Atlanta-based spoken word artist B Rockstar uses his poetry to promote positive messages
On the “City Lights” series “Speaking of Poetry,” Atlanta’s most prolific wordsmiths discuss the art of evoking emotions with words. This edition of “Speaking of Poetry” features Spoken Word artist B Rockstar.
“I would describe my poetry as everchanging and yet rooted in ancestry,'” B Rockstar says. “It is constantly seeking a reason to be responsible for something. My poetry always wants to change people and impact them in a positive way.”
B Rockstar started writing poetry as a six or seven-year-old child, but he didn’t call it poetry then because he didn’t like poetry. He called them “emotional notes.” He would leave these notes all over the house for his mother where she could find them.
In his senior year of high school, he had a poetry assignment to write fifteen different types of poems. He completed the assignment the night before and still managed to get an A.
Sometime later in college, he shared a seven-page poem about a break-up with a friend who encouraged him to go to an open mic, and the rest is history.
B Rockstar’s poetry initially started out as cynical towards women, but after a profound experience at a bar when he realized he had a platform, and through working for the Civil Rights Museum, he decided to use his poetry/spoken word art to say something that matters.
In this segment, B Rockstar shared an excerpt from a poem he wrote called “Choices.”
You can find out more about Spoken Word artist B Rockstar on Instagram here.
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