“…is poetry
that is written on a page but performed for an audience. Because it is performed,
this poetry tends to demonstrate a heavy use of rhythm, improvisation, free
association, rhymes, rich poetic phrases, word play and slang. It is more
aggressive and “in your face” than more traditional forms of poetry”, is the
definition of Nelson-Atkins museum of Arts.
While I was
browsing through some TED lectures couple of weeks ago, I bumped into a video
from Sarah Kay. A very talented young poet! After 4 minutes I had pause the
video and breathe. Her poem “B” was breathtakingly beautiful. I watched every
video I could find of her poems. Each and everyone had a different story to
tell, starting from the destiny of a woman through to a love story between a
toothbrush and a bicycle tire.
You know,
everyone has an idol. Everyone has someone in their lives at whom they point to
and say, “I want to be just as she/he is, when I grow up!” And well, Sarah Kay
is that one person for me. I want to express myself just as beautifully as she
does. If you scroll down a bit, you can find two of my favorite poems from
that very special poet.
...and there are so many more! Hope you like it!
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