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The Mother

MOTHER HUBBARD- The original Irish-Jamaican Rasta

About Me

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Thanks for passing by. Welcome to the page of:Michelle Hubbard, known on the performance poetry scene as "The Mother":'The Mother' is a freelance performance artist and consultant (Performance Poet, Storyteller, African Drummer, workshop facilitator & closet comedien) based in Nottingham. Regularly working in a variety of settings including schools, community centres, youth clubs, and prisons. Regularly performing at community festivals, cafe bars, theatres, community venues, libraries and on the open mic circuit around the UK.A founder member of BLACKDROP! (Open mic/spoken word performance event held every 1st Monday of each month at The Canal House Bar, Nottingham, Doors: 7.30pm Start: 8pm Entry: $2 - Arrive early to sign up if you want to perform - poetry, rapping, story telling, M.C.ing - must be original material) . Michelle's poetry has been published in various anthologies and publications.Previous book 'The Tapestery Of A Black Woman' - limited copies still available. Send message for details. Pay-Pal service.'Mother' has performed alongside Benjamin Zephaniah, Patience Agbabi, Michelle Scally-Clarke, Phenzwaan, Martin Glynn, shortMAN, Spicyfingers, Louise Ashley, Dave Stickman Higgins, Lisa MonoLisa Jackson, David J, Carol Leeming, Spicyfingers, Steve Carol, Rob Gee, Mark Gwyn Jones, Best Kept Secret, The World Slam Champions ... and many many more (and a growing number of 'myspace' people)!Winner of Manchester's SECONDS OUT SLAM competition @ Contact Theatre- December 2006. Winner of London's FARRAGO EASTER SLAM COMPETITION @ RADA Bar- April 2007. Winner of the London Heats of BBC Radio 4 semi-final FARRAGO POETRY SLAM @ RADA, London, 28th April 2007. Second Place, NOTTM POETRY SOCIETY Performance Competition 26th May 2007 ____________________________________________________________ ____THE ORIGINAL IRISH-JAMAICAN!Irish-Jamaican book OUT NOW... As featured in 'The New Nation' and 'The Irish Post' -Nottingham based, English raised, Jamaican-Irish bred! This book is an exploration of Irish connection via the cultural blend of the established performance poet Michelle ‘The Mother’ Hubbard.A rich diverse cultural mix explored and examined through a selection of purpose written poems that are thought provoking, probing, and questioning; with a light hearted twist and dash of good humorous.Rejecting the terms mixed-race, dual-heritage, and bi-racial for a term more accurate and reflective; Michelle brings you her genetic ancestral celebration: ‘The Irish-Jamaican’------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------ Thank you to the many spirits I come into contact with that enrich my life through the spoken word. A poet without lyrics is a tree without roots. water them daily! Point the pen, not the gun! Stay blessed.SEND ME A MESSAGE TO BOOK A PERFORMANCE/WORKSHOP/READING !

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/12/2006
Band Website: www ? not yet!
Band Members: Solo, but never lonely. Freelance, freespirit!
Influences: Rastafari first and foremost! Then there's Life itself. Give thanks and praise for the gift of life.Not forgetting:Bob Marley, Benjamin Zephaniah, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Mutabaruka, Judy Mowatt, Jackie Kay, Michelle Scally-Clarke, Martin Glyn, Maya Angelou, Lisa 'Monolisa' Jackson, Dave 'Stickman' Higgins ... to name but a few. Not to mention all the guys and gyals that get up on the Blackdrop open mic and drop their stuff... Nuff talent!
Sounds Like: MICHELLE 'THE MOTHER' HUBBARD A female Performance Poet from Nottingham with heart, soul, and a really-sharp pencil! Michelle will have you................. crying, laughing, cussing, hoping, praying, and most definately thinking! Book me if you want to hear me! ;-)
Record Label: Mother Hubbard
Type of Label: None

My Blog

ABDULLAH NAZIR UHURU - My soul brother RIP

I CANT BELIEVE THE SUDDEN DEATH OF ONE OF MY CLOSEST FRIENDS, AND DRUMMING COMPANION. WHY DO THE GOOD DIE YOUNG?   I wish it was just a dream, but it isnt. Gonna miss you like the earth would mis...
Posted by The Mother on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 03:02:00 PST

PEOPLE WATCHING

..> PEOPLE WATCHING' Oh people! Love 'em!I meet so many fasinating people up and down the country, as well as at home in Nottz... but come on! There's some real material out there. The way people ...
Posted by The Mother on Fri, 07 Sep 2007 01:50:00 PST

SUNDAY DINNER

I'm in here on myspace when I should be in the kitchen! It started out well. I came in the front room to check emails so I know where I'm at as the new week unfolds (but there are no new bookings so I...
Posted by The Mother on Sun, 12 Aug 2007 05:18:00 PST

GRANDPARENTHOOD

WOW!..... .... I'm a grandma! Seems like only yesterday I became a mother and now one of my offspring has had a child! I dont even know how to find words for this one! I'm not often speechless, or wor...
Posted by The Mother on Mon, 06 Aug 2007 04:40:00 PST

BBC RADIO 4 SLAM COMPETITION

WHAM, BAM, SLAM! OK if you've got a wireless, or a radio, or a mobile that you can listen to the radion on, or radio through your TV/sky, then tune in on Thursday 30th August to BBC Radio 4 at 11.00pm...
Posted by The Mother on Sun, 29 Jul 2007 05:24:00 PST

BOOK LAUNCH

AT last, I finally get my books back from the printers and sit here with two boxes full, pleased that I finally committed myself to pulling it all together and getting it into print.   It wa...
Posted by The Mother on Sun, 29 Jul 2007 05:08:00 PST

From the Irish Jamaican book...

Two sides to every story ..:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />   There's two sides to every story So there's two sides to me The storytelling; the poetry The I...
Posted by The Mother on Sat, 14 Jul 2007 11:55:00 PST

Tarantula's final web

Don't do this blog thing... But there are those times, you know, when you have to write a little something just to put it out into the universe ad acknowledge it. The photo you see on my page of my pe...
Posted by The Mother on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 02:43:00 PST

Younger Days

My Younger Days..:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />   In my younger days I chased rainbows Made bow 'n' arrows Folded paper into animals Chewed large sticky c...
Posted by The Mother on Sat, 16 Jun 2007 04:36:00 PST

This Time

Hours drip from my watch like blood of an ancient time wetting veins that underlie   seconds slip like blood from slit wrists and life is on count down   we count backwards hands push the fu...
Posted by The Mother on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 09:17:00 PST