THE SPOKEN WORD/POETRY CYPHER FORMAT I KNOW THIS IS NOT A NEW THING,BUT TWICE THIS MONTH WE USE THIS FORMAT TO BE THE FEATURE SET AT JUS WORDS TO A GREAT RESPONSE,I HAVE NEVER SEEN CROWDS RESPOND LIKE THIS THEN LATER AFTER BOTH SETS THE FACEBOOK STATUS WERE INCREDIBLE I NEVER SEEN THIS HAPPEN WITH SINGLE ARTIST FEATURES, AND WE HAD SOME GREAT ONES,LIZZ STRAIT,TAALAM,WHISPER,13 OF NAZERETH,MYSELF AND MANY MORE HAVE DONE SETS TO STANDING OVATIONS AT THE VENUE.AS POETS WE BECOME LOCK TO SOLO SETS AND EVERYONE IN VENUE IS EXPECTED TO LISTEN ONLY TO YOUR VOICE UNTIL YOUR DONE AND IN THE SLAM SETS WE ARE USING OUR VOICE TO COMPETE AGANIST OTHER POETS IN THE VENUE.THIS IS WHY I LOVE THIS FORMAT IT IA BIT DIFFERENT THAN THE ROUND ROBIN SET.AS YOU USE ONE STAGE AND TWO MICS THREE POETS VIBING OFF EACH OTHER,BRINGING THIER HEART,ART AND HAVING FUN.THE FIRST WEEK WE TRIED THIS A JUS WORDS THE SET WAS TO BE LAMAR HILL,ACEY AND MYSELF.THIS WAS SUGGESTED BY HILL,WHO IRONICALLY HAD TO CANCEL,LEAVING ME TO BRING IN MS.WISE IN AT THE LAST MINUTE,THIS BECAME MORE THAN I HAD HOPE OR MAYBE EXACTLY WHAT I HOPED. I CAME FIRST DOING TWO POEMS ENDING MY SET WITH FATHERLESS CHILD,AS TAALAM STOOD OPPOSITE END OF THE STAGE RECITING METAPHYSICS POEMALSO ABOUT ABSENTEE DADS, THEN WENT INTO HIS SECOND POEM SHE CONJURES THE SPIRITS WHEN SHE WALKS AS MS.WISE STEP TO THE MIC.AND LATER IN THE SETMS.WISE RECITED THE BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN,POWERFULLY DELIVERED POEM ABOUT THE UGLY TOPIC OF CHILD MOLESTATION.A WEEK LATER I WAS STILL GETTING TEXT AND LIVE FEEDBACK FOR THAT SET AS I AM SURE ACEY AND WISE DID.SO THE PLAN WAS FOR ALL MALE CYPHER IN THE BEGINING SO I SAID I WILL SET UP A ALL WOMAN SET,AS THINGS CHANGED,I MOVE MS .WISE TO TH FIRST SET,ADDED A SISTER TO THE SECOND ALL FEMALE CYPHER WITH BRANDI,SHAKIRAH, LADY SARCAZM. ONCE AGAIN THE CYPHER FORMAT WOWED THE CROWD THIER WERE LAUGHTER,SOME TEARS,HAND CLAPS AND PEOPLE STANDIND LEAVING THIER SEATS,AS MS.WISE CAME ON FOR THE COLLABO ENCORE.SOMEONE ASK WAS THESE SETS REHEARSED THE ANSWER I GAVE HER WAS NO,BUT I LOOK TO PUT POETS TOGETHER WHO ARE ABLE TO FIT TOGETHER AND RIDE EACH OTHERS VIBE.POETS TRAIN THEMSELVES FOR YEARS TO TAKE THE STAGE AS SOLO,STAND ALONE ARTIST,THIS FORMAT TAKES THE ARTIST SKILLS AND TALENT,MATCHES WITH OTHERS TO BRING SOMETHING NEW TO THE LISTENERS THAT THEY HAVE YET TO SEE AS THEY BECOME TRAINED TO THE SLAM FORMAT AND/OR THE FEATURED POET SET. I HOPE THIS FORMAT BECOMES AS POPULAR AS SOLO FEATURES AND SLAMS. IT MAY EVEN HELP POETRY/SPOKENWORD GROW.

I AM GOING TO TRY TO TAKE THIS FORMAT ON THE ROAD ATLANTIC CITY AND DELAWARE IN AUGUST.JUS WORDS PLAYER SHYSTER ,SHAKIRAH AND MS .WISE LET'S SEE IF THE TRI-STATE READY TO GROW.

I came near the tail end and I really liked it. The stage in the center has a nice effect too!

Let me know when yall coming to D-ware. I wanna come out and support. Me, Free and 4'Nique usta do this type ish back in the day. I enjoyed it.

WE GET TO DELAWARE ATLEAST ONCE A MONTH,A SPOT IN WILMINGTON CLUB ROSS EVERY MONDAY.YEAH CRISS CREAM,OBIE AND MYSELF USE TO DO THIS,MORE IN A ROUND ROBIN SET THOUGH.BUT I THINK THE DIFFERENCE IS THIS WAS EARLY ON WERE WE WERE GOOD BUT I THINKTHE ARTIST I AM SURROUNDED WITH TODAY ARE REALLY PUSHING THE BAR.AS OPPOSE TO WHAT I AND MY OYS WERE BACK THEN, YOU ,FREE AND MOE I MISS SOMETHING GREAT ,I KNOW.

I'm gonna check Club Ross out. Let me know what Monday yall gonna roll through so I can make sure Im in the spot that night.

TOOK THE CYPHER SET TO DELAWARE LAST NIGHT;THE JUS WORDS FAMILY MS.WISE,SHYSTER AND QUEEN SHAKIRAH.WE HAD A GREAT TIME THE PATRONS OF THE VENUE LOVE THE FOUR POEM SET,THEY WANTED US TO GO LONGER AND ASK CAN WE COME BACKNEXT WEEK,MORE THAN LIKELY NEXT MONTH.THIS TUESDAY WE TRY IT AGAIN IN ATLANTIC CITY.HOPE IT GOES WELL.LOVE BLENDING THE VARIED STYLES AND TOPICS,TO BRING SOMETHING AS A COLLECTIVE THAT CAN'T BE DONE BY ONE POET.

Helllllllllooooooooooo. Where was my heads up? That was my last available Monday for months!?! Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr........

you need to sign up on face book whisper. it's the new myspace, but the old twitter. lol.

WHISPER I DID NOT REALIZE,I MISS THE HEADS UP TO AFTER THE EVENT WHEN I BEGAN TYPING THE DAY AFTER,THIS IS GOING GOOD SHORT SET IN DELAWARE BUT ATLANTIC CITY TUESDAY AND AUGUST 22ND PHILLY EVENT WE WILL BE DOING 8 TO 9 POEMS.I AM LOVING THIS ARTFORM.

OKAY MY FAMILY/FRIENDS THE SOUTH JERSEY VENUE WAS SMALL BUT THEY GAVE BIG LOVE,FREE EVENT ABOUT TWENTY FOLKS MORE THAN HALF WHITE ,I THINK AS WE GOT OUT THE CAR MS.WISE WAS NOT REALLY FEELING THE EVENT,MYSELF I HAVE LEARNED TO HAVE HOPES BUT TO GO WITH THE FLOW SO TO SPEAK.THIS VENUE WAS VERY QUIET,SOFT SPOKEN POETS,WITH MODERATE ENERGY,THAT ALL CHANGE WHEN TEAM JUS WORDS DID THE FEATURE,CAME WITH THE CYPHER SET,WISE AND SHAKIRAH ONLY WANTED TO DO TWO POEM, I DID DOT COME OVER A HOUR DRIVE TO DO TWO POEMS.SO I RECITED FOUR. THE SET WAS DIVERSE WITH HIGH ENERGY MIX WITH CONVERSATIONAL TONE POEMS.AS IN DELAWARE THE PATRONS CAME OVE ALMOST ALL THEM TO SAY HOW MUCH THE LOVED THE SET. NEXT UP PHILLY JUS WORDS OCTOBER.