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[duck-egg-is-better]

The Rose That Grew from Concrete

(Autobiographical)

Did u hear about the rose that grew from a crack

In the concrete

Proving nature's laws wrong it learned 2 walk without having feet

Funny it seems but by keeping its dreams

It learned to breath fresh air

Long live the rose that grew from concrete

when no one else even cared!

— The Rose That Grew from Concrete **, page 3

[blacksuperhero]

In the Depths of Solitude -Tupac Shakur

[makh-tub]

In the event of my demise

when my heart can beat no more

I hope I die for a principle

Or a belief that I have lived 4

I will die before my time

Because I feel the shadow's depth

So much I wanted 2 accomplish

Before I reached my death

I have come 2 grips with the possibility

and wiped the last tear from my eyes

I loved all who were positive

In the event of my demise

[jenner-benjamin]

Tupac Shakur

I have long been a fan of the 1990s hip hop scene, and in particular the works of Tupac Shakur. ‘The Rose That Grew From Concrete’ is an anthology of Shakur’s poetry that I have revisited recently amidst my own exploration in to writing my own poetry. 

This collection of personal works by Shakur explore relatable themes such as love, anger and heartbreak as well as dedications to loved ones and chilling narratives about the killing of young black men by police officers. Themes that were personal to Shakur at the time of writing but are still relevant today.

‘The Rose That Grew From Concrete’ by Tupac Shakur.

I remember studying English Literature at A-Level and reading a number of works from a vast selection of poets and writers, from Alexander Pope to Seamus Heaney. All of which are good poets by definition and definitely worth a read, but I always found them to be very dry and failed to hold my interest. Until I found Shakur’s poetry I had never been touched on an emotional level by a piece of literature and discovering this book was a turning point for me in understanding how the written word can bring our innermost thoughts and feelings to the surface. 

‘Starry Night, Dedicated in Memory of Vincent Van Gogh’ by Tupac Shakur.

Each poem in the book consists of a hand written version by Shakur, lifted from his note books and complete with doodles, notes and crossed out corrections; as well as a typed copy on the adjacent page. I enjoy the duality of the hand written and typed versions of the same body of text. The typed iteration of the poems convey a professional and clean quality, reminiscent of the poems studied in school. However I find the hand written accompaniment alongside this much more powerful. In reading his hand written scrawl we feel his angst, his enthusiasm and his solitariness. I reiterate my passion for the hand written gesture and eagerness to bring these notions of emotive mark making to my own practice.   

[simplypaigeee]

Misplaced hate makes disgrace to races

We under, I wonder what it takes to make this

One better place, let's erase the wasted....

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