XJAZZ! FESTIVAL 2025: Poetry meets presents VERSE//PULSE
May 14 2025 - 5:30 pm Emmauskirche
POETRY MEETS pres.: VERSE//PULSEOn May 14, Poetry Meets curates the XJAZZ! Festival opening with a freshly conceptualized edition: VERSE//PULSE—where poetry, movement/dance, and music find common ground.
Joy Alpuerto Ritter’s dance pulses through the space. Contributing authors of Poetry Meets' upcoming anthology Togetherness, Ihram Fazal (Kenya) delivers powerful poetry, while Elom 20ce (Togo) blends rap and spoken word with raw intensity.
Natcyet Wakili (Sons of Kemet, Nala Sinephro, Cleo Sol) grounds the night with pulsating percussion building toward the acoustic soul of main act Kersha Bailey.
Curated by Jumoke Adeyanju, Poetry Meets is a multilingual, international communitmy