Motion
Motion is a Toronto-based writer, musician, hip-hop artist, and spoken-word poet. Her first collection of poetry, Motion in Poetry (and the companion CD, The Audio Xperience), was published by Women's Press in 2002.
40 dayz
40 dayz is Motion's eagerly anticipated second book of poetry. An entrancing journey through challenge, discovery, and transformation, this new collection is topical, sensual, sometimes provocative, often beautiful, and always engagingly rhythmic. The poems all allude to or explore the theme of "40 dayz," reflecting the literary side of Motion's ar …
Motion in Poetry
Motion in Poetry charts a journey in language that is rich in contemporary African-Canadian rhythms. Invoking the spirit of Toronto's dub poet legends, Brathwaite makes a name for herself within the spoken word vernacular, while in other poems, strict, Standard English is put to the service of her unique and powerful storytelling. Motion in Poetry …
