WASHINGTON, DC - known as High Priestess of Poetry, Abena focuses on educating, tapping into the creative spirit, and increasing creative awareness. Abena Hosted the opening show of St. Louis, Missouri October 2002, 2nd Annual Spoken Word Expo, where Poets from across the United States came together with product, and "Mental Poetic Stimulation."

Abena has been seen performing at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe in New York, National Theatre in Washington, DC, Source Theatre in Washington, DC, Haiti International Radio in Port Au Prince, Haiti, MHZ2 Cable Networks with Patti Austin during the month of June 2002, Daveed Nelson of "The Last Poets", Robert Northern (Brother AH who has played with Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Sun RA,) Natambu Elijah Russ who has played with the Temptations, and Billy Nicolas, Red Foxx, Four Tops, and many others with platforms where she graced the stage Nationally, and Internationally.In her own words, "This whole Poetic life livity... well, it energizes me, it cleanses me, makes me feel whole, makes me feel like there has been a true exchange mentally, spiritually, physically, and emotionally... how I got into it? Well, my first poem... I just happened to be sitting under a tree and this poem came to me, and the name of the poem was "Nature Takes Meaning."

Ms. Disroe has been a teacher at the Elementary, Jr. High, and High School levels, performance poet, and playwright. Since 1995, and presently she is also a Storyteller with the federally funded Everybody Wins program in Washington, DC. where she visits seventeen (17) schools each year to increase the interest, and thirst reading. In 1997, her creative performance talents and her performing group Voices with Vision © earned a nomination for the Mayor's Arts Award for New and Outstanding Emerging Artist. Abena was also selected as one of "America's Most Outstanding Women With all her community projects, and spirit of empowerment of not only her community, but communities throughout Washington, DC, such as Petworth/Columbia Heights, South Washington Collaborative, 16th Street, Fairlawn, Southwest Hill Residents, Abena researched, edited and wrote "Making It Happen" a publication on Self-help organizations, published by Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced and International Studies (SAIS).

President/Founder of Neighborhood Empowerment Working Success (N.E.W.S.) LLC., and Voices with Vision© (a performance ensemble.) Abena is a 1999 Graduate of George Washington University in the School of Business and Management as a Certified Events Management Planner, a gradutae of Jackson State University (Jackson, Mississippi) Communications (Radio and Television) and has recently became Producer and Host of her new Cable Family Entertainment Programming (S.E.E.D.S.©) Soulful, Expressive, Empowerment, Diversity, spoken-Word© This Cable Show centers and focus on Visual Art, Poetry, Music, and Dance. Featuring interviews, and performances by Writers, Poets, Visual Artists, and Musicians. S.E.E.D.S.© is Family Programming that is diverse with a Vision and Mission in mind that will Educate, Inform, Entertain, and connect the Voices of all Generational age groups. Artists from the ages of 5 to 95, Known, and Unknown (Nationally and Internationally.)

Artist Statement

When you are dealing with nature, that's where you learn about the cycles of life. You learn and come to overstand the power of the ingredients of air, fire, water, and earth. You learn that energy always live, and replenish through cycles that always bring forth birth according to your works. You learn some very basic lessons that build strong foundations. You learn that when the right hand receives, the left hand should be giving and that to get some energy (you must give some energy. Everything is in divine order, that there is enough in this universe for everybody, but before healing others.... you must first heal yourselves.

Often times, I have children around on the set at The Poets Den, because it is important, and essential to develop leadership in them, to make them feel secure around adults with their expressions of creativity, to ask questions to speak their minds, what they feel and what they think, because great ideas also come from children. We need to bring them in a setting with adults where there is the freedom of sharing what is important to you. We should develop the creative confidence in a child where he or she will be able to say, "do you mind if I go first this time?"

Lets look at communities like "Body Systems". A body system is a group of connected parts, including organs and tissues, that together carry out particular functions, such as breathing and digestion. Although the systems can be regarded as separate processes within the body, each is dependent upon the others for physical and biochemical support. The human body can maintain health and survive only if all systems work together as an efficiently functioning cooperative. If only we could be like our own body systems, natural, attentive, patient, and willing to give what we know is really needed. To that I say AMEN.

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You can contact Abena at: PoeticVibeStarSearch@yahoo.com and/or thepoetsden2000@yahoo.com