Poetic Moments LIVE - RECAP

Hey Y'all!

Poetic Moments Live was last night at 595 North and it was AWESOME!!!!! The show started at 8:00 so I wanted to make sure that I got there early enough to get a good seat and all, so I arrived at 7:30 EXACTLY! Anyways, when I walked in there were very few people there and the band was just setting up and I was thinking to myself, "Isn't this supposed to start at 8:00?" Anyways, my friend and I were fortunate to get a table at the VERY front so we settled down and started chit chatting until the show began. 595 North has a WONDERFUL menu with GREAT prices....there are chicken wings and chicken fingers for ONLY $6, and shrimp for $8. While my friend and I were talking, we decided to order some food since neither of us had eaten dinner. I ordered chicken fingers and fries and she ordered the shrimp. While we were sitting and waiting for the food to come time was slowly ticking away and it didn't seem as if they were ANY closer to starting the show. Finally the food come and I tried one of my chicken fingers and it was soooooo TOUGH that I sent them back and ordered the shrimp. FINALLY....the show started at 8:35......35 minutes LATER than when it was supposed to start. Anyways, I was anxious to see what "Poetic Moments Live" was all about, so as the lights started to dim and the M.C. for the night, Joyce Littel approached the stage I got comfortable in my chair so that I could sit back and enjoy the show. The first poet for the night was a young man by the name of Real Thoughts and the name of his poem was "Black." His poem was ok, but you could tell that he was DEFINITELY NEW to the Poetry game. The second poet, named Dub Deuce The Poet performed a poem titled "Boom." It was DEFINITELY a sensual poem and I was tickled by his line that said "Let Me Explore Your Space Like A Captain named Kirk." LOL! He definitely was entertaining! One of my FAVORITE poets for the night was a Lady named Curvaceous. When she entered the stage she said "I'm an erotic artist," so I knew that she was going to BRING IT! LOL! and Curvaceous did 2 poems, one called "Share Your Shit" and another one called "Aint Gon Make It." The first poem was basically about getting into a relationship with someone and really wanting them to share not only the GOOD things about themeslf, but the bad things as well. Lyrical Jones was another poet that I enjoyed because she not only did poetry, but she sang as well. She would sing a little, then do a little poetry, then go back to singing....it was GREAT!!!! The Featured Poet for the night was a man named Sphinx. He has been on Def Poetry Jam and Every 3rd Friday of the month he hosts a Poetry event at Kat's Cafe in Midtown. He was WONDERFUL! I could've listened to his poetry ALL NIGHT LONG!!!! LOL! After the Feautured poet there was a Featured musical artist for the night and his name was Xavier, but his stage name is XL. He was WONDERFUL. He did a few original songs and he even did his own rendition of John Legend's "Ordinary People." He had been on the tv show, "America's Got Talent," and I can see why because the man can SANG!!! During his performance he came down to the front row and started to sing to my friend and the spotlight was on our table....it was HILARIOUS!!! LOL!! Overall, Poetic Moments Live was an AWESOME event! It is going to be held EVERY 4th Thursday at 595 North and I DEFINITELY recommend it because admission is ONLY $7 and you are SURE to have a WONDERFUL time!!!!!!