It’s a poetry show at its essence but it does more than celebrate poetry, and poets, it celebrates and promotes talent from diverse sources and forms of expression. A Bitter Sweet Session is held every two weeks at Arcades Zambia, poets musician lyricist and story tellers and even comedians come together to share their unique talents. The session is held at La Gondola Restaurant, this for the artists gives them a platform to express themselves through their art and for the audience, it gives them a wonderful way to be entertained.
The mood and atmosphere of a BitterSweet session is warm, and the atmosphere very inviting, so inviting in fact that first time performers get to share the same stage as seasoned performers and are not daunted by it. The audience is also not left out as they click their fingers whenever a poet says a line that resonates or simply impresses. A BitterSweet Poetry Session is so intimate, that some have come to call it home. Everybody seems to know everybody else.
Most people just see the surface, a poetry show that usually runs seemingly effortless and smoothly and they might think what fun it would be to be the organizers of the show and reap the benefits. But I have seen more, I have taken a deeper look. I have seen in part the hard work and dedication that goes into pulling off one of these shows and of course more importantly, the dedication of the organizers in keeping the entire operation going.
Kapembwa and Mwape the two main individuals behind BitterSweet Poetry put in so much to keep it going, the kind of hard work and passion that exemplifies what I hope and wish would be the attitude of all Zambians. They are both obviously passionate not only with the organizing and pushing for excellence at that, they are also performers in their own right and they deliver on both counts keeping the audience entertained and moved with their efforts both on stage and behind stage. The other fascinating part is how they make it seem so effortless, but if you kept you eye on them and concentrated , you could catch t

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