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Spoken Word Poetry

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Spoken Word Poetry with Sarah Kay

http://www.project-voice.net/

I can . . .
I will continue.
I will focus on things specific to me.

Activities

Do as Sarah suggests in her TED talk - list the ten things I know to be true. Share them with others.
Discuss the meaning of Sarah's Poetry - for example

Witness

I do not laugh at bubble letters on the bathroom stall.
The pretty cursive, the delicate loop in the y.

Even when the words spell, help me. I hate my life.
I am willing to witness your toilet paper autobiography.

Who am I to judge, after all? I have spent hours considering
how many other people’s photographs I have wandered into.

That couple from Minnesota in Times Square at Christmas.
The bottom left hand corner.

There I am, wearing my blue coat.
Trying to turn away from the camera, blurry.

Read, listen to and examine the Spoken Work Poetry from other young people -

Youth Speaks website - http://youthspeaks.org/voice/
Global Writes - http://www.globalwrites.org/Global_WRITeS.org/Welcome_to_Global_WRITeS.html
Kids Feel the Power of Poetry in Performance - http://www.edutopia.org/poetry-slam-global-writes

HBO's Brave New Voices - http://www.hbo.com/russell-simmons-presents-brave-new-voices/index.html#

Spoken Word Poetry Lesson Plans

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