#jamalraslan

Word. Make sure you kill it. Get me over there, especially if there is a functioning Malaysia hall. I’d love to bring KL spoken word over there, & also the fine poets I’ve met recently at WIEF2013. We are here. Just get us a stage.

If this was yours, MasyaAllah it’s gorgeous. If it wasn’t, then may I have the author’s name please? =] Don’t stop scribbling.

Another milestone in my writing evolution/growth.

Approached a piece with a brief and some research material, with the requirements of ending with a manifesto that will be used for an ad campaign. They even showed me a Suli Breaks video that they want me to use as a reference.

Used a standard beginning (set-up), middle (transition), ending (message+manifesto) structure and rounded up the rest with plenty of word play.

Written during the phase where I was still finding my proverbial footing & was channeling a lot of the poems/poets that inspired/moved me.

I had a slam later on one Saturday & burned the midnight oil on Friday to no avail. Fell asleep with my winamp playing on & woke up at Saturday 2:30pm to the first lines of Malek Yusef's "Little Ghetto Boy" from the album "Wake Up" by The Roots and John Legend.

Wrote this for the Causeway Slam back in 2011. Was too long back then & got deducted points for going over (which then inspired the piece Change The World).

This is a personal writing milestone for me not necessarily for the format, technique & style used, but also in terms of content. Where 'Words' was more internalized, fragmented & emotional, this was assertive, focused & passionate.