Ti Kendrick Randall Multi-talented performing artist, Ti Kendrick Randall, is emerging as one of the East Coast's 'Grand Masters' of the page. Ti has been a fixture on the Spoken Word scene for more than a decade and has been tapped to host the poetry slam at the 1st Annual National Black Book Festival, in Houston, TX (May, 2008). She has been privileged to perform across the country and is currently touring with her newest release, psalms in L major.
Of her first collection of poetry ph balanced: poetry and haiku, Vision, of Philly Spoken Word duo QUIET RAGE, says "...Kendrick is careful not to waste a single word. The poetry stands up on the pages, and reaches out to you, drawing you near to whisper, sing, and shout in your mind. The reader feels her passion with every syllable as it is obvious that each poem is a branch from her heart, and her poetry in general is an extension of her soul on paper..."... To continue click 'Read Bio'
The Daily Haiku Bright autumn dawn
The cry of a single crow
Echoes from the hillside. - by Soji
The Daily Poem The Tropics of New York Bananas ripe and green, and ginger root
Cocoa in pods and alligator pears,
And tangerines and mangoes and grape fruit,
Fit for the highest prize at parish fairs,
Sat in the window, bringing memories
of fruit-trees laden by low-singing rills,
And dewy dawns, and mystical skies
In benediction over nun-like hills.
My eyes grow dim, and I could no more gaze;
A wave of longing through my body swept,
And, hungry for the old, familiar ways
I turned aside and bowed my head and wept. - by Claude McKay