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 Queen Sheba, a 22-year veteran, award-winning spoken word poet, author, and professor at Clark Atlanta University.
“I would describe my poetry as social politics. It is definitely thought-provoking, provocative,'” Queen Sheba says.
“Provocative in a way that is politically-challenging. I definitely have my voice, my own view, and my charge in my poetry is to make people consider things that they are doing in their lives and hopefully make changes for the better.”
Queen Sheba started writing poetry as an adult in 1998 when living in Norfolk, Virginia, looking for an outlet due to being in an abusive intimate-partner relationship. “I needed an outlet. I needed a way to cry for help. I needed a way to talk about the things that I was going through. I needed to look for like-minded people.”
She started at a local spot called Urban Safari, which became her escape every other Friday night.
