Lylu's Library - Poems, Songs, Stories

This is the poet Dhruv performing his spoken word poem at the Bangkok Poetry Slam on Feb 19, 2023. Subscribe to Lylu’s channel for different voices from across this wide planet of ours! So many perspectives just a click a way, so many MORE on the way!! Subscribe TODAY Lylu is based in Bangkok, Thailand, one of planet Earth’s most visited cities. Since 2014 we have been on a mission to make more po...

Enjoy this recording from last week's Bangkok Poetry Slam held on Novemeber 25, 2022. Poets: Shaan John Aaron Hamm Delfin Solomon Jennifer Jules Danny Whelan Sneha Ravindranath Congratulations to Aaron who emerged as the slam winner!

Enjoy this recording from last week's Bangkok Poetry Slam held on October 11, 2022. This is the 1st round. Stay tuned for Round 2! Congratulations to Grace who emerged as the slam winner!

Lylu's Zoom Room is an online open mic held every two weeks. Poets singers, storytellers from around the world gather in fellowship and in the spirit of creating culture & community!

This week is all about Perseverance, taking risks, getting knocked down, and sticking it out to make it through the rough times. We cover the story of Tori Murden who became the first woman to row across an ocean. Along the way we serve up recordings of poems songs, and stories performed live at Lyrical Lunacy's live shows. Poets: Max Rapkin Delfin Solomon Ikena Onyegbula Sara Fiffi Music: "Never...

This week is all about metaphysical musings as we take a look at a few poems that reflect upon the essence of reality, how we perceive it, what is vs what could have been, as well as what was. Enjoy these metaphysical musings. Featured Poets: Damage Control Joe Shakarchi Ellyn Louise Swordfish Music: Your Pick by Swordfish

The classic Sufi mystic epic, Conference of the Birds, reinterpreted and retold by Pableroy in a one-man show that incorporates spokenword poetry, live music, and storytelling, recorded before a live audience on December 11, 2020 at Speakerbox in Bangkok. After having gone their own separate ways, the conference of birds reunites. Having journeyed on their respective quests, they finally emerge, t...

The classic Sufi mystic epic, Conference of the Birds, reinterpreted and retold by Pableroy in a one-man show that incorporates spokenword poetry, live music, and storytelling, recorded before a live audience on December 11, 2020 at Speakerbox in Bangkok. In this episode, we as how does one move about life and the world, with all its perils, with confidence? How might we go forward into that good...

The classic Sufi mystic epic, Conference of the Birds, reinterpreted and retold by Pableroy in a one-man show that incorporates spokenword poetry, live music, and storytelling, recorded before a live audience on December 11, 2020 at Speakerbox in Bangkok. In this episode, we take a look at the delicate dance between fear and desire. We desire to be seen yet are frozen in fear when time to let the...

The classic Sufi mystic epic, Conference of the Birds, reinterpreted and retold by Pableroy in a one-man show that incorporates spokenword poetry, live music, and storytelling, recorded before a live audience on December 11, 2020 at Speakerbox in Bangkok. In this episode, the focus is on facing the monsters that life is rife with. Life itself is a monster that eats itself, evoking the symbol of an...

The classic Sufi mystic epic, Conference of the Birds, reinterpreted and retold by Pableroy in a one-man show that incorporates spokenword poetry, live music, and storytelling, recorded before a live audience on December 11, 2020 at Speakerbox in Bangkok. In this episode, we examine the nature of life on Earth, its complexities, and pressures. We do this by taking a look at one of the most unforgi...

The classic Sufi mystic epic, Conference of the Birds, reinterpreted and retold by Pableroy in an epic one-man show that incorporates spokenword poetry, live music, and storytelling, recorded before a live audience on December 11, 2020 at Speakerbox in Bangkok. In this episode, we continue the origin story of Earth. Mwuetsi, the first man, has met with Massasi with whom he becomes progenitor of li...

The classic Sufi mystic epic, Conference of the Birds, reinterpreted and retold by Pableroy in an epic one-man show that incorporates spokenword poetry, live music, and storytelling, recorded before a live audience on December 11, 2020 at Speakerbox in Bangkok. In this episode, the Hoopoe and his convention of birds arrive at a Labyrinth-like planet. We take a look at how this planet called Earth...

The classic Sufi mystic poem, Conference of the Birds, reinterpretted and retold by Pableroy in an epic one-man show that incorporates spokenword poetry, live music, and storytelling, recorded before a live audience on December 11, 2020 at Speakerbox in Bangkok. In this episode, Hoopoe and his feathered friends set off on their quest to see the Simurgh. They encounter some pitfuls along the way. E...

The classic Sufi mystic poem, Conference of the Birds, reinterpretted and retold by Pableroy in an epic one-man show that incorporates spokenword poetry, live music, and storytelling, recorded before a live audience on December 11, 2020 at Speakerbox in Bangkok. In this first episode, we are introduced to the everwise Hoopoe who calls his fellow avian friends on a quest to find the Simurgh, a myth...

Enjoy this recording from last week's Bangkok Poetry Slam held on March 26, 2021. It was a dazzling array of styles and talents. In the end the winner of the slam was the poet Ana Tone, who brought forth a pair of poems that demonstrated his range which he executed excellently . Accompanying Ana Tone on stage that night was a roster of poets each of who brought their own style and flair. Find the...

Question.seQ a.k.a piz? gave us a live set of his beats and loops during our show in January. Check out his Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/32123456789

Listen back to the performances from Lylu's Open Mic show on Friday November 27, 2020.

Swordfish is a frequent sight within the Awesome Asylum of Lyrical Lunatics. He has won a several poetry slams in Bangkok over the past few years including Lylu’s Wonderslam and the Bangkok Poetry Slam. Swordfish writes his poems in a whimsical and adventurous style that sees the audience accompany a cast of quirky characters that endure trials and tribulations, social mishaps, and whirlwind detou...

Swordfish is a frequent sight within the Awesome Asylum of Lyrical Lunatics. He has won a several poetry slams in Bangkok over the past few years including Lylu’s Wonderslam and the Bangkok Poetry Slam. Swordfish writes his poems in a whimsical and adventurous style that sees the audience accompany a cast of quirky characters that endure trials and tribulations, social mishaps, and whirlwind detou...

Swordfish has is a frequent sight within the Awesome Asylum of Lyrical Lunatics. He has won a several poetry slams in Bangkok over the past few years including Lylu’s Wonderslam and the Bangkok Poetry Slam. Swordfish writes his poems in a whimsical and adventurous style that sees the audience accompany a cast of quirky characters that endure trials and tribulations, social mishaps, and whirlwind d...

Highlights from Lylu's Open Mic show on June 16, 2019. Our featured poet was Stephanie Dogfoot, Singapore's National Poetry Slam Champion. The theme was "Coincidences???"

Highlights from Lylu's Open Mic show on June 16, 2019. Our featured poet was Stephanie Dogfoot, Singapore's National Poetry Slam Champion. The theme was "Coincidences???"

Highlights from Lylu's Open Mic show on June 16, 2019. Our featured poet was Stephanie Dogfoot, Singapore's National Poetry Slam Champion. The theme was "Coincidences???"

Highlights from Lylu's Open Mic show on June 16, 2019. Our featured poet was Stephanie Dogfoot, Singapore's National Poetry Slam Champion. The theme was "Coincidences???"