We invite you to experience ‘Landing,” a video poem by Edmonton’s Poet Laureate, Dwennimmen (Shima Robinson). This poem comes from her 2022 release “The Bellow Project,” a collaborative collection of spoken word poetry and improvisational music featuring Dwennimmen on words and “damn magpies” on other forms of sound.
Click the link in our bio to watch the full video on YouTube and to learn more about Shima’s work, visit her website denseverse.com.
Shima Aisha Robinson is an amiskwaciy-wâskahikan (Edmonton) born student, community builder, poet and spoken word artist who embodies, with every literary and scholarly effort, the ancient meaning of her chosen pen name. Dwennimmen is the name of an ancient African Adinkra symbol, which means strength, humility, learning and wisdom. It is no surprise, then, that this veteran of the Alberta poetry community uses a searing intellect and dynamic precision-of-language to create poetry which ushers her readers and listeners toward greater understanding and poignant reflection. For Shima Aisha Robinson aka Dwennimmen, poetry has long been a compass, a salve, an anchor and guiding light. She uses the potential and force of poetry to uncover the full range of her cerebral, linguistic and spiritual fortitude. This is why her every poem and performance testifies to an emerging power and wisdom, an authentic, deeply human potency which she hopes to pass on to listeners and poetry-lovers around the world. She is the author of two books including HORN, 2016, Denseverse (self published), and Bellow, 2022, Glass House Press.
Video by Mohamed A Ali (@oldcitydreams).
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