Poetry

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What is the world of goddesses and skylarks?
Nordette Adams releases her new CD with critically-acclaimed poet Aberjhani,
The Goddess and The Skylark, Dancing Through the Word Labyrinth: Presented by Rahkyt

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The Goddess and The Skylark, Dancing Through the Word Labyrinth: Presented by Rahkyt and featuring Nordette Adams and Aberjhani
The aural fusion of poetic throw-downs, jazz pronouncements, hip hop beat phrasings, and griotechtronic musicianship that comprise the artistry of “The Goddess and The Skylark, Dancing through the Word Labyrinth,” makes this CD something more than just one more venture into spoken word. To begin with, check out the fact that there are no empty space pauses in between spits of pure flame on this 46-minute set. Instead of silence greeting the end of the 18 recitations presented here, the listener moves from one slam to the next on a bridge of verbal meditations shared between spoken word poets Nordette Adams and Aberjhani along with the musical utterances of producer Rahkyt. The result is one courageous non-stop fascinating flight through the highs and lows our new-millennium times and souls. (Front cover GODDESS AND SKYLARK art by Mark Rockeymoore.)

Please click this link for the CD at Lulu.com










           

Excerpt
From Twilight of Kisses
Written and Performed By Nordette Adams

You remind me
of tiny diamonds on the Ivory Coast, handfuls of splendor
slipped through my fingers,
and the Atlantic's muted roar against shore of my dreaming heart
breaking wise to eternity
without a man like you.

You remind me
of the one big break to land on Broadway blown,
a young girl sleeping late but dreaming she sings,
a broken clock seals fate in suburbia's sterile coffin.

Jets scream,
startling illusions over a field of halos,
angels faces upturned, gold, sigh an unrelenting dirge.

See how he fades from her.
See how he fades into weeping.
...
© Copyright 2006 Nordette Adams

Listen to two sample clips from the CD with commentary at this link.