alot of
poetry
PUBLISHED POET
SPOKEN WORD ARTIST
BRAND DESIGNER
Esther Cho Photography
“I want to go to bed with you and night and dream your dreams’
— Excerpt from Connection by aloT of Poetry
Less COmplex words
- more communication
I began writing poetry as a way to be understood. I think the most important part of my art is creating an experience where strangers can take those moment to feel understood and to understand others.
In SolidaritY
a Poetic Land acknowleDGment
All non-indigenous people who have made their home here.
Take a breath.
The air we breathe is filled with the past breaths of spirits still watching over their descendants.
Where they have cried.
Where they gathered
Where they danced.
Where they bled.
EXPLORE
My Writing
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IN THE PRESS
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Curious Magazine Calgary
Themes in my poetry, my overall relationship and history with poetry, my journey so far as an independent African Immigrant artist, publishing, my artist brand and web design company Poetic Designers and more.
4 Feb, 2024
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Rozsa Foundation
Guiding Lights: The Vital Importance of Mentorship in Pursuit of a Career in the Arts- Lia Pereira
1 Nov, 2023
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Institute for Canadian Citizenship
New Citizens Celebrate Personal Journeys in Calgary
5 May, 2023
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Calgary Journal
VENUS: FUTURE LOVE, A BLACK CABARET-STYLE SHOW, THRILLED AUDIENCES IN FEBRUARY AT ARTS COMMONS.
13 April 2023
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CBC-FIRST PERSON
I MOVED BECAUSE MY FAMILY MOVED. THE LONELINESS OF THE CANADIAN WINTER WAS NUMBING
17 Dec 2022
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CBC NEWS CALGARY
Poetry is having a moment in Calgary. I set out to discover why
Neamat Ahmed · for CBC News
30 Mar, 2024
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Afros in the Disapora Podcast
Embracing Self-Expression with Adetola aka aloT of Poetry.
11 Jan , 2024
Publications
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Order The Book
“Extraordinary Stories of Ordinary People
Ordinary Stories of Extraordinary People
YYC POP is a poetry anthology which includes 76 writers, published in 2020 by Frontenac House.”
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Read Vol 10 2023
“We are a proudly volunteer-run team and have created 11 free-of-charge issues so far.
Covering current events, local arts, queer health, and more in an accessible way!”
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The Feminist Word (The F-Word) magazine features the voices of young women across Canada by showcasing their thoughtful and creative words and art. The ninth edition of the F-Word magazine showcases young feminists’ views on a variety of issues. In this edition you’ll find:
POEM: FREE ME by Adetola Adedipe (aka aloT of Poetry)
ART PIECES: REFLECTION, LISTEN, GREEK SHORE by Ariel Martin
POEM: WITHOUT COMPROMISE by Élisabeth Bruins
ART PIECE: WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU LEMONS by Jayde Lavoie
SEX, THE SELF, AND THE SORTS OF IT by Simone Brown
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University of Calgary Wurklund School of Education
ISBN 9781032546728
212 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
Published September 27, 2023 by Routledge
Professional Poetic Services
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Performance
Performance is my first love. I enjoy creating spaces where people feel open to connection and communication is my specialty. Corporate, festivals, ceremonies
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Collaboration
I am always looking to collab with artists, business and organizations. Photoshoots, music , modelling, custom poems, production, public speaking, workshops
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Workshops & Facilitation
“Findinng your Poetic Voice” and “Poetry and Performance” are workshops that I offer to groups, organisations and schools for people of nay age that are ready to explore finding their poetic voice and want to engage more with performance art.
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Branding for Artists
I owe my success to my brand as an artist and I can do the same for you. Web design, graphic design for artist, businesses and events.
Watch my spoken word video
A social commentary spoken word video on
the heteronormative expectations of genders.
Womxn , intentionally spelled with an “x” instead of an “a” is a project to talk about the expectations of women and femme identifying people and how their expectations effect us.
I also dug deeper into the meaning and intention behind replacing the “an” with an ‘x' and came to find it to be an important discussion about trans rights and the erasure of trans individuals in the LGBTQI2A+ community.
I further came to not only take this poem as a celebration of breaking out of the cis-normative expectations of women but also what it means to be a woman in todays’ society and how we can practice inclusivity in a way that is more welcoming and accessible for everyone.
Purpose Through Poetry - Blog
My journey as an artist, my favourite writers, ups and down of independent artist life, milestones and tips on how I grew my platform and earned income as a brand designer and spoken word artist!
partnerships
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I was asked by the organisers of Calgary’s Racial Justice Conference to do a Land Acknowledgement. I used poetry to share my feelings of being here on Indigenous Land as an immigrant and as a Black woman. This poem is about my feeling about Black people being welcome by Indigenous Communities and how we need to stand with them when they are calling for us to do so. How being on this land means a responsibility to answer that call without question.