Woodlawn High School student and the 2010 Word Up! second place winner, Illyshia Parker is one of those students who seems to excel at everything she does. Pavo contributor Aziza Jackson and I visited Woodlawn High School and captured some video footage of Illyshia's talent on campus. As she states in her bio below, she leaves her poems untitled so that the listener can derive their own interpretation from the performance. In my mind, the poem Illyshia Parker performed for us has developed a clear title... but I won't ruin that for you. Watch the video taken by Aziza below Illyshia's bio and see what title your mind creates!
My name is Illyshia Parker. I am 17 years old and I attend Woodlawn High School where I am in the 11th grade. I live in a community called Eastlake in the city of Birmingham and I've been living there for about 10 years. Read more...
Inner Peace is a Pavo series highlighting a few non-mainstream spiritual centers in Birmingham. There are many, and though this journey will surely leave some important stones unturned, for those of us who are not quite right for the mainstream Christian world or who may just need a different world view, there may be peace to be found here in Birmingham, yet. Read more...
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Outdoors Types
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To the Transfigured
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Garage Music
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Homo Aestheticus