I don't know very much about poetry, in fact I did pretty poorly when it came to poetry in high school. But we have a visitor this week who is apparently pretty big in the poetry world. I don't know if "famous" is quite the right word, but people know her, she's kind of a big deal.
Her name is Sarah Kay. Google her. She's a spoken word poet and does a lot of slam poetry. Google that as well; basically its a certain type of poetry that started out as a scam to get people to watch. This is coming from someone who has never had any interest in poetry. I am really impressed.
Sarah graduated from Brown University and somehow found herself doing poetry and now travels the world visiting under privileged schools and inspiring kids to express themselves in a very open format. Her delivery is captivating and her diction is very illustrative. It doesn't sound like any sort of poetry that I've ever been acquainted with but then again, putting aside some of Shell Silverstein's best works, I 'd say its some of the best I've ever heard.
She's only here for four days but so far its been a pleasure having her around and the kids seem very enthusiastic about getting started in her workshops.
Seriously, check her out.
https://www.youtube.com/results?q=sarah%20kay%20poetry&sugexp=chrome,mod%3D15&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wy
The postings on this site are my own and do not necessarily represent Blinknow's positions or opinions.
Her name is Sarah Kay. Google her. She's a spoken word poet and does a lot of slam poetry. Google that as well; basically its a certain type of poetry that started out as a scam to get people to watch. This is coming from someone who has never had any interest in poetry. I am really impressed.
Sarah graduated from Brown University and somehow found herself doing poetry and now travels the world visiting under privileged schools and inspiring kids to express themselves in a very open format. Her delivery is captivating and her diction is very illustrative. It doesn't sound like any sort of poetry that I've ever been acquainted with but then again, putting aside some of Shell Silverstein's best works, I 'd say its some of the best I've ever heard.
She's only here for four days but so far its been a pleasure having her around and the kids seem very enthusiastic about getting started in her workshops.
Seriously, check her out.
https://www.youtube.com/results?q=sarah%20kay%20poetry&sugexp=chrome,mod%3D15&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wy
The postings on this site are my own and do not necessarily represent Blinknow's positions or opinions.
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