SpokenHeard with Giselle Robinson and Susan Dobbe Chase

Giselle Robinson was born in “Rock City”, St. Thomas, USVI. Giselle’s voice and her words, her stories and her style, reflect the deeply ingrained West Indian values and traditions she was raised with. She is as warm and smooth, deep and as vibrant as the Caribbean Sea. DFW’s own Island Girl, Giselle was a member of the 2011 and 2012 Fort Worth Slam Teams and is a member of the 2013 Inkwell Poetry Slam Team. She was the 2011 DFW Gladiator Slam Champion and represented Dallas at the 2012 Women of the World Poetry Slam Championship. For over 2 years Giselle has hosted The Poet’s Space-Monday Nite Write in her home. This is a workshop and gathering place for poets to work on their craft in a safe and supportive environment while building a greater sense of community for poets across the DFW Metroplex. Giselle published “Cadence,” her first collection of poems, in 2012 along with a CD and DVD of poems from that collection. Giselle says she writes because she has to, is compelled to, but she performs for that moment of personal connection; shared pain, shared purpose. She’s still amused by reactions to her accent; after all, it’s just “Me”.