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A combination of Award Winning poets and performers, Poetry to the People is Milton “Ranik” Jackson and Kendall “Chosen” Exume.
With over 10 years of combined performance experience, Poetry to the People seeks to recognize the challenges of love, address topics of social concern, politics, respect and the importance of the creative art of poetry.
Chosen brings the element of love, sexuality, while highlighting a respect and admiration for women. Chosen’s repertoire far exceeds love poetry, his work also addresses the topics of AIDS and STD’s, social inequality and more.
Ranik (Rah - Neek), a fire starter like no other, has written two books on the topics of social inequalities, culture, love and oppression. He has performed at over 50 venues, published two books, received 2 literary awards and has been recognized by Eastern CT State University and the Hartford Courant for his voluntarism and his fight within the civic arena through poetry.
During Black History Month of 2006, Poetry to the People was asked to host the Black History Stamp Program coordinated by the United States Post Office and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
The group, formed in the summer of 2005, has already appeared at:
Hesser College (New Hampshire)
Northeastern University (Boston, MA)
State University of NY at Fredonia (Fredonia, NY)
University of Hartford (West Hartford, CT)
Central Connecticut State University (New Britain, CT)
Eastern Connecticut State University (Willimantic, CT)
The Artist's Collective (Hartford, CT)
Trinity College (Hartford, CT)
Smith College (Northampton, MA)
Columbia University (New York, NY)
and more...
Poetry to the People is the performance poetry group that will definitely provide the Fire and Light you seek at your venue.
Books authored:
Fire Light: Some Kind of Wonderful by Milton Jackson
(Fire Light Projects, 2006)
Life, Liberty and Love by Milton Jackson (Matchfusion Publishing, 2003)
Oral Sex: Stimulation Through Words by Kendall
Exume
(Fire Light Projects, 2006)
Awards:
Martin Luther King Distinguished Service Award
(Chosen- 2005, Ranik - 2003)
Asnuntuck Community College Freshwater Poetry
Contest Winner (2004)
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