As stated in my last post, I'm a huge fan of poetry. I've been writing it ever since I can remember (yes, that includes the cheesy ones I wrote when I was 12 that I still have) The past few years, I've really gotten into spoken word poetry. Hearing a piece performed is a totally different experience than reading it on the page. This poem below "A Finger, Two Dots, Then Me", performed by the awesome Derrick Brown, was the first spoken word poem introduced to me at a Writer's Workshop in high school. Even now, it's one of my favorites. As a teacher, I'm really excited to share contemporary poets to my students along side the classics. I really want to emphasize to my students that they can write awesome and emotional poetry and feel proud of their work.
Personally, I think this poem is best heard with your headphones on a high volume with your eyes closed..but that might just be me. Enjoy!
This was so cool thanks for sharing it!!
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I think it is great to introduce this kind of poetry into the classroom! However, I find it hard since many of our youth today find it hard to relate to poetry. I recently was in a class that compared poetry to musical lyrics and the similarities. But I found my love through poetry while watching SLAM poetry. Something about the emotions showed through this kind of performance really pushed me and alot of my other high school students to relate to such a hard thing to understand. I agree with you that it is a great idea to introduce contemporary poets into the classroom in order to allow students a chance to find their love for poetry!
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