloft
As if offering the creator a prayer
Baselines embrace slippery waistlines
The rhythm is so moving, even the statues shed a tear
Sound bites have no place in this parliament
The government has come to the streets
In this global democracy
The people vote with their feet
Some bring red, some bring yellow
Then fly their flags to salute the day
The young find wisdom in an elders face
The old remember the joys of play
And above the music
We hang our dreams on the shoulders of hope
Riding this runaway train
And harmonizing on the same note
Which sounds like
I am London
I am the world
I am Carnival
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© Adisa the Verbaliser
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