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Poetry does that.
There is hurt, here, that cannot be fixed by Band-Aids or poetry.
Spoken-word poetry is the art of performance poetry.
I tell people it involves creating poetry that doesn't just want to sit on paper, that something about it demands it be heard out loud or witnessed in person.
And despite my fear of ever being looked at for too long, I was fascinated by the idea of spoken-word poetry.
I felt that my two secret loves, poetry and theater, had come together, had a baby, a baby I needed to get to know.
The poem was very indignant, and mainly exaggerated, but the only spoken-word poetry that I had seen up until that point was mainly indignant, so I thought that's what was expected of me.
I discovered this bar on Manhattan's Lower East Side that hosted a weekly poetry open Mic, and my bewildered, but supportive, parents took me to soak in every ounce of spoken word that I could.
And it was here, listening to these poets share their stories, that I learned that spoken-word poetry didn't have to be indignant, it could be fun or painful or serious or silly.
There were things that were specific to me, and the more that I focused on those things, the weirder my poetry got, but the more that it felt like mine.
I use poetry to help me work through what I don't understand, but I show up to each new poem with a backpack full of everywhere else that I've been.
When I got to university, I met a fellow poet who shared my belief in the magic of spoken-word poetry.
But Phil and I decided to reinvent Project V.O.I.C.E., this time changing the mission to using spoken-word poetry as a way to entertain, educate and inspire.
And we saw over and over the way that spoken-word poetry cracks open locks.
But it turns out sometimes, poetry can be really scary.
Turns out sometimes, you have to trick teenagers into writing poetry.
It's not that I think that spoken-word poetry is the ideal art form.
But I teach spoken-word poetry because it's accessible.
Plus, spoken-word poetry allows for immediate connection.
My self-confidence can be measured out in teaspoons mixed into my poetry, and it still always tastes funny in my mouth.
In music and poetry, in the natural world of beauty and in the small ordinary things of life, there is a deep, indwelling presence that makes them extraordinary.
And in terms of the line of poetry, why does the poet use the word hare rather than rabbit?
And it's not until recently that I realized that I can't always rush poetry.
In April for National Poetry Month, there's this challenge that many poets in the poetry community participate in, and its called the 30/30 Challenge.
And last year, I tried it for the first time and was thrilled by the efficiency at which I was able to produce poetry.
And I use poetry in my life, as a way to help me navigate and work through things.
I like to revisit old poetry because it shows me exactly where I was at that moment and what it was I was trying to navigate and the words that I chose to help me.
A few hours of singing, writing poetry or saving up enough money to disappear into another world at a play kept me going and jolting me back to life when I felt at my lowest.
We build for Maria, who uses poetry to heal after her grandfather died in the van she's living in with the rest of her family.
Those who are interested in poetry, the poem is "A Shropshire Lad" written by A.E. Housman.
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