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.
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- 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 19 ft. Brian “SuperB” Oliva”
Brian “Super B” Oliva breaks down the Christian poetry scene to the clique as they discuss how to effectively express your faith through poetry. The ‘2 Piece Combo’ poetry review gets deep into Pilipino bars as they fanboy over Bambu de Pistola before taking huge shots during the #poetry review. Lastly, Brian reveals a part of brown Asian profiling during the ‘5 For ya Eye’ prompted poem.
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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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Off Page: August 2020
For this month’s showcase, we got THE Alyesha Wise, South Central songbird Samuel Hummingbird, Florida’s finest Blacqwildflowr, rising singer Jess Roman, activist & Pen Clique fam Roz, and the astral music vibes of Zensoul.
