More In Common Podcast Featuring Pen Clique
The Pen Clique boys invade the More In Common podcast and bring yall their behind the scenes stories, the origin of the clique, and more!
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Poetry Clash: Alex Lu vs Alex Alpharaoh
With already 5 years under his belt, poetry slam champion Alex Luu is no slouch; but will theater veteran Alex Alpharaoh’s over a decade’s worth of stage-performance hold him down in the clash? Let’s find out!
(Re)Introducing: The Poetry Clash
Is poetry slam the end-all, be-all spoken word competition format? Five years ago we tried to address this, but would soon leave the idea to pursue building the Pen Clique podcast. But with lock-down giving us ample time to develop ideas, it’s time we reintroduce to the world: The Poetry Clash.
Creating a Memorable IG Live Experience
Instagram Live can be pretty hit or miss. But what makes it miss? In this video we identify the weakness of IG Live and how we can imrpove upon them.
Pen Clique Presents: The Off Page IG Live Showcase
We’re bringing you Pen Clique’s inaugural Off Page IG Live experience. A whole new poetry and music showcase featuring heavy hitters all around!
Tutorial: Photo Editing & Typography Basics + Adding Handwritten Text In Canva
In this poetry poster tutorial, we’ll cover some Canva basics such as editing a photo, selecting a proper font, and adding text. To take it up a notch, we’ll also add REAL handwritten text!
Word Spoken Presents: The Pen Clique Season 2 Mixtape
REEEMIX! The good homies across the pond Word Spoken podcast, whom we featured in our last off-season episode, now returns the favor with a Pen Clique SEASON 2 MIXTAPE! This episode features dope moments throughout season 2 that hit you in that special Pen Clique way.
Poetry “Slam” In The Quarantine Era
Virtual open mics and slams via IG live: Not great. The video quality, audio quality, lack of atmosphere, and most importantly the live aspect are all stripped away. My question is: What would the ideal digital open mic and slam look like in the quarantine era?
Pen Clique Presents: Word Spoken
We wrapped season 2 but stay tuned as we will be bringing y’all new interesting poetry content in the off season. First up is a swapcast from across the pond, “Word Spoken;” a poetry show hosted by Pen Clique fam Henry Betwick, featuring the best new poets in the UK scene. Henry dives into the stories and experiences behind his guests’ poems and presents it all with the high quality treatment we think poetry deserves. We love this show because of their captivating coverage of spoken word and we’re excited to put our listeners on to more exciting poetry content from the online poetry community. Subscribe to Word Spoken on YouTube and all podcast platforms, and stay tuned as we drop even more poppin poetry content throughout our off season.
Tutorial: Intro To Making Poetry Posters With Canva
Ever wonder how to make a visual poem, but didn’t know where to start? Is it even worth learning to do? In this article, we show you how (and why) we made a whole visual poetry poster FOR FREE with Canva.