poetry slam: pretty and fear

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22 October 2010 @ 10:10 am

poetry slam: pretty and fear

I have two poetry videos I want to share today. They both made the hair on the back of my neck stand up:

First, Katie Makkai presenting Pretty:

Second, Joy Harjo's Poem to Get Rid of Fear:

Tags: art, culcha, introspection, poetry, yes

I'm feeling:

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veek on October 22nd, 2010 02:19 pm (UTC)

Oh, wow! I love these. I'd seen Pretty before, but not the Fear poem. She's a good performer.

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buxom_bey on October 22nd, 2010 02:31 pm (UTC)
"Pretty"

Wow! That was amazing; I nearly applauded at my desk.

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jordanwillow on October 22nd, 2010 03:02 pm (UTC)

the pretty one brought tears to my eyes. thanks for this.

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muffyjo on October 22nd, 2010 04:41 pm (UTC)

Pretty is a long-time favorite. It brings tears to my eyes and gives me goosebumps

every
single
time.

And thank you for introducing me to Joy Harjo. I wandered to her website and found some other poetry of hers and had a really nice read.

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bluegargantua on October 22nd, 2010 05:37 pm (UTC)

Thanks

Tom

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sandhawke on October 22nd, 2010 06:32 pm (UTC)

I hadn't really stopped crying from the first one when I watched the second one, so maybe that's why it didn't do anything for me. Maybe I'll try it another day.

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drwex on October 25th, 2010 07:25 pm (UTC)
Thanks for the links

I hadn't seen the Katie Makkai video in years and it's still as powerful. The second one was interesting, as well.

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