After daily posts and weekly livestreams all throughout 2020, we ghosted in April 2021 without warning. We finally address what happened to Pen Clique, where we’ve been, what we’ve been up to and our plans for Pen Clique.
[Index]
- 0:00 – Whoops! Forgot to mention…
- 1:20 – 2020 in summary
- 2:21 – What happened to season 3?
- 3:55 – Making quarantine content was weird
- 6:33 – Unforeseen responsibilities
- 8:05 – Getting burnt out & seeing the big picture
- 10:18 – Getting ahead of ourselves (and the bag)
- 11:42 – Doing whatever we want with poetry cause we CAN
- 13:51 – The STRESS of doing too much w/ high expectations
- 14:34 – The story of reviving the poetry clash
- 17:10 – 2020 was a series of beta tests
- 19:02 – Pen Clique plans for the rest of the year
- 21:50 – Additional drops and personal projects
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Episode 12 Ft. Alex Alpharaoh
CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED poet/writer/actor Alex Alpharaoh retells wild stories of homeless poets in LA, as he cliques up on our season premiere! The Clique gasses up Sierra DeMulder during the YT poetry review, and takes shots at fake-logic IG poetry during the “2 Piece Combo.” Alex closes it out by getting into his personal and social struggles during the “5 For Your Eye” prompted poem.
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Episode 03 ft. Alex Alpharaoh
Take a journey through skid row with critically acclaimed poet Alex Alpharaoh as your guide during “Threads and Lines”. The Clique touch the heavens and the bottom of the barrel with the highest and lowest “2 Piece combo” scores yet! Alpharaoh closes us out by shutting ‘Merica down during the “Five For Ya Eye”.
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Episode 23 ft. Shalane Goss
How do we grow through heartbreak? On the final episode of season 2, Shalane Goss joins the clique as they dive into their feels and wade through the murky waters of accountability in relationships during ‘Threads and Lines.’ An 18 year old Sarah Kay performing on Def Poetry gets the ‘2 Piece combo’ poetry review treatment, and the clique pull unexpected gold during the #poetry Instagram poetry review. Shalane ends the show with love abounding with her ‘Five for Ya Eye’ prompted poem.
