Category Archives: spokenword

Easter (Spoken Word) by Only Won

Easter (Spoken Word) by Only Won

Happy Easter from channelAPA.com!!! Here’s a spoke word piece from rapper Only Won about the true meaning of Easter.

Easter (Spoken Word) by Only Won

Lyrics to Easter (Spoken Word) by Only Won

Just wanted to take this time to remember what Good Friday and Easter is all about.
Cuz there are many of those out there today that still have doubts.
See God engineered a plan. He chose to integrate his life as a man.
Fluidity couldn’t calculate the smoothness of His Plan
Lived a life of love so that we could love to live and so it seems
like anodizing metals, he protects our dreams
but on the cross he hung…Remember he did nothing wrong
convicted of telling the truth that He is God.
But that’s ok, cuz by this act, we were saved.
See we didn’t know it, but in fact, we were slaves.
to a world that is dying each and everyday.
Peace will only come when we are willing to say.
Lord, forgive us for straying so faraway
So on the 3rd day you rose from the grave
Supernatural can’t define this glorious day.
So I accept your love, your gift, and who you are
who is that?…Jesus Christ..the real Superstar

The Humberville Poetry Slam

The Humberville Poetry Slam

The short comedic mockumentary “The Humberville Poetry Slam” made its rounds on the festival circuit a few years back and it’s available online now.
When Liberty Fu, an experienced poet, sets his sights on victory at Nationals, he decides to organize a local slam to find four poets who will help him represent the town and capture the title of Slam Champions. Here’s more about the short:

Somewhere in the sagging waist of Middle America, sandwiched between the Chik-Fil-A on Route 80 and the Wal-Mart, lies the small town of Humberville, population 8,201. But don’t be deceived by the white picket fences or the American flags, Ye Olde Creamery on Main Street or the Annual Quilting Bee. Humberville is headed for the bright lights of the National Poetry Slam. And ain’t nuthin can stop this team of Humbervillians: a hairdresser, a Dungeons ‘n’ Dragons slacker, an uptight lawyer, a carpenter, and a dreamer.

THE HUMBERVILLE POETRY SLAM is a short mockumentary film about a small town’s efforts to build a team for the National Poetry Slam. When Liberty Fu, an experienced poet, sets his sights on victory at Nationals, he decides to organize a local slam to find four poets who will help him represent the town and capture the title of Slam Champions. What he finds is an oddball cast of Humberville locals more than willing to unleash their poetic talents on stage. It seems all of Liberty’s plans are coming together…until one of Liberty’s secret weapons on his team drops out. He soon finds himself faced with the possibilities of not fulilling his dream to be the poet star that he thinks he is.

You’ve never experienced spoken word quite like this. This contest has no winners. Look for Giles Li as Liberty Fu and Emily C, Chang as Maharaja.

The Humberville Poetry Slam (contains explicit language)

Love is Easy…Relationships are Hard by Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai

Love is Easy...Relationships are Hard by Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai

Spokenword artist Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai tells is like it is in her piece “Love is Easy…Relationships are Hard”. If all the ifs fell into place, then relationships would be easy. Unfortunately, it’s not that simple. For the Love.

Listen to more Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai: Today, Kindness Over Genius, Further She Wrote, Black, White, Whatever and Real Women I Know.

Love is Easy…Relationships are Hard by Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai

Who’s Got Us?

Who's Got Us?

Spokenword artists Anida Yoeu Ali, Amina Demir, and YaliniDream get together for their piece “Who’s Got Us?” The trio talks about the solidarity of women and the struggles they face. They illustrate the ups and downs of the sisterhood and the yearn to spread their wings. What’s their dream?

Mores spoken word: Bound by a line aka Asian Girls, Real Women I know, and Further She Wrote.

Who’s Got Us? (contains explicit lyrics)

We Broke Up

We Broke Up

Actress Jennifer Chang goes through a character-driven monologue about a woman’s breakup in “We Broke Up”. See the different phases she goes through along with the emotional roller coaster. It’s a relationship rant from a female perspective in Venice, CA.

We Broke Up (contains explicit dialogue)

Why I Write: Verses in Exile #1 by Kosal Khiev

Why I Write: Verses in Exile #1 by Kosal Khiev

WHY I WRITE is the first episode of VERSES IN EXILE, a spoken word video series produced by Studio Revolt in collaboration with Khmer Exiled American (K.E.A.) poet Khiev Kosal. Through his poetry, Kosal reclaims his place in the world as a free man— a step that begins in Cambodia not America. Raw and unassuming, his performance makes walls disappear leaving room only for emotions. His poetry hits the heart. right where X marks the spot.

Also check out the work My Asian Americana.

Why I Write: Verses in Exile #1 by Kosal Khiev

More about Kosal Khiev
Kosal Khiev is a poet, tattoo artist, and survivor of the US prison system. Kosal currently resides in Phnom Penh after spending 14 years of his life in U.S. prison. After his release he spent another year in an immigration holding cell after which he was deported to Cambodia, a country he has never been. Kosal tells pieces of his story through the art of spoken word poetry.