A spoken word artist and author Spring Flower is set to take the stage tomorrow night at the latest Griot Session.

Her show, entitled 'Modern Day Flower Child', aims to inspire audience members to live their best lives.

Opening for Spring Flower , aka Katrina Smith will be her daughter Keely Smith and the Chewstick house band One Take Dizzle will back them.

Ms Smith has been performing under the name 'Spring Flower' since her start at 'Flow Sundays', which was one of the first open mic nights of its kind in Bermuda and aimed primarily at spoken word artists.

Flow Sundays was a live performance initiative established in 1997 by Andra Simons, Suzanne Mayall and DJ Beatnik Rubaine.

Following her first encounter with performance poetry, she has since developed her talent to merge music and singing into her poetry pieces.

Spring Flower draws her inspiration from such neo-soul artists as India Arie and Jill Scott; women who, from the heart, sing and speak true stories.

"I enjoy performing for people and seeing their response, it brings me an inner joy," she said.

"That is why there is really nothing I have to pursue for money, because it is a passion of mine. I love being able to share."

Spring Flower has always turned to the arts for nourishment and used it as a tool for facilitating her personal growth.

"It is an extremely important part of my life, it's my outlet.

"I've been seriously writing since I was about 15. It has helped me through some rough times. How some people journal, I write poetry."

After Flow Sundays ended, Spring Flower was drawn to The Chewstick Foundation's open mic nights from its inception in 2002.

She has since become a well-known and respected artist in the community, entertaining audiences of all ages at many local events.

In 2005 she wrote a book entitled 'Scraps of Paper: A poetic journey', which is an intimate handwritten collection of her poetry and short essays.

She hopes that through this Griot Session entitled 'Modern Day Flower Child' she will be able to share her songs and poetry, and be able to tell her story in an intimate session. She will be performing a set made up of mainly original poetry pieces.

"I hope to inspire people with the knowledge that they can keep on keeping on no matter what the circumstances," she said.

"I want to inspire them to love their lives and live their lives."

Tickets $20, can be purchased at The Chewstick Foundation Headquarters located on the corner of Court and Elliot Streets, between 12 and 3 p.m. daily or at the door the night of the show. Doors open 7.30 p.m. and showtime is at 8 p.m.