Walking through West End, on a Sunday, as you do. I made a quick stop to see Chris Philips and say hi while he does his show. Like I mentioned before, he has a great show featuring the best in Neo Soul, real R&B and classic soul music, and more recently, a Words Manifest feature in which he plays a piece from a poet, and obviously, I love that bit!Anyway, so as soon as I get past the mob of screaming Wanted fans outside the studio, I’m greeted by Chris Philips who, before we even reach the booth says "What a coincidence, my poet dropped out, you wanna do your piece live, on air?"
Chris and I have already had a conversation in which he aired that he is very unhappy that I’m not doing bigger things with my poetry, and U should be getting on stages and ishk! The phrase that stuck with me the most from that conversation was "Do now, doubt later"; so taking that into consideration, I thought, why not?
So yeah, with 10mins preparation time, I edited the poem, sat in front of a mic, and... Yea, I doubted after afterwards because my deliverance could have flowed better. But hey, I’ve done it now, and my poem was heard by potentially 1000's of people.I'm actually gonna get on a stage on Saturday at a place called Mekan Bar in Catford. An event called Mixed Messages has a slot for me.
So yeah, I’ll be there! For your listening pleasure (...or pain, ha-ha), My Right to Write via SoundCloud.
A big thanks again to Chris Philips for believing in me :)
