In Plain Sight is a spoken-word performance set to a jazz fusion soundscape – a hypnotic interplay of rhythm, melody, and confession. The piece unfolds as an intimate portrait of connection, capturing the subtle magnetism between two kindred spirits. Each gesture, each glance, becomes a note in a larger composition of tenderness and longing.
The language moves like music – fluid, improvisational, attuned to breath and heartbeat – echoing the spontaneity of jazz itself. Beneath its lyrical surface runs a quiet current of devotion: a reverence for the other’s integrity, artistry, and human warmth.
Its jazz-inflected cadence mirrors the improvisational nature of the connection itself – fluid, unpredictable, deeply felt. Through its melodic language and emotional nuance, the work becomes both an ode and an invocation – to presence, devotion, and the quiet alchemy between two souls attuned to the same frequency.
The project is part of the subtheme Unruly Forms – Experiments in the Poetic Wild.
Author
Angela Yausheva
Angela Yausheva is a spoken word artist, whose work delves into resilience, identity, and the intricacies of self-discovery. Drawing from themes of displacement and introspection, her verses confront the intersections of inner strength, memory, and a search for home. Angela is a member of the Federation of Writers (Scotland), Loud Poets Community (Edinburgh), and Glasgow City of Poets. In 2019, Angela was awarded an MC Prize at a poetry slam in Copenhagen, in 2020 she headlined Troubled Tongues Spoken Word Night in London, and in 2025 she was a feature act at the Raise the Vibration Festival (The Bread and Roses Theatre) and Loud Poets Open Mic (Scottish Storytelling Centre).
Her work has been published in Product Mag, GUPS Poetry Zine, The Poetry Lighthouse and Into Poetry, and showcased by the Scottish Poetry Library and Stanza International Poetry Festival Poetry Film Contest. More of Angela’s work can be found here: https://linktr.ee/speaking_that_word
