The Poet Speaks Podcast

It's the SEASON 9 Finale!Check out Amanda's conversation with Mason Granger !Mason Granger (he/him) is a spoken word artist with over a decade of experience on stages & in educational settings across all 50 states and nine countries. His work centers around matters of class, nature, and sustainability-- both of ourselves as human beings and the world we share-- all from an imaginative and forward-thinking perspective.As the inaugural Poet in Residence of the Schwarzenegger Institute at USC and an LA-Paris 2024 Poetic Games Olympic Showcase Awardee, Mason is one of Southern California's most engaging poetic voices. Whether inhabiting a stage himself or making space for others' voices to shine, Mason's approach to the craft of spoken word poetry emphasizes engagement, connection, and creativity. His philosophy is simple: Teachers make sure you walk out knowing what you need to know; poets make sure you walk out feeling what you need to feel. Mason's work, intentionally, makes sure you walk out with both cups full.As a poet, Mason has been featured on ESPN (2011) , PBS (2018), the Golden Globes (2021), multiple national magazines, and founded a spoken word YouTube channel (2014), SlamFind, with 100,000 subscribers. As an educator and nonprofit director at Get Lit - Words Ignite in LA (2024) and Bowery Poetry Club in NYC (2019), his students have performed for The Last Poets (2018), Prince Harry & Meaghan Markle (2021), been named National Youth Poet Laureate (2023), and achieved countless other accolades. He created poetry exchange programs in Romania (2019) and The Netherlands (2024), performed at the Austrian World Summit (2024), and did a backflip once (2003).At the end of the day, however, it's not about an individual's past accomplishments, but how we can all build a better future based on the moments we create together in the present. Spoken word poetry, at its very best, is a living art form, and filling a room with that Life--no matter where, when, or with who-- is what inspires Mason every time he steps on stage.Mason's Links: @masongranger CHECK OUT AMANDA'S NEW TV SHOW: The Poet Speaks with Amanda Eke! Now airing on the Archaeology Channel and Roku!STREAM HERE:https://heritagetac.org/programs/the-poet-speaks-with-amanda-eke-i28z2vn9bsc?category_id=65263Be sure to check out The Poet Speaks Podcast on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/thepoetspeakspodcast/And listen to,The Poet Speaks Podcast, on the go on ALL STREAMING PLATFORMS WORLDWIDE!Apple:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/1cM1rdF...Did you know The Poet Speaks is also Amanda's touring global workshop? She teaches people all about how to make, create and the history of Spoken Word and Indigenous oral traditions! To make a booking for The Poet Speaks Workshop with your organization, apply for mentorships with Amanda, book interviews, as well as writing consultations, please use this link: https://www.amandaeke.com/servicesMusic by: Buzu Buzuhttps://www.instagram.com/bbuzu/

Check out Amanda's conversation with Adela Najarro!Adela Najarro is the author of four poetry collections, including Volcanic Interruptions, which earned an Honorable Mention at the 2024 International Latino Book Awards. Her forthcoming collection, Variations in Blue, will be published in March 2025 by Letras Latinas/Red Hen Press.A California Arts Council Fellow, Najarro is a passionate advocate for Latine/x arts and social justice, serving on the board of Círculo de Poetas and Writers. She holds a doctorate in literature and creative writing from Western Michigan University and an M.F.A. from Vermont College. Adela's Links: @adelanajarroCHECK OUT AMANDA'S NEW TV SHOW: The Poet Speaks with Amanda Eke! Now airing on the Archaeology Channel and Roku!STREAM HERE:https://heritagetac.org/programs/the-poet-speaks-with-amanda-eke-i28z2vn9bsc?category_id=65263Be sure to check out The Poet Speaks Podcast on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/thepoetspeakspodcast/And listen to,The Poet Speaks Podcast, on the go on ALL STREAMING PLATFORMS WORLDWIDE!Apple:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/1cM1rdF...Did you know The Poet Speaks is also Amanda's touring global workshop? She teaches people all about how to make, create and the history of Spoken Word and Indigenous oral traditions! To make a booking for The Poet Speaks Workshop with your organization, apply for mentorships with Amanda, book interviews, as well as writing consultations, please use this link: https://www.amandaeke.com/servicesMusic by: Buzu Buzuhttps://www.instagram.com/bbuzu/

Check out Amanda's conversation with Yetvart S. Majian!Yetvart S. Majian, a first-generation Armenian-American native of Hudson County and Saint Peter’s University alum, is a local poetry facilitator, active performer and literary organizer in the tristate area.Yetvart's Links:@emajianCHECK OUT AMANDA'S NEW TV SHOW: The Poet Speaks with Amanda Eke! Now airing on the Archaeology Channel and Roku!STREAM HERE:https://heritagetac.org/programs/the-poet-speaks-with-amanda-eke-i28z2vn9bsc?category_id=65263Be sure to check out The Poet Speaks Podcast on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/thepoetspeakspodcast/And listen to,The Poet Speaks Podcast, on the go on ALL STREAMING PLATFORMS WORLDWIDE!Apple:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/1cM1rdF...Did you know The Poet Speaks is also Amanda's touring global workshop? She teaches people all about how to make, create and the history of Spoken Word and Indigenous oral traditions! To make a booking for The Poet Speaks Workshop with your organization, apply for mentorships with Amanda, book interviews, as well as writing consultations, please use this link: https://www.amandaeke.com/servicesMusic by: Buzu Buzuhttps://www.instagram.com/bbuzu/

Check out Amanda's conversation with Larry Love! Larry Love is a dynamic professional spoken word artist who performs powerful pieces of poetry with an urgent intent to highlight the need for social change. He is also the Writer, Producer and Director of several spoken Word musical stage plays which center on love and the unpredictability of relationships. As founder and CEO of the entertainment and outreach organization, Creative Love Network, Larry believes that poetry, music and the arts can both entertain and positively impact lives. To that effect, he utilizes his experience as a Life Mastery classroom mentor and a certified Emotional Intelligence facilitator to add impactful substance to his projects and performances.Having graced stages across the country and beyond, Larry Love is a multi talented creative force and a champion for the people.Larry's Links: @poetlarryloveCHECK OUT AMANDA'S NEW TV SHOW: The Poet Speaks with Amanda Eke! Now airing on the Archaeology Channel and Roku!STREAM HERE:https://heritagetac.org/programs/the-poet-speaks-with-amanda-eke-i28z2vn9bsc?category_id=65263Be sure to check out The Poet Speaks Podcast on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/thepoetspeakspodcast/And listen to,The Poet Speaks Podcast, on the go on ALL STREAMING PLATFORMS WORLDWIDE!Apple:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/1cM1rdF...Did you know The Poet Speaks is also Amanda's touring global workshop? She teaches people all about how to make, create and the history of Spoken Word and Indigenous oral traditions! To make a booking for The Poet Speaks Workshop with your organization, apply for mentorships with Amanda, book interviews, as well as writing consultations, please use this link: https://www.amandaeke.com/servicesMusic by: Buzu Buzuhttps://www.instagram.com/bbuzu/

Check out Amanda's conversation with Shay.thepoet !Shataysha Byrd was born and raised in the Bronx, New York. Shataysha originally started poetry in fifth grade but did not get the courage to perform in front of an audience until 20 years old. After the first performance, she knew the stage was her home from that moment on. Then the pandemic took a different turn in the world that stopped many different artists from performing and or producing. This did not stop Shay.thepoet, it instead has opened up a new world for her. Since the pandemic, she has performed in Atlanta, Los Angles, Florida, Ohio, and many other states. Shay is the first Poetry Me Please grand slam champion and has many goals and aspirations for the future. Shay's Links:@shay.thepoetCHECK OUT AMANDA'S NEW TV SHOW: The Poet Speaks with Amanda Eke! Now airing on the Archaeology Channel and Roku!STREAM HERE:https://heritagetac.org/programs/the-poet-speaks-with-amanda-eke-i28z2vn9bsc?category_id=65263Be sure to check out The Poet Speaks Podcast on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/thepoetspeakspodcast/And listen to,The Poet Speaks Podcast, on the go on ALL STREAMING PLATFORMS WORLDWIDE!Apple:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/1cM1rdF...Did you know The Poet Speaks is also Amanda's touring global workshop? She teaches people all about how to make, create and the history of Spoken Word and Indigenous oral traditions! To make a booking for The Poet Speaks Workshop with your organization, apply for mentorships with Amanda, book interviews, as well as writing consultations, please use this link: https://www.amandaeke.com/servicesMusic by: Buzu Buzuhttps://www.instagram.com/bbuzu/

Welcome to Season 9!Check out Amanda's conversation with Brandon Leake!Brandon Leake is the season 15 winner of America’s Got Talent, a 7x Telly Award Winner, 1x SOVAS Award Winner, and 1x Emmy Award Winner. Brandon has been a Poetic Performer, Keynote Speaker, and Workshop leader for over a decade, traveling locations such as: New Zealand, Canada, Mexico, South Africa, and 42 States. Brandon has collaborated with companies such as Meta, CBS, California Hospital Association, Good Morning America, Golden State Warriors, Sacramento Kings, and many others. Brandon’s use of personal narrative with his gifting in poetic prose allows him to speak not merely to crowds, but to their inner being, to connect one soul to another, to connect people to an intrinsic sense of communal humanity that is at times severely lacking in our world. Brandon Leake is a visionary, whos words, but most importantly actions reflect his love of Christ, people, and the world.Brandon's Links:https://brandonleake.com/CHECK OUT AMANDA'S NEW TV SHOW: The Poet Speaks with Amanda Eke! Now airing on the Archaeology Channel and Roku!STREAM HERE:https://heritagetac.org/programs/the-poet-speaks-with-amanda-eke-i28z2vn9bsc?category_id=65263Be sure to check out The Poet Speaks Podcast on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/thepoetspeakspodcast/And listen to,The Poet Speaks Podcast, on the go on ALL STREAMING PLATFORMS WORLDWIDE!Apple:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/1cM1rdF...Did you know The Poet Speaks is also Amanda's touring global workshop? She teaches people all about how to make, create and the history of Spoken Word and Indigenous oral traditions! To make a booking for The Poet Speaks Workshop with your organization, apply for mentorships with Amanda, book interviews, as well as writing consultations, please use this link: https://www.amandaeke.com/servicesMusic by: Buzu Buzuhttps://www.instagram.com/bbuzu/

It's our Season 8 Finale!Check out Amanda's conversation with Regie Cabico!Regie Cabico is a spoken word pioneer having won The Nuyorican Poets Cafe Grand Slam. Mr. Cabico was a featured poet at the 2022 Whitney Biennial and received the 2006 Writers for Writers Award from Poets & Writers. Television credits include HBO’s Def Poetry Jam, TEDx & NPR’s Snap Judgement.  He is a teaching artist at the Kennedy Center for the Arts and is one of the inaugural recipients of the 2023 James Baldwin Fellowship from La Maison Baldwin, Paris France. His work appears in over 30 anthologies including Aloud: Voices from the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. He has shared the stage with Patti Smith, and Allen Ginsberg, and through Howard Zinn's Portraits Project at NYU, has performed with Stanley Tucci, Jesse Eisenberg & Lupe Fiasco.  Cabico is a recipient of a 2008 Future Aesthetics Arts Award from The Ford Foundation, three New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowships for Poetry and Performance, the Larry Neal Award for Poetry, and several DC Commission for the Arts Poetry Fellowships. He has served as faculty at Banff's Spoken Word Program and Kundiman. He received three New York Innovative Theater Award Nominations for his work in Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind.  The Kenyon Review named Regie Cabico the "Lady Gaga of Poetry" and was listed in BUST magazine's 100 Men We Love. He has served several artist in residencies for New York University's Asian American Studies, and is a founding Board member for Split This Rock Poetry Festival. His latest book of poetry is A Rabbit In Search of a Rolex (Day Eight, 2023).Regie's Links: @regieguyCHECK OUT AMANDA'S NEW TV SHOW: The Poet Speaks with Amanda Eke! Now airing on the Archaeology Channel and Roku!SUBSCRIBE AND STREAM HERE:https://heritagetac.org/programs/the-poet-speaks-with-amanda-eke-i28z2vn9bsc?category_id=65263Be sure to check out The Poet Speaks Podcast on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/thepoetspeakspodcast/And listen to,The Poet Speaks Podcast, on the go on ALL STREAMING PLATFORMS WORLDWIDE!Apple:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/1cM1rdF...Did you know The Poet Speaks is also Amanda's touring global workshop? She teaches people all about how to make, create and the history of Spoken Word and Indigenous oral traditions! To make a booking for The Poet Speaks Workshop with your organization, apply for mentorships with Amanda, book interviews, as well as writing consultations, please use this link: https://www.amandaeke.com/servicesMusic by: Buzu Buzuhttps://www.instagram.com/bbuzu/

Check out Amanda's conversation with Thomas Fucaloro!The winner of numerous grants from the Staten Island Council of the Arts, the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, NYC Office for the Prevention of Hate Crimes and NYC Commission of Human Rights to name a few. Thomas Fucaloro has been on six national slam teams. He holds an MFA in creative writing from the New School and is a co-founding editor of Great Weather for Media and NYSAI press. He is an adjunct professor at Wagner College, BMCC and CSI where he teaches various poetry and literature courses. Thomas is cofounder of Poetry in the Park, WORDPLAY, Creating Space, Poetry in Motion and Creativity Meets Geek. Thomas has released 2 full lengths: It Starts From the Belly and Blooms and Inheriting Craziness is a Soft Halo of Light by Three Rooms Press. He also has 4 chapbooks: Mistakes Disguised as Stars (Tired Hearts Press), Depression Cupcakes (Yes, Poetry), There is Always Tomorrow (Mad Gleam Press) and The Only Gardening I Do is When I Give Up by Finishing Line Press. His new chapbook LE(t)GO is out by Neuronautic Press. Thomas's Links: @thomasfucaloro CHECK OUT AMANDA'S NEW TV SHOW: The Poet Speaks with Amanda Eke! Now airing on the Archaeology Channel and Roku!SUBSCRIBE AND STREAM HERE:https://heritagetac.org/programs/the-poet-speaks-with-amanda-eke-i28z2vn9bsc?category_id=65263Be sure to check out The Poet Speaks Podcast on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/thepoetspeakspodcast/And listen to,The Poet Speaks Podcast, on the go on ALL STREAMING PLATFORMS WORLDWIDE!Apple:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/1cM1rdF...Did you know The Poet Speaks is also Amanda's touring global workshop? She teaches people all about how to make, create and the history of Spoken Word and Indigenous oral traditions! To make a booking for The Poet Speaks Workshop with your organization, apply for mentorships with Amanda, book interviews, as well as writing consultations, please use this link: https://www.amandaeke.com/servicesMusic by: Buzu Buzuhttps://www.instagram.com/bbuzu/

Check out Amanda's conversation with LaTasha Diggs!A writer, vocalist and performance/sound artist, LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs is the author of Village (Coffee House Press 2023), TwERK (Belladonna, 2013) as well as the co-editor of Coon Bidness.  Diggs has presented and performed at California Institute of the Arts, El Museo del Barrio, The Museum of Modern Art, and Walker Art Center and at festivals including: Explore the North Festival, Leeuwarden, Netherlands; Hekayeh Festival, Abu Dhabi; International Poetry Festival of Copenhagen; Ocean Space, Venice; International Poetry Festival of Romania; Question of Will, Slovakia; Poesiefestival, Berlin; and the 2015 Venice Biennale.  As an independent curator, artistic director, and producer, Diggs has presented events for BAMCafé, Black Rock Coalition, El Museo del Barrio, Lincoln Center Out of Doors, and the David Rubenstein Atrium.  Diggs has received a 2020 C.D. Wright Award for Poetry from the Foundation of Contemporary Art, a Whiting Award (2016) and a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship (2015), as well as grants and fellowships from Cave Canem, Creative Capital, New York Foundation for the Arts, and the U.S.-Japan Friendship Commission, among others. She lives in Harlem and teaches part-time at Brooklyn College.LaTasha's Links: @latasha.diggsCHECK OUT AMANDA'S NEW TV SHOW: The Poet Speaks with Amanda Eke! Now airing on the Archaeology Channel and Roku!SUBSCRIBE AND STREAM HERE:https://heritagetac.org/programs/the-poet-speaks-with-amanda-eke-i28z2vn9bsc?category_id=65263Be sure to check out The Poet Speaks Podcast on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/thepoetspeakspodcast/And listen to,The Poet Speaks Podcast, on the go on ALL STREAMING PLATFORMS WORLDWIDE!Apple:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/1cM1rdF...Did you know The Poet Speaks is also Amanda's touring global workshop? She teaches people all about how to make, create and the history of Spoken Word and Indigenous oral traditions! To make a booking for The Poet Speaks Workshop with your organization, apply for mentorships with Amanda, book interviews, as well as writing consultations, please use this link: https://www.amandaeke.com/servicesMusic by: Buzu Buzuhttps://www.instagram.com/bbuzu/

Check out Amanda's conversation with Ralonda Simmons!Ralonda Simmons is a speaker, published author, educator, and singer born in California but residing in the Denver metro area. She received her BA from Metropolitan State University of Denver, and her MS from Boise State University. She’s also a proud graduate of two seasons of the Community Literature Initiative out of Los Angeles. As an artist and wanderer, her mission is to be an example of authentic expression and hard-won wisdom in the face of the status quo. Ralonda’s first full-length publication, Whispers & Conversations, was published in June of 2024 by World Stage Press. Ralonda's Links:@ralondathepoetCHECK OUT AMANDA'S NEW TV SHOW: The Poet Speaks with Amanda Eke! Now airing on the Archaeology Channel and Roku!SUBSCRIBE AND STREAM HERE:https://heritagetac.org/programs/the-poet-speaks-with-amanda-eke-i28z2vn9bsc?category_id=65263Be sure to check out The Poet Speaks Podcast on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/thepoetspeakspodcast/And listen to,The Poet Speaks Podcast, on the go on ALL STREAMING PLATFORMS WORLDWIDE!Apple:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/1cM1rdF...Did you know The Poet Speaks is also Amanda's touring global workshop? She teaches people all about how to make, create and the history of Spoken Word and Indigenous oral traditions! To make a booking for The Poet Speaks Workshop with your organization, apply for mentorships with Amanda, book interviews, as well as writing consultations, please use this link: https://www.amandaeke.com/servicesMusic by: Buzu Buzuhttps://www.instagram.com/bbuzu/

Check out Amanda's conversation with Miguel Martin Perez!Miguel Martin Perez (he/they) is a queer Afro-Dominican poet raised in Harlem and the South Bronx. He is a Cave Canem Fellow, a 2022 Langston Hughes Fellow at the Palm Beach Poetry Festival, and an alum of the Tin House Winter Workshop. His work has received the Leslie McGrath Poetry Prize in 2023, the Pacific Spirit Poetry Prize in 2021, and was a finalist for the 2022 Mississippi Review Poetry Prize. His poems appear or are forthcoming in Narrative, Colorado Review, Raleigh Review, Acentos Review, and Santa Fe Writers Project Quarterly among others. He holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of California – Riverside and currently resides in the Bronx. Miguel's Links:@mmppoetry.CHECK OUT AMANDA'S NEW TV SHOW: The Poet Speaks with Amanda Eke! Now airing on the Archaeology Channel and Roku!SUBSCRIBE AND STREAM HERE:https://heritagetac.org/programs/the-poet-speaks-with-amanda-eke-i28z2vn9bsc?category_id=65263Be sure to check out The Poet Speaks Podcast on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/thepoetspeakspodcast/And listen to,The Poet Speaks Podcast, on the go on ALL STREAMING PLATFORMS WORLDWIDE!Apple:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/1cM1rdF...Did you know The Poet Speaks is also Amanda's touring global workshop? She teaches people all about how to make, create and the history of Spoken Word and Indigenous oral traditions! To make a booking for The Poet Speaks Workshop with your organization, apply for mentorships with Amanda, book interviews, as well as writing consultations, please use this link: https://www.amandaeke.com/servicesMusic by: Buzu Buzuhttps://www.instagram.com/bbuzu/

Check out Amanda's conversation with Siggy Trust!Sagirah “Siggy” Layne is an Accountant and poet/spoken word artist of Grenadian descent, from Brooklyn, NY. She started her accounting career as an auditor at Ernst & Young over 10 years ago in NY before moving to CA and switching to tax. She began performing spoken word over 6 years ago after moving to CA, although she’s been writing since she was a young girl. She’s now a bi-coastal girlie living, writing, and performing in both NY and CA. She’s performed for various organizations, twice at the Pan-African Film Festival Spoken Word Fest, and planned, produced, and performed her first two solo shows in 2022 & 2023. In April 2020, she released her debut poetry book “The Rise of the Dope Black Woman” under her pen name “Trust” and is currently working on book #2, set to be released in 2025.When not working and writing, Siggy enjoys spending time with her loved ones, working out, listening to music, playing her piano, and knitting and crocheting. She is a life member and President of the Athens-Westmont Section of The National Council of Negro Women, Inc. She also enjoys traveling, especially back home to her family land, the beautiful Isle of Spice, Grenada.Siggy's Links:trust.thequietforce.comCHECK OUT AMANDA'S NEW TV SHOW: The Poet Speaks with Amanda Eke! Now airing on the Archaeology Channel and Roku!SUBSCRIBE AND STREAM HERE:https://heritagetac.org/programs/the-poet-speaks-with-amanda-eke-i28z2vn9bsc?category_id=65263Be sure to check out The Poet Speaks Podcast on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/thepoetspeakspodcast/And listen to,The Poet Speaks Podcast, on the go on ALL STREAMING PLATFORMS WORLDWIDE!Apple:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/1cM1rdF...Did you know The Poet Speaks is also Amanda's touring global workshop? She teaches people all about how to make, create and the history of Spoken Word and Indigenous oral traditions! To make a booking for The Poet Speaks Workshop with your organization, apply for mentorships with Amanda, book interviews, as well as writing consultations, please use this link: https://www.amandaeke.com/servicesMusic by: Buzu Buzuhttps://www.instagram.com/bbuzu/

Check out Amanda's conversation with Nerd The Poet!Dominic “Nerd” McDonald also known as Nerd the Poet, is a young Black Entrepreneur and Spoken Word artist from various cities in Los Angeles, California who relocated to the DC Metro area in 2019. He has put his views on growing up in the inner city between two households, his Hip Hop music obsession, college experiences, and more into Poetry and Spoken Word. His first poetry book "The Love Song of D. Nerd McDonald" was written in 2015 and by 2016 he began touring and traveling as a Professional Published Poet. By his second tour in 2018 had published his second work "H.E.R (Heavens Epitome Realized)" along with two college friends and set his eyes on expanding his brand to the East Coast.  His passion comes from serving the community, especially through the arts. He is the 2022 winner of the Day 8 Publishing's "DC Poet Project". By writing from his heart and what he sees and hears, he hopes to be a “change agent” to the unheard. Nerd's Links: https://www.instagram.com/nerdthepoet?igsh=OG54bTVrYWpyMjBlBe sure to check out The Poet Speaks Podcast on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/thepoetspeakspodcast/And listen to,The Poet Speaks Podcast, on the go on ALL STREAMING PLATFORMS WORLDWIDE!Apple:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/1cM1rdF...Did you know The Poet Speaks is also Amanda's touring global workshop? She teaches people all about how to make, create and the history of Spoken Word and Indigenous oral traditions! To make a booking for The Poet Speaks Workshop with your organization, apply for mentorships with Amanda, book interviews, as well as writing consultations, please use this link: https://www.amandaeke.com/servicesMusic by: Buzu Buzuhttps://www.instagram.com/bbuzu/

Check out Amanda's conversation with Anastasia Lindsey! Anastasia Lindsey is an award-winning author and self-taught poet, native to IL. Her work explores the ways in which relationships shape us in specific and universal ways, the waves of human emotions, the healing journey, and the transformational power of love. She is also a photographer, creative, singer, and artist. Her book, O C E A N, has received much recognition across the US and is available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble. She takes pride in launching herself into our unique and diverse world, to create poetic masterpieces that help us heal our hearts. She believes that mixing imagination with creativity creates an unshakeable power within that cannot be broken. Poetry, to her, is taking the ordinary out of life and making it extraordinary. It's lifting the veil between strangers and showing that we are all connected. Anastasia's work explores grief, loss, love, trauma, healing, self-empowerment, transformation, and much more. Her soul is poured into her work and connects humanity, one poem at a time.Anastasia's Links: summersolacehealing.com  Be sure to check out The Poet Speaks Podcast on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/thepoetspeakspodcast/And listen to,The Poet Speaks Podcast, on the go on ALL STREAMING PLATFORMS WORLDWIDE!Apple:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/1cM1rdF...Did you know The Poet Speaks is also Amanda's touring global workshop? She teaches people all about how to make, create and the history of Spoken Word and Indigenous oral traditions! To make a booking for The Poet Speaks Workshop with your organization, apply for mentorships with Amanda, book interviews, as well as writing consultations, please use this link: https://www.amandaeke.com/servicesMusic by: Buzu Buzuhttps://www.instagram.com/bbuzu/

Check out Amanda's conversation with Marlana-Patrice Pugh Hamer!Marlana-Patrice Pugh Hamer (She/Her) is an award-winning poet, writer, performer, public speaker, educator, and volunteer/activist. She has a BA in English. Also, an MEd in Curriculum & Instruction. Her poetry and nonfiction have appeared in various anthologies. Most recently, Dimepiece: Ten Years of CLI Poetry. Her debut poetry collection is Taking Off My Black & White Saddle Shoes: Cleveland Poems. It is a memoir in verse spanning from her birth to the present (World Stage Press, 2024). Marlana-Patrice is a veteran English and reading teacher who has taught on many levels, including teaching Freshman Composition at Purdue University. Both a lifelong teacher and lifelong learner, she is currently a Teaching Assistant with Community Literature Initiative (CLI).A native Clevelander, Marlana-Patrice caught the open mic bug before taking an early retirement and relocating to the Phoenix Metro area in Arizona. She performs as "Marlana-Patrice." To date, one of her most memorable poetry performances was at the iconic Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center during a Los Angeles Poet Society 2022 Open Mic. Marlana's Links: Linktr.ee/marlanapphBe sure to check out The Poet Speaks Podcast on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/thepoetspeakspodcast/And listen to,The Poet Speaks Podcast, on the go on ALL STREAMING PLATFORMS WORLDWIDE!Apple:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/1cM1rdF...Did you know The Poet Speaks is also Amanda's touring global workshop? She teaches people all about how to make, create and the history of Spoken Word and Indigenous oral traditions! To make a booking for The Poet Speaks Workshop with your organization, apply for mentorships with Amanda, book interviews, as well as writing consultations, please use this link: https://www.amandaeke.com/servicesMusic by: Buzu Buzuhttps://www.instagram.com/bbuzu/

Check out Amanda's conversation with Tess Taylor!Tess Taylor’s  body of work deals with place, ecology, memory and cultural reckoning.  She’s published five celebrated poetry collections: The Misremembered World, The Forage House, Last West: Roadsongs for Dorothea Lange, and Rift Zone, one of the Boston Globe’s best books of 2020. Her book Work & Days was one of the NY Times best poetry books of 2016.  In fall 2023, she published  the anthology Leaning Toward Light: Poems for Gardens and the Hands that Tend Them, a collection of contemporary gardening poems for an era of climate crisis. In 2024-2025 she will serve as the Poet Laureate of El Cerrito California. She lives and gardens just outside Berkeley, California.Tess's links:  https://www.tess-taylor.com/Be sure to check out The Poet Speaks Podcast on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/thepoetspeakspodcast/And listen to,The Poet Speaks Podcast, on the go on ALL STREAMING PLATFORMS WORLDWIDE!Apple:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/1cM1rdF...Did you know The Poet Speaks is also Amanda's touring global workshop? She teaches people all about how to make, create and the history of Spoken Word and Indigenous oral traditions! To make a booking for The Poet Speaks Workshop with your organization, apply for mentorships with Amanda, book interviews, as well as writing consultations, please use this link: https://www.amandaeke.com/servicesMusic by: Buzu Buzuhttps://www.instagram.com/bbuzu/

It's the Season 7 Finale!Check out Amanda's conversation with Moyosolaoluwa Olowokure!Moyosolaoluwa Olowokure is a Nigerian poet, model, digital creator, and recording artiste whose work explores psychology, spirituality, and romance.Her works have graced African Creatives’ platforms such as, the Aké Festival, LIPFEST, KABAFEST, BellaNaija, and Drummr Africa. She is also known for her commissioned work with NGOs and brands across Nigeria. Off the stage, Moyosola’s online community has grown to over 30,000 people across the globe as she collaborates with artists of various disciplines and backgrounds. Her debut single, “Sex is a kind of death (SIAKOD)” was released in February 2024 and currently has over 8,000 plays on major streaming platforms.Moyosolaoluwa's links:https://www.instagram.com/moyosolaolowokure?igsh=MTVldjRudmgwNjNwbw==Be sure to check out The Poet Speaks Podcast on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/thepoetspeakspodcast/And listen to,The Poet Speaks Podcast, on the go on ALL STREAMING PLATFORMS WORLDWIDE!Apple:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/1cM1rdF...Did you know The Poet Speaks is also Amanda's touring global workshop? She teaches people all about how to make, create and the history of Spoken Word and Indigenous oral traditions! To make a booking for The Poet Speaks Workshop with your organization, apply for mentorships with Amanda, book interviews, as well as writing consultations, please use this link: https://www.amandaeke.com/servicesMusic by: Buzu Buzuhttps://www.instagram.com/bbuzu/

Check out Amanda's conversation with Benin Lemus!Benin Lemus (she|her) is an LA-based poet and educator. Born in La Mesa, California, and raised in Portland, Oregon, she has called many places home, including North Carolina where she attended Bennett College for Women, an HBCU where she earned a degree in English Literature. Her debut poetry collection, Dreaming in Mourning, is published by World Stage Press. She is a 2022 Inaugural Workshop Fellow with Obsidian Magazine’s O|Sessions: Black Listening–A Performance Master Class and the 2022 Honorable Mention in the Furious Flower Poetry Center’s annual poetry competition. Benin’s work is published online and in print, most recently in Márọkọ́: Journal of African Poetry and TORCH Literary Arts.Benin's links:www.beninlemus.comBe sure to check out The Poet Speaks Podcast on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/thepoetspeakspodcast/And listen to,The Poet Speaks Podcast, on the go on ALL STREAMING PLATFORMS WORLDWIDE!Apple:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/1cM1rdF...Did you know The Poet Speaks is also Amanda's touring global workshop? She teaches people all about how to make, create and the history of Spoken Word and Indigenous oral traditions! To make a booking for The Poet Speaks Workshop with your organization, apply for mentorships with Amanda, book interviews, as well as writing consultations, please use this link: https://www.amandaeke.com/servicesMusic by: Buzu Buzuhttps://www.instagram.com/bbuzu/

Check out Amanda's conversation with Estee Marie!Estee is a multitalented artist, educator, and leader who has dedicated her life to sharing the transformative power of art with others. With a name meaning "star," Estee shines brightly in a variety of creative endeavors, including publishing a poetry collection, "These Dry Bones," which shares the story of how she overcame childhood trauma; and hosting a spoken word TV show, "SPEAK," that aired on Time Warner Cable's Faith on Demand channel. After a decade in the classroom, Estee now works with individuals, groups, and organizations to amplify their authenticity and empower them to become a better version of themselves through the arts. She is a firm believer that art saved her life and all people should learn how to tap into its healing benefits.Estee's links:www.esteemarie.comBe sure to check out The Poet Speaks Podcast on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/thepoetspeakspodcast/And listen to,The Poet Speaks Podcast, on the go on ALL STREAMING PLATFORMS WORLDWIDE!Apple:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/1cM1rdF...Did you know The Poet Speaks is also Amanda's touring global workshop? She teaches people all about how to make, create and the history of Spoken Word and Indigenous oral traditions! To make a booking for The Poet Speaks Workshop with your organization, apply for mentorships with Amanda, book interviews, as well as writing consultations, please use this link: https://www.amandaeke.com/servicesMusic by: Buzu Buzuhttps://www.instagram.com/bbuzu/

Check out Amanda's conversation with Tyler Lenn Bradley!Tyler Lenn Bradley (she/her) is a motivational poet and mental health advocate. Tyler strives to inspire others to thrive in the art of self-love and persevere towards their dreams with joy. Recently, Tyler’s debut poetry collection ‘Phasing Freely,’ was published by Alegria Publishing. In her book, Tyler explores her personal mental health journey through the many phases of the moon, inviting readers to excavate and examine the craters of their own. Tyler’s poetry has a global footprint, having traveled, and performed throughout the United States, Italy, France, England, Ireland, Spain, and Australia. Her work transcends borders, touching hearts and inspiring minds wherever she goes.Tyler's links:http://www.tylerlennbradley.com/Be sure to check out The Poet Speaks Podcast on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/thepoetspeakspodcast/And listen to,The Poet Speaks Podcast, on the go on ALL STREAMING PLATFORMS WORLDWIDE!Apple:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/1cM1rdF...Did you know The Poet Speaks is also Amanda's touring global workshop? She teaches people all about how to make, create and the history of Spoken Word and Indigenous oral traditions! To make a booking for The Poet Speaks Workshop with your organization, apply for mentorships with Amanda, book interviews, as well as writing consultations, please use this link: https://www.amandaeke.com/servicesMusic by: Buzu Buzuhttps://www.instagram.com/bbuzu/