Spoken word from Sister Wings, CD. A experimental collaboration video. Please excuse the low pixels in the photos...many were taken before HD. Oni wrote and delivers this mix over the groove of Samori Coles of lil drummaboy LLC, Philadelphia
THE BENJAMIN FRANKLIN "AUTOBIOGRAPHY PROJECT" WAS A CHALLENGING 300 WORD CONTEST. ONI'S STORY ABOUT GROWING UP GOING TO THE UPTOWN THEATER WAS ONE OF THE 20 WINNERS. HER POSTER WAS POSTED AT THE BUS STOP SHELTER AT 20TH & WALNUT ST. PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
PANTENE TOTAL YOU TOUR
ONI RAPS DUNBAR'S "WE WEAR THE MASK" FOR MC LYTE & AUDIENCE AT CONVENTION CENTER IN PHILADELPHIA, PA
Professor Nikki Giovanni on the making of "Hip Hop Speaks To Children" & giving Oni props in this award winning book she created & edited.
An excerpt from the spoken word tribute poem, from the independently produced CD "Sister Wings, Spoken Word Songs Bass & Beats"
ASCAP (SR) (c) 2005 Words by Oni Lasana - Music by Samori Coles of lil drummaboy, LLC Philadelphia.
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Please excuse the photos as the pixels are not clear and were published before HD.
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SISTER WINGS & 'LIAS' MOTHER PERFORMANCE
FEATURED POET @ BIG TRIGGER'S SOUND OF JAZZ & POETRY SHOW
A tale on teamwork.
Mercer Museum, Pennsylvania
A poem of encouragement by Paul L Dunbar @ Tobago Library Services
FRED & MABEL
An adult story on perspective.
Thanks to Debra Wright, a poet and founder of the For Woman Collective, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for bringing the Sonia Sanchez Mural Arts Haiku project to my attention.
Haiku's is a form of Japanese verse, written in 17 syllables divided into 3 lines of 5, 7, & 5
The following are my submissions for the project.
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Make me dance all day
See me reach out into the light
Know me in a song
Travel unravels
Stereotypes fall apart
Releasing our fears
More than blood thru veins
Family tears joys and pains
Connect in one love
Peace, silent words heard
Inside our mind space in time
Whispers unknown ...ssssh
People make money
Money makes people mo' friends
Money goes friends end
Old houses light up
Walls reflecting our history
Murals tell stories
INDEPENDENTLY PRODUCED ORIGINAL POEMS SET TO THE BEATS OF SAMORI COLES OF lil drummaboy music, Philadelphia, SOUNDBOY of Coatesville, PA, DENNIS THOMPSON of Jamaica & ONI'S on BASS GUITAR.
FEATURING: WHY I WRITE, LOVE MUST FALL, OUT OF THE PHYSICAL, ALL THAT, ANOTHER WOMAN THANG, HIGHER EDUCATION, I DREAMT, MLK JR.
AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD @ CDBABY.COM
ONI'S STATEMENT POEM ON THE POWER OF WOMANHOOD, IS PUBLISHED IN THIS BOOK OF SHORT STORIES AND POEMS, FOR WOMAN, EDITED BY DEBRA POWELL-WRIGHT
Oni as "Story Poet" with Philly's First & Finest Female Spoken Word Ensemble
L-R: DEBRA POWELL-WRIGHT ~ ONI LASANA ~ PAT MCLEAN ~ NISH PUGH @ AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM OF PHILADELPHIA
AVAILABLE TO HOST INTERACTIVE STO'TRY (Poetic Storytelling) SESSIONS FOR CONFERENCES
WRITERS RETREATS ~ FAMILY REUNIONS ~ SISTER CIRCLES ~ SOIREES' LITERARY SALONS ~ SCHOOL POETRY CAFE'S
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