Marie-Paul in a denim jacket and black turtleneck

Marie-Paul speaking into a microphone in a colorful top

Live Your Effervescence

MARIE-PAUL

Award-Winning

Poet Performer Artist

A mindset. A lifestyle. A movement.

authenticity ✦ self-love ✦ self-expression ✦ poetry ✦ art ✦ effervescence ✦ authenticity ✦ self-love ✦ self-expression ✦ poetry ✦ art ✦ effervescence ✦

Marie-Paul Duwai-Sowa, award-winning poet and artist, wearing a teal headwrap and gold jewelry

Meet the Artist

Marie-Paul is an award-winning poet, performer and artist from Hamilton, Ontario. Her work has been described as “touching, powerful, and beautiful”. As an aspiring human rights lawyer currently pursuing a dual degree in Law at the University of Sussex and Human Rights at Wilfrid Laurier University, she channels her passion for advocacy and self-expression into unique poetic and artistic experiences that inspire, uplift and empower.

Effervescence: The Visual Poetry Experience

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Effervescence is an original poem by Marie-Paul, and her first award-winning poem. It served as the launch pad for her professional writing and performance career.

Press play to watch the film and experience a cinematic visual reading of the award-winning original poem shot by stynoshots_filmz.

Read the poems

“I want to restore my effervescence — although it never left. I believed it was taken, but I was the one that had let it drown.”

— Marie-Paul, ‘Effervescence’

The movement

A Mindset.
A Lifestyle.
A Movement.

Grown from the poem into a home for the work, the people, and what comes next.

Enter Effervescence

The shop

A lifestyle.

A few pieces to live in. Every colorway and every line is in the shop.

White t-shirt with I am Effervescent design

I am Effervescent Worn loud.

A young model wearing the Adventurous and Wild tee outdoors

Adventurous & Wild Tamed by no wind.

White t-shirt with Dance in the Sky design

Dance in the Sky For the winged.

Shop Effervescence

On stage

Live Performances

Readings, talks, and the rooms where the poems are spoken.

Marie-Paul performing a poem at the LOHIFA campaign charge — Campaign Charge · LOHIFA

Marie-Paul performing Reclaiming Our Wings in a yellow dress at a gallery event — The Effervescence Experience

Marie-Paul speaking at the Black Health Community Advisory Table — Black Health Community

First Reading · Film

The First Reading for Hamilton Public Library

Marie-Paul’s first reading of “Effervescence” for the Hamilton Public Library. Where it all began.

Watch the reading

Talk · Live

Harnessing Your Child’s Special Talent

An in-depth conversation on nurturing creativity, and self-belief in young people.

Watch the talk

Marie-Paul reading from a book into a microphone

Workshops & Creative Facilitation

Interactive sessions in poetry, performance, and self-expression led by Marie-Paul. Perfect for schools, organizations and community events. Each one is designed to help people find their voice and claim their effervescence.

See the workshops

Her world

More than a poem.

The work, the stage, and the rooms where people find their voice.

Poetry Read the work. Performance Hear it live. Workshops Find your voice.

A note

Leave Your Reflections

If a poem, photograph or reflection stayed with you, leave your thoughts below!

Say hello

Let’s
live it
together.

Bookings, workshops, collaborations, or just a hello. She would love to hear from you.

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