23 GIU 2024 · 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/services Music by: Buzu Buzu https://www.instagram.com/bbuzu/

16 GIU 2024 · 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: http://www.beninlemus.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/services Music by: Buzu Buzu https://www.instagram.com/bbuzu/

9 GIU 2024 · 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:http://www.esteemarie.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/services Music by: Buzu Buzu https://www.instagram.com/bbuzu/

2 GIU 2024 · 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/services Music by: Buzu Buzu https://www.instagram.com/bbuzu/

26 MAG 2024 · Check out Amanda's conversation with Milissajoi! Milissajoi is a 17-year-old spoken word poet and two-time LA Youth Poet Laureate finalist. Her achievements include being featured in the 2023 and 2024 Pan African Film Festival Spoken Word Fest, graduating from the 2022 California State Summer School of the Arts and earning her associates degree in Business while in high school. Milissajoi's links: https://www.instagram.com/milissajoi.spoken?igsh=MTVsMzNxa2hzYXN1Yw== 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/services Music by: Buzu Buzu https://www.instagram.com/bbuzu/

19 MAG 2024 · Check out Amanda's conversation with Neha Misra! Neha Misra नेहा मिश्रा (she/her) is a first-generation immigrant poet, a contemporary eco-folk artist, and an award winning climate justice advocate. Neha’s Mother Earth wisdom centered interdisciplinary studio rooted in her Global Majority lineage embodies the transformative power of art to build bridges between private, collective, planetary healing and justice. Neha is a 2023-35 Hamiltonian Artists Fellow. She has been honored as a Presidential Leadership Scholar and Regenerative Artivist with the Buckminster Fuller Institute and habRitual's Design Science Studio for leading planet conscious artists. Neha is a Public Voices Fellow on the Climate Crisis - an initiative of the OpEd Project and the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication to change who writes history. She serves as the inaugural global ambassador of non-profit Remote Energy that is making the solar energy field more accessible for communities of color, especially women. Neha shares, curates, teaches poetry across conventional and unconventional collaborators that include local libraries, public parks, urban farms, museums, youth theatre camps, global climate leaders, veterans’ circles, social justice leaders and senior citizens.  Neha's links: http://nehamisrastudio.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/services Music by: Buzu Buzu https://www.instagram.com/bbuzu/

12 MAG 2024 · Check out Amanda's conversation with Krystle May Statler! Krystle May Statler is a Black-multiracial artist and designer with an MFA in Writing from Otis College of Art & Design. She is the author of Prayer for Relief and lives in Portland, OR with her partner, Kevin Thomas.  Krystle's links: https://krystlemaystatler.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/services Music by: Buzu Buzu https://www.instagram.com/bbuzu/

5 MAG 2024 · Check out Amanda's conversation with Elizabeth Bradfield! Writer/Naturalist Elizabeth Bradfield’s recent books are Toward Antarctica, Once Removed, and the anthologies Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry, co-created with CMarie Fuhrman and Derek Sheffield and winner of the 2024 Pacific Northwest Book Award, and Broadsided Press: Fifteen Years of Poetic/Artistic Collaboration, co-created with Alexandra Teague and Miller Oberman. Her poems have appeared in The New Yorker, Atlantic Monthly, Poetry, The Sun, and her honors include the Audre Lorde Prize in Lesbian Poetry and a Stegner Fellowship. Liz works as a naturalist and field assistant at home on Cape Cod, teaches creative writing at Brandeis University, and is Editor-in-Chief of Broadsided. Elizabeth's links: http://www.ebradfield.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/services Music by: Buzu Buzu https://www.instagram.com/bbuzu/

7 APR 2024 · It's the Season 6 Finale! Check out Amanda's conversation with Oombi Solis Flores! Oombi Solis Flores (b. 1988) is a queer/non-binary immigrant, poet, and licensed clinical social worker. They were born in Zacatecas, México and reside in the Northeast San Fernando Valley. Their work has previously been featured in Razorcake Issue #102, Sister Spit: QTPOC Cruising the West Tour, Altadena Literary Review 2020, innateDIVINITYBooks' A Case for the Personhood of Trees Anthology of Poetry, and in the upcoming short film, Shadows at Night. They are an alum of the Community Literature Initiative, and their debut full length collection of poetry, (BE)LONGING, is out now on World Stage Press. Oombi's links: https://www.instagram.com/jotitadeamor/ 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/services Music by: Buzu Buzu https://www.instagram.com/bbuzu/ 

31 MAR 2024 · Check out Amanda's conversation with Alexander James! Alexander James is a man of many talents and accomplishments. He was born and raised in South LA and has used his experiences to become a successful poet, father, pastor, truth teller, and professional in his field. As an 2022 Addy and Webby Award-winning poet, Alexander has made a name for himself in the creative world. He has also become a respected Poetry Coach, helping aspiring poets to develop their skills and share their unique voices. From camps, conferences to San Diego comicon Alexander’s gift is taking him from stages from Inglewood to Israel. One central principal has guided Alexander James‘s work. If the truth will set you free, then lies build presents. Alexander uses his work to free people from the prisons lies have built. Alexander links: https://iamalexanderjames.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/services Music by: Buzu Buzu https://www.instagram.com/bbuzu/