Born an April fool in sub arctic Canada, croc E moses is now somewhat global African, having lived over half his life in Swaziland and South Africa. This temperature graduate is now finally poetically licensed. Clever fooligan has made all the right mistakes and has self-realised his irrelevance.
He flirted with rock stardom as a drummer and once upon a time attempted art school and a decade later an MBA. Amongst other expeditions, he has applied himself as a graphic designer, candle shop manager, nude model, indie artist, waiter and pop hermit (part monk, park monkey, mostly moses!) - In other words a fully embodied anthropological experiment!
Mr. Moses has attempted integrating his infinite personality and has even taken it to the stage! He fancies himself a bit of a nectar connector…talking songist…rhythm driven wordsmith…wordle doodle ist…heart headed hartist at heart… borderline magician …dubious flowtician …dinkum nincompoop…and once upon another time he even found himself to be a poet on strike. Well, quite simply he’s brilliant and yes it’s fucking irrelevant. Stay tuned to find out how he was bestowed with such a rambunctious name!
PAST DECADE
For the last 9 nine years croc E moses has been planting word seed. With an activated sense of scooberty this poem ranger has been inciting da in sight…transposing consciousness…returning words to their source.
His works are serious, sensitive, deep, sometimes profound, equally flippant and possibly humorous. He takes many risks in content and in imagination. He draws upon exposure to extremes. His wordstrings are tasty tangents - His accent, soothing moon root liquorice, sub-dub dollop delicious…treating you to a little bit of everything you like. His performance is mysterious dragonfly capoeira!
He no longer has a home, but has friends, songs and poems. Apart from these priorities mr. moses constellates between performer, wanderer, independent publisher, quantum activist and aerobee enthusiastics…dot to dot picture everything overlapping in clapping laughter, adventure rapture…bigger picture focus.
APPEARANCES
Surprisingly and unsurprisingly he has appeared at festivals, conferences, schools, open mics, fund raisers, dinner party’s, exhibition openings and solo gigs mainly in South Africa, but also as far as New York, Dublin, Copenhagen, England, Mozambique, and Swaziland! Highlights include:
2009 Support act for Linton Kwesi Johnson, Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA
2009 Poet On Strike Tour, SOUTHERN AFRICA
2009 Kgotla Youth Conference, SOUTH AFRICA
2008 Bushfire International Arts Festival, SWAZILAND
2007 Latitude Festival, UK
2007 The Aldeburgh Music Festival Fringe, UK
2003 The Nuyorican Poet’s Cafe, New York City, USA
2002 The Herman Charles Bosman Literary Festival, SOUTH AFRICA
2001 Grahamstown National Arts Festival, SOUTH AFRICA
DOWNLOADS
His work is not for sale and is not for free because it is priceless! You are invited to access his material on the understanding that it is not commercially exploited or traded for profit and that his rights and lefts as originator are respected. Of course cash feedback is always welcomed (click here to do that!). Everyday more and more material is available through this website. Revisit as we make croc-e’s catalogue available for download.
Amateur protest poet at the Urban Voices International Poetry Festival, Baxter Theatre foyer, Cape Town, August 2006. Photo by Ralph Berold.
(check the duct tape!)