![]() ![]() And I think most people on Def Poetry have won slams or done well in slams. I'm probably the only person to be on there who hasn't slammed. It's true that I was on Def Poetry even though I've never slammed. In a 2005 interview, Hall was quoted as saying: Hall, have acknowledged slam's influence on the show. Even poets who are critical of the poetry slam, such as John S. ![]() Though technically not a poetry slam, Def Poetry has become heavily associated with the poetry slam movement, and utilizes many of poetry slam's best-known poets, including National Poetry Slam champions such as Beau Sia, Taylor Mali, Big Poppa E, Mayda del Valle, Mike Mcgee, Alix Olson and Rives, among others. It also featured poets, Saul Williams, J. The series included historical legendary poets such as The Last Poets, Nikki Giovanni, Amiri Baraka, and Sonia Sanchez. As with Def Comedy, Simmons appears at the end of every episode to thank the audience. Co-created by Bruce George, Danny Simmons, Deborah Pointer, Stan Lathan, and Russell Simmons, the show is a spin-off of the popular Def Comedy Jam which began airing on HBO in the 1990s. Performances also include special appearances by well-known actors and musicians, as well as occasional performances by Mos Def himself. The series features performances by established and up-and-coming spoken word poets. Russell Simmons presents Def Poetry, better known as simply Def Poetry Jam or Def Poetry, is a spoken word poetry television series hosted by Mos Def and airing on HBO between 20. So now I’m standing here ready to trade in all the sexual acts that we perform, for the chance to reform that very foundation & basis of our relationship & I reiterate my opening statement & I offer you another penny for your thoughts.American TV series or program Def Poetry Jam Because as you sleep they remain open slightly, and while we probably move too quickly into some sexual stuff I’ve always cared more about the explicitly illicit-ness, that came from between your lips meaning your voice. And as you laid by my side I pushed my blinds aside & took the time in the moonlight of that night, to count 72 eyelashes on the upper eyelid of your right eye. Did I ever tell you about how you fell asleep in my presence? And your mere essence kept me up for hours, as I coward with this feel of a sexually unadulterated mental connection. I’m penetrating every entrance to your mind, taking my time to find out everything about you. And I’ll swim within em from back strokes to breast strokes. I want to feel the heartbeat of all your inner rhythms as they lead me towards your warm wet waterfalls of feminine thoughts. And how you don’t know if you can keep a relationship long enough to be somebody’s wife. I’d rather be naked & exposed holding you as were lying & you’re crying while figuring & describing the tough times you had in life. I want to pick every inch of every crevice so I can get an oral fix from each orifice & taste your passionate imagination. I want to engage you by putting a 2 carat solitaire diamond on your mind & marrying your every thought. While they’re trying to get deeply embedded in the fine fibers of your bed sheets, I’m trying to find & define the fibers with which your mind speaks. So these are not your typical sexual poetic prose, I’m trying to close the door of an all too familiar freaky foreplay game, with which most people have chosen to approach you. Getting intimately closer as we approach the climatic altitude of nice mental sensation conversation, cos I’m trying to get to know everything about you from the neck UP. 1 penny for you, 1 penny for me & 1 penny for our minds engaged, not so sexually. Can I offer you a penny for your thoughts? As a matter of fact how about three. ![]()
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