Lyrically Speaking

Just before showtime, poets gather with Lyrically Speaking host/actor/poet Malcom-Jamal Warner, ASCAP's Jeanie Weems, Charis Henry, Kim E. Parker and Max Luces.

There is a poetic renaissance that is sweeping the nation. ASCAP's Rhythm and Soul Creative Team launched "Lyrically Speaking" at the Silent Movie Theatre in Hollywood, California on September 17, with Malcolm-Jamal Warner hosting. The cultured and the hip gathered to witness for one night the co-habitation of live soulful music and spoken word. The historic venue was filled with charisma as poets spoke on life and all its elements as each one had a different take. If you were in the room you felt it: inspiration, funny, insightful. The excitement was contagious as the words resonated from the stage to the foyer and out the front door. Today's lyricists and poets are taking the art of poetry to new heights and to new places.