On the “City Lights” series “Speaking of Poetry,” Atlanta’s most prolific wordsmiths discuss the art of evoking emotions with words. This edition of “Speaking of Poetry” features Spoken Word artist Tommy Bottoms.
“I would describe my poetry as definitely Hip-Hop influenced with a lot of social commentary,’” Bottoms says. “So I would probably describe it as George Carlin meets George Orwell meets Sean Carter [AKA Jay-Z].”
Bottoms got exposed to poetry in the late 90s. He went to open mics for about six months, observing what people were doing onstage before deciding he could do it too.
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