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 18 ft. Matthew Nye
On this episode Matthew Nye tackles toxic masculinity during ‘Threads and Lines’. The Clique gives Raych Jackson a near perfect score for her 1 minute poem during the ‘2 Piece Combo’ and Matt writes a fire poem on the spot for his ‘5 For your eye’ prompted poem.
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Episode 22 ft. Yaw Kyeremateng
What’s in a name? Poet Yaw Kyeremateng reveals the depths and impact of colonialism seen through a West African lens during “Threads and Lines.” We review our former guest Meccmorphosis during the ‘2 Piece Combo’ giving her high praise before Dan literally laughs out loud at the #poetry piece. Yaw brings a soft & sweet landing to the ‘5 For Ya Eye’ Prompted poem leaving the clique breathless.
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Episode 02 Ft. Charles Williams
Charles Williams brings poetry so fire the boys debate existence as we know it during ‘Threads and Lines’! The Clique judge the 1st Slam poet ever with modern minds during the ‘2 piece combo’ and Charles gets personal and powerful with the ‘5 For Ya Eye’ prompted poem.
