Poetry + Spoken Word

the damage of denial

I wrote and recorded this piece in 2021, inspired by two things…

Firstly, Afaa M. Weaver inspired the form of this poem. “the damage of denial” is a Bop poem. It’s a form created by Weaver during the ’97 Cave Canem summer retreat for Black poets. While looking for ways to structure his workshop, Weaver developed the Bop as a bridge between Hip-Hop and formal poetry…