Brandon Lamarr Basile

Playing By Heart Brandon Lamarr Basile

Playing by Heart is the first release by the Spoken Word Poet and Author Brandon Lamarr Basile. A hopeful romantic at heart this release is a collection of his writings from his high school through college tenure. The topics discuss everything from God, love, heartache, self-individuality, sex, and everything in between. Most are pieces that have been performed on stages and are written in a Spoken Word oral performance style. Basile creates a flavorful style blending gripping allegoric storytelling with vivid imagery, rhythm, and rhyme. A well-read student of English and artist, Basile has been known to bend language conventions at his whim in ways to better depict the oral style that helps his poems find life between the page and the stage. Basile strives to create art that is able to be appreciated by literary scholars and less versed readers just looking for a good time. Praises to the Most High "I left you notes of my filthiest thoughts in the seat of the pew that I knew would find you and your heart. I thought of you when they asked me about God creating people into puzzle pieces Meant to fit together In shapes of grace Never to sever But tied by tongues that told of secrets. I played love songs to my heart to resuscitate my love to sing through my soul before calling your phone. I left from home because I had a cross to bear but I never wanted to leave you alone..."