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Anonymous
1st March 8:41am
Anonymous

upon winters morn
this poem is a fav of mine, the video is lets say getting my feet wet

https://youtu.be/pV-EoZYd1v8
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1st March 00:17am
TheYellowPoet

Just saying hello!
Hi all, I'm really inspired by spoken word and I can't wait to see all your work! I hope to create my own soon, but this is a huge jump from reciting poetry in the shower... I'm super eager and excited to hear from you all!
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19th February 8:36pm
Jah-remains Momodou

In my silence
Here I'm
Hello to poetry
Hello to myself
Hello to you

I mediate and dream more inside my silence dark.


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Anonymous
17th February 8:53pm
Anonymous

Underground Out Loud Newsletter #4

Hey chaps and chapettes!

The Underground Out Loud Newsletter is now live on Facebook!

Congratulations to RowanTree, NicodemusReuben and Wordscape who are our featured stereo stars this month!

You can read the article here:

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10156044066868665&id=148635498664


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Edited 14th February 4:09am
gazellemon Bradley J

instrumentals to perform over/inspire you?
poetry 838
I love finding new tunes on youtube that inspire me to write and perform to them. I will post some below, but where do you wonderful people find your instrumentals? Do you make your own? Let's talk about this :)
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Anonymous
10th February 9:20am
Anonymous

Loud Speaker Competition Thread
Good morning Chaps & Chapettes!

So you may or may not have seen that we have launched our first audio / video competition on DUP which we are very excited about.

Use this post for encouragement, questions, hints & tips or general healthy good old fashioned competition banter.

The competition involves creating a new video or audio piece. We would like to encourage people who have never tried audio / video poetry before to have a go. Everybody is capable! :)

You can join the video / audio comp here: https://deepundergroundpoetry.com/forum/competitions/read/10116/#419202

Look forward to seeing you there!
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Edited 24th December 2:17am
gazellemon Bradley J

Underground Out Loud - Newsletter #3
Hello dwellers of the undergound!

We are happy to bring you the third installment of loud speaker poetry, showcasing more of the talent in DUP and answering some questions we are frequently asked about recording.

You can read the whole article on Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10155913161818665&id=148635498664

Congratulations to Rowntree, BeanBandit, and Bridge818 who are our featured stereo stars this month!

Happy holidays!

-Missy, Magdalena gazellemon :)
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Edited 26th November 6:08pm
admin DU Webmistress

#relationshipgoals & Say Goodbye To These - Live 16.08.17

#relationshipgoals

And then she woke up
Head filled with thunder
Heart split a sunder
Prey to the hunter
And she wonders
Why she's here again
He got into her head again
Words are so sweet
Until the sentences end
She knows what this is
But she likes to pretend

That one day
He'll stay
And he'll say
That he loves her
Without a slur
And he'll mean every word
But those words
Will never be heard
And the longer it lasts
The more it chips away at her
Self confidence
And the moment he left
Felt like a bullet to her chest
He left just like all the rest
I said it's probably for the best

I said
Fuck it!
Sometimes
We have to cut
Those emotional ties
In order to survive
And once again
To actually feel alive
Sometimes we need to take
Solace in solitude
And know
This road
We roam
Is long
But you'll make your own home
Yes you'll finally be strong
On your own

But my words
As always
Fell upon her deaf ears
As she wiped away
An ocean of fresh tears
She professed to me all of her fears

She didn't think
She could live here life
Without a him
Right by her side
Defined by a love
That she couldn't find
So she makes another mistake
And lets another man take
What he wants from her
And leaves her a little bit more broken
And that remains
To this day
Even if it goes unspoken
And the next man comes along
She thinks this really could be the one
She becomes consumed by his love
She can't imagine
Another man's touch

And as two became one
The loneliness seemed to subside
The emptiness inside
Was no longer a place
Where her heart would reside
She loved him so much
But that only made him complacent
Controlling
Manipulative
The corner stones of an abusive relationship

She flat out refused
To acknowledge any of his lies
He could do nothing wrong
In her love stained eyes
He cheats on her multiple times
Because she always just lets that shit slide
Deep down it eats away at her
But it's better than being
Alone in this life

And then one night
She finally decided enough was enough
She said fuck this life
It's way too tough
I've given up on fate
No longer believe in love
I no longer believe
In that emotional connection
Eyedea was right
It's little more
Than a chemical reaction

So she closed her eyes
And fell into the night
Let the darkness overtake her
And said goodbye to this life
And as the darkness got darker
She thought about her mother
Would she wonder
What pushed her daughter
To the edge

And then nothing
And then silence
And then nothing
And then peace

And then she woke up
Head filled with thunder
And she started to wonder
Why she could see the sun rise
It hurt her eyes
But it made her realise
Life is probably worth living
It's not a precursor to her suicide

And that was the day
When she finally decided to let go
She said
How can I expect anyone to love me
If I can't even love myself, ya know?
She said
I don't need a player 2 in my life
I'll brave through this dark
And I'll find my own light
It took me some time
But I think I'll be alright
Plus you were right
I massively need to change my taste in men

She said I've come to realise
That sometimes
We have to cut
Those emotional ties
In order to survive
And once again
To actually feel alive
Sometimes we need to take
Solace in solitude
And know
This road
We roam
Is long
But I'll make my own home
Yes I'll finally be strong
On my own

She said
Sometimes
We have to cut
Those emotional ties
In order to survive
And once again
To actually feel alive
Sometimes we need to take
Solace in solitude
And I was like
wait wait wait wait wait
Those were the exact words
That I said to you
And that my little ginger haired friend
Is called plagiarism
And that ain't cool
That ain't cool
At all




Say Goodbye To These

We've got this cat named kitty
And she doesn't care too much for me
Even though I talk to her in Dothraki
And do the things you do
To try and keep a cat healthy
I give her eats
And I buy her treats
And don't go mad when she shits
All over my sheets
And when she tries to kill me
by tripping up my feets
I'm still like
Awwwwww you so sweet

And she looks at me like
Who the fuck are you
Don't you fucking look at me
Now where the fuck is my food
Go to the fridge
Get the pouch
Then deliver food to mouth
And then fuck you I'm out
Imma go and hunt this mouse

And she kinda looks like toothless From how to train your dragon
Sad eyes
That hide
In a little ball of fluff
But she'll rip the shit out of your posters
If you don't give her any attention
Then just like P.O.S
She'll be like fuck your stuff

But I love the shit out of that little kitty
Even though she clearly
Prefers my housemates to me
And although she'll never invite me
to one of her cat parties
At least she's not a fucking dog
Written by Bridge818
#4 Bridge818
After a short hiatus, we're back with our next instalment of the #SpokenWordLowdown This is your monthly fix of #SpokenWord performance #poetry

Today we're catching up with Bridge818, who joined DU back in 2015 and is based in the UK, near London.

How would you describe yourself?

Well, I've had my performance and writing style referred to as acapella rap meets spoken nerd poetry. I'm super passionate about the things I love, which is evident by the amount of pop culture references throughout my writings.
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If you were a superhero what would your special power be?

This is probably my most pondered question. The problem with a lot of super powers, is you'd need a secondary power to couple it. There's no point in being able to fly if your body can't adjust to altitude. Same as what's the point in being able to turn invisible, if you're unable to turn objects that you touch invisible too? So, I guess Telepathy is probably the safest, and most useful bet. But I'm probably missing an important factor as to why that's a terrible choice.
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Social media, a force for good or evil?

A bit of both. I think used properly, it can be an amazing tool for education, and a way to raise awareness on issues that wouldn't usually hit our feet. But, at the same time, I genuinely think it's managed to make people dumber. People seem to confuse reading the headline of an article, with being informed. And that's a massive problem. Same as people who live their lives online, and end up in a bubble of their own opinions. If you look hard enough, you'll find a group of people who agree with you, no matter how nasty your opinion. You need people around you who will challenge your opinions and world views.
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Why spoken word?

I'm big into socially conscious hip hop, and find a lot of my favourite artists would do spoken word pieces within their sets. I remember watching one of my favourite artists, a poet/rapper called Scroobius Pip, performing a full spoken word set, and kinda said to myself "This! This is what I want to do" So I did it.
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What is your writing process?

I write everything on my phone, and generally have between 8 to 12 poems on the go at one time. So, I'm basically ready to write whenever something comes to me. I'll be on public transport, and I'll see something that sparks a verse, so will quickly jot it down, then work on it later. I'm terrible at sitting down and dedicate time to writing, if I do my mind starts to drift and I start contemplating which superpower I'd want.
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How does it feel when you perform spoken word?

Performing is hands down my favourite thing to do. It's the one time all my anxieties disappear, and I can really be myself. I highly recommend people do it, being clapped at is easily the best high going.
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Who or what inspires you?

So much, and it can come from nowhere. I could be having a conversation with somebody about love or death or depression or something... and something they'll say will inspire a verse that snowballs into a poem. Same as I could be watching a cartoon and I'll think to myself "I wonder how this character got into this situation?" so will write an origin poem for that character. One of my most popular poems "Don't forget to remember me" came about when my friend's daughter asked me what happened to all of the Stormtroopers after the death star was destroyed. So, I ended up writing a poem about a Stormtrooper trying to get himself back into society.
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What are you ambitions when it comes to Spoken word poetry (feel free to plug stuff here)?

My ambitions change all the time. When I first started I just wanted to get my poems out there, and for people not to hate them. Then when I started getting a bit of a following I wanted to get a cd of my poems recorded and out on Bandcamp. Now that's out, and selling reasonably well, I guess my main ambition is to not lose interest, keep growing as a writer, and carry on getting my name out there. I'm constantly getting messages, on Instagram and Facebook, from strangers from all over the world, telling me how something I've written has touched them. Things like that really keep me going, I have amazing followers.

https://www.facebook.com/DUpoetry/posts/10155832813518665

https://deepundergroundpoetry.com/poets/Bridge818/
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Anonymous
18th November 11:27pm
Anonymous

Underground Out Loud - Newsletter #2
Hello chaps and chapettes!

I'm sure you have all been eagerly awaiting the release of Underground Out Loud - our monthly newsletter... and here it is! Packed with hints, tips and who we thought was just generally smashing this month.

You can read the whole article on Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10155807290998665&id=148635498664

Congratulations to Westley_Nash, Toniscales and Bridge818 who are our featured stereo stars this month.

You all rock!

-Missy & Magdalena :)
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3rd November 7:52pm
Carlie_luv

Kind of shy

My writing takes me away and put me in a new world only I can enter. I feel like a caterpillar waiting to turn into a butterfly. Writing makes me feel exciting and alive.....I would love to join the group and enter the world 


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Anonymous
22nd October 1:22pm
Anonymous

Underground Out Loud - monthly newsletter
Our first monthly newsletter has just been published on Facebook, highlighting some favourites from the past month of submissions and a lowdown of what has been happening with the group.

Congratulations to Gazellemon, Case28 and Gezus who were all featured as our spotlight video / audio artists.

You can read the article here: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10155718713138665&id=148635498664&ref=bookmarks


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19th October 5:49pm
admin DU Webmistress

Fault Line

Irony, is the whole world throwing it's hands up, saying:
"It's not my fault. I'm just one person. It's not my job."
Old men tell me it's a young man's fight—
Young men tell me "yeah, but, not right now",
So when young men grow old with unplanned strife,
We all know they're responsible, just not quite how.
Not MY problem—I just gotta live with it.
That's our motto for Monsanto and cancer,
while trying to hit the lotto, 'cause God's got no answer;
We'll choose not to acknowledge it…it'll cease to exist,
Like a top-dollar scholarship given, teaching the kids,
And the reason is this—bottomless pits are top of the list,
so we've got a skewed perception of what positive is,
and if each is a gift...lots of us have reason to live,
But diseases run free in what we keep in the fridge.
They're genetically modifying and fluoridating water,
Like an enemy occupying incorporated slaughter—
just to canonize a profit...and it's ironic, antibiotics—
are standardized topics—processed food products are complex, true.
Too often, the consequences are onset proof—
I guess God blessed common sense with nonsense, too.
Mass confusion, delusion and the human condition,
The illusion of choice, and all the stupid decisions—
made daily…pre-approved while using a system,
always systematically rerooting its use and description,
The truth…is a victim—living proof is soothing amusement,
A room with a view and a newer prescription,
assimilated and pacified…you were too intuitive,
always challenging things and asking why,
Screwing with consumers, often callousing dreams of passers-by—
Too elusive and thick-skinned…brooding and dissatisfied,
Insinuating conspiracy theories—a serious query is asinine,
thus bastardizing our situation, that information is…classified,
'til it’s pasteurized for public consumption—
Another conundrum as advertised.
With sacrifice in abundance, our other destructive appetites—
are plundering some blunder while under instruction of masterminds.
So it would seem...by our keen subservience.
A liar is a liar, and the buyers seem deserving if--
the preachers keep on preaching and the choirs keep from learning it.
Dire and disconcerting, it's...typecast as aggressive,
But the fires keep from burning when 'fight back' is a question.
Time just keeps returning it right back from the essence,
Repeating the same cycle...why ask an obsession—
if seeing the same sights'll bring life-lasting impressions?
We've always done it this way...pass the buck—
buy back a recession, and stifle the ones with something to say,
this ignorance is bliss...that's why we've never made it different for the kids.
That's why we’ll never take a risk for what it is—
Lest a Byzantine despot...they're not listening for thickening test-plots,
so give me liberty—or give me...Xbox, and magic assumptions.
All this pollution to look past the corruption,
So here's a solution—just don't ask if it functions,
we offer excuses, then go bask in our judgements.
Standing at the fault line, wasting our breath—
I’ll be placing my bets, it ain’t falling on you.
Damages and lost time, chasing our debts—
Always did what they said, ‘cause that’s…all we could do,
So God bless this ignorance…may it absolve the innocents—
for generations to come—it’s their problem…isn’t it?

Copyright © 2014 Travis J Gibbs, The Ant1-Her0 Project
Written by Ant1-Her0-Project (Travis)
#3 Ant1-Her0-Project

Okay folks, so for our third instalment of the #spokenwordlowdown, we cross the water to the states, for a man whose lyricism, makes you REALLY, have to listen ! So, let's find out more about the ..... Ant1-Her0 Project ......
Okay, hey there Travis, aka ... Ant1-Her0 Project, good to catch up with ya, so, why the name, " Ant1-Her0 Project ", and why the numbers, instead of letters in the name ?

Thanks for the interest, I appreciate it.
The ANT1-HER0 Project is the name of a multimedia art installation I created, and have showcased in five states so far. The project is an ongoing art narrative about a graffiti writer trying to instigate rebellion in a corporate-controlled police state. The project is comprised of illustration, graphic art, poetry, prose, and spoken word performances. The numbers represent binary code, which I also tend to use as a metaphor for social programming. On a less-exciting note, there is also at least one band, and a skateboard company that uses the name "Anti Hero" --so using the numbers may help me avoid any alleged copyright/trademark infringements if my project ever builds a large enough audience to present potential conflicts on the business end of it. You can never be too careful.
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Where are you from and how old are you ?

I just turned 36, and I'm from New London, CT. I'm relocating to New York State in October, due to the fact that my work is better received in NY than it is in CT.
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Passion, Intensity and intricate wordplay is what I get from your material ....
How would you define what your brand of Spoken Word is ?

I'm not sure I can speak for any particular brand it's akin to --but I can say that I'm heavily influenced by 80's 90's Hip Hop and Punk Rock. I'm certainly not a traditional person or poet by any means, so in my experience, no particular brand of anything is usually quick to adopt what I do, despite being appreciative of it. In terms of delivery, it's kind of an unfamiliar territory, but I like it that way. I've always been a fan/supporter of raw, unapologetic poets and lyricists who make a habit of raising the bar for technical ability while challenging the status-quo --and at the end of the day, I'd like to think I'm doing my part to pay it forward. As one of the fastest and most effective vehicles for influencing thought and behavior, I think art has a duty to serve on the front lines of social change.
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Do you find that audiences connect with your material easily ?

Yes and no --and for deliberate and unintentional reasons, if I'm being perfectly honest. I work hard to ensure that I'm entertaining, and thankfully, for years now, the applause has always been very favorable to me --but the work I do is also confrontational and complex, so it depends on how open they are to sociopolitical topics and how much they enjoy a good challenge. On the deliberate side, I don't create art with the intent of it being fully-grasped in just one sitting. Personally, I prefer works of art that require many visits to digest, so I don't go out of my way to hold anyone's hand. Many people argue that all good art makes a clear and simple case, but I don't think that's a golden rule --ease of accessibility may also make it disposable.
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What was your worst performance experience and why ?

I was in the final round of a poetry slam, competing for a spot in CT's national slam team --and I got distracted, and tripped myself up while performing a brand new poem that I think would have advanced me. A drunk dude stumbled loudly into the venue, and disrupted me while he was looking for someone he knew--normally, I'm not so easily distracted, but I was a little more nervous and excited than I usually am, because I really thought I could win. Overall, it was still a great experience, and I met some really dope poets. Though I've won many smaller titles, I don't go into any competition with expectations of winning, because my style is so unorthodox --so knowing I could have just spiked my nerves a bit.
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Is writing therapeutic for you ?

Definitely --even at a young age, I found myself better equipped to express myself through writing; as I would imagine most writers probably do. I've been writing as long as I've been drawing, which is longer than I can remember. I do a lot of independent research regarding sociopolitical and socioeconomic topics as well, and though that depresses most people to no end, I also find that incredibly therapeutic. I have an insatiable desire to learn and understand as much as I possibly can --it's too bad that it'll never be enough.
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What's going on currently with the Ant1-Her0 Project and is there anything fresh in the pipeline ?

After self-publishing a "more accessible" introduction to my work with a chap book/DVD combo, I'm currently working on a full-length book called "WAR PAINT - The ART of DISSENT". The full-length book will include all of my illustrations and poetry, several essays, two sequential short stories, and a spoken word DVD. It's an in-depth introduction to counter-culture initiatives for the anarcho-curious, and examines the roles art and entertainment play in both pacification and activism.
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Musically speaking, who are you listening to currently ?

I'm very picky when it comes to music. A few of my favorite bands are Propagandhi, Bad Religion, Anti-Flag, Rise Against, and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. A handful of my favorite Hip Hop acts include Supastition, Hail Mary Mallon, Doomtree, Blueprint, Foundation, and always Boot Camp Clik...but you did say currently --there are many other artists who've had a tremendous amount of influence on me over the last 25 years, and I'd be more than happy to talk about all of them if asked in the future.
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..... and Finally, in Trumps' America, do you think that Spoken Word, can touch the type of people who voted for him ?

This is a tough question. Yes and no. If I didn't think people could be reached, I wouldn't bother doing what I do --I also feel it's most important to focus on young minds that are still malleable. Anyone over a certain age is so well-indoctrinated and polarized in their views, that the only thing that may change their minds are life-altering experiences --challenge those people, but know that they're probably too far gone. Even in debate, know that your opponent's mind is not likely to change --your audience is the silent observer watching the debate unfold. I'm 36, that means the future already belongs to someone else --much of my generation is too old to care-- any chance we have is to influence the way that our kids think about things. Social change can be equated to watching hair grow --if you're in it to see significant changes in your lifetime, you're likely to find yourself being deeply depressed and discouraged almost every step along the way. I would argue that one's energy is best spent on those who are willing to change. The world is changed by the ones most willing --the ones most willing are a mindful minority. The compact majority are largely incapable of critical thought, and are going to do what they always do --follow their leader.
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.... and, as with everyone, is there any merchandise you'd like to promote ?

For anyone who's interested, I have do have an online store on my website --www.ant1her0.com -- where my first multimedia chap book is for sale, and high quality prints of all my original illustrations. I ship anywhere in The United States.

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