Cezanne’s Poetry 💗

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I began writing poetry in 2001; at the time I was still a Christian, and could hear from God (I thought everybody could!)

The first poems I wrote were beautiful, loving messages ‘the Poet in the sky’ asked me to dictate, and share with the world. One of them, titled “Look to Me!” (God’s Reply) now features in Year One of my novel Journey of a Sister:

I also wrote poems to God, inspired by my quiet times in His presence. I can still remember “It is You!” and recited it last year when I was in Egypt (2024):

Love’s Cloak was written in 2001; it expresses the joy of how it was to feel God’s presence wrapped around me, like a velvet cloak:

I used to perform it as a dance back in the day…

But as a single mother who had obviously had ‘sex before marriage’, the church didn’t take me seriously. How could a single mother claim to hear from God?

I developed a beautiful ‘Father/daughter’ relationship with God outside of church; I had a strong desire to get to know my Creator personally, and to discover the purpose He created me. So I would spend hours of my free time studying my bible, praying in tongues, and sitting in the Silence, waiting to hear back from Him. In my naivity, I thought “If I’m going to pray to my ‘Heavenly Father’, it has to be a two-way conversation!” 🙏🏾💭

And sure enough, He started talking back to me! Not out loud, rather, telepathically.

It seemed like there was nothing I could do to make God stop loving me!

I fell in Love with my Heavenly Father, because of the Unconditional LOVE He showed me, which I was to spread to humanity:

However, my faith in the church began to waiver; I had so many QUESTions the church couldn’t answer – even the god in the bible was different to the God I had developed a relationship with! My God was Pure, Unconditional LOVE, whereas the God in the bible seemed to have a Jekyll and Hyde character!

I wrote a fearless letter to my Creator, which I ended by asking for “the Truth!” (see Books page to listen to it).

I left church in 2007 and entered the black ‘conscious’ community. There, I made a name for myself as ‘Cezanne Poetess’. My poetry style changed, based upon what I was learning about my African ancestry, who I am as a Black Woman, and the his-story of the religion I had been indoctrinated into.

One afternoon in 2008, I was driving down the road and had to pull over suddenly, to write ‘Who Am I?‘ which came as a ‘download’; at the time, I didn’t even know what a ‘Kemetic Dynasty’ was!

I was being re-minded of my ancestral roots! My DNA was coming back online! I was beginning to RE-MEMBER Who I Am!

I started learning about the creative power of our thoughts, and “I am…” statements, and wrote “I Am What I WILL to Be!” which features in Year Four of Journey of a Sister. “The ancestors speak through me, so listen carefully…”:

After discovering that poetry originated in Ancient Kemet (now called Egypt) I was inspired to write Ode to My King Part 1 in 2010:

I wrote and recorded Part Two at home in 2022, using my phone, a drum, and a shaker!

Between 2009-10, I collaborated with acoustic guitarist Theo Calliste, and wrote lyrics to 11 of his compositions:

“Can I Paint You?” was inspired by a lover; when I asked if I could paint him he said “no”, so I decided to write a poem instead! But as the words started flowing, it turned out to be an ‘ode to the Black Woman’! When he heard it, he said it could either make or break my poetry career:

I ended up taking it off the CD! 😅

I also removed The Smile (about a little old woman), and Straight From the Heart – I have yet to do videos for them! (Thanks to my brother Antonio Noel, I still have the recordings!)

Most of my poems and poem-songs in my Seeds of Love collection can be listened to on the Art page; I wrote Conversations Within in 2009, but didn’t creat the video until 2024! It also compliments my painting ‘Black Butterfly’, and features my youngest sun ‘Azzy’ who was only five years old at the time:

I would spend up to 12 hours a day meditating – and found a whole new world within!

My first poetry and art collection were inspired by my early morning walks in Regent’s Park:

You can listen to my short story “Pick Me!” and download the Poster which illustrates it (which incorporates Colour Therapy) on Patreon, see link below!

All 13 poems and poem-songs in my Seeds of Love collection feature in Journey of a Sister. When I was revising the Third Edition I added a 14th poem, “I Need a MAN!” which wasn’t in the two previous editions (there’s a video of me performing it below).

I also performed R U The One back in the day:

So I’d left church, and was in the Black ‘conscious’ community. In 2010 I completed a year-long Black History course with Robin Walker. I also watched the film Sankofa which traumatized me, but helped me realize that as the descendant of an enslaved African, I was still carrying the trauma my ancestors suffered in my DNA. I went to bed crying, asking my Self what I could do to help my people heal. When I woke up the following morning, I was led straight to my home studio, and recorded We Belong Together to one of Theo’s tracks, without even writing it first:

Shortly after, I was inspired to start writing the First Edition of my novel, then titled Single, Spiritual… AND Sexual!

I wrote “Is This…Love?” in 2002 during a seperation from my Twin Soul. I didn’t plan to ever record it, because I didn’t want to make people feel sad! But when I started recording the audiobooks for Journey of a Sister in 2020 I was forced to, as the entire poem features in Year Four of the story! With my youngest sun ‘Azzy’ playing the piano, and my good friend Wadada playing the sax, it turned out to be a beautiful heartbreak poem! 🥲

Live Performances

I have performed at a variety of community events; this was at Gida Live!

I performed a 3-poem set at Rebirth of the Griot in 2021, here are a few snippets:

This was recorded for a podcast in 2023:

I recorded this extract of Ode to My King Pt. 1 when I was in Egypt in 2024:

My fictional character Queen Leticia (who channels the Ancestral Mothers) explains how we have in-formation stored in our DNA:

In 2014, I won the title ‘Inspirational Artist of the Year’ in the Spokenword Billboard Awards (USA) for my Seeds of Love collection. They sent me this award:

Seeds of Love

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