*spark! - Sarah Kay performs part 1

[Flictrinity]

Why Zimbabwe at the end of Shosholoza? South Africa and Zimbabwe are two different countries. Just asking....

[sierraaawrr]

SHOSHOOLOOOZAAAA!~

[GBthe1AndOnlyMuchLuv]

wow!

[makaveliq3]

Guys her poem is about racial oppression of blacks. She's abstracting her main characters struggles of being oppressed and having to move. She relates it to the pigeons he keeps. He lets them free, and feels sad when the don't return. He finds them somewhere else, because they (like him) don't have a home. She is relating two abstracts and making the one abstract aware of the connection. It's not that hard. Think.

[POTOskaterJMchic]

District 6...District 12...haha Panem anyone??

[thingsTheater]

Even though this doesn't have the drums for dramatic effect, this is my favorite delivery of hers for this poem. It's not as rushed and she doesn't seem nervous anymore. It's so beautiful.

[Chantellew100]

I SANG THAT SONG AT ALLSTATE CHORUS AT THE BEGINING!:D sarah kay is awesome!

[TeaGreenz]

I always have to hear her poems two or three times before i start to understand them.

[johnnyex]

@raspberrychickful moot point

[xxkEtchUpxx1]

brings tears to my eyes... so touching

[forwordcollection]

"not even phantoms will haunt this ghost town because even their floating figures are not 'white' enough" *snaps snaps snaps*

[emmauranne]

Besides the inspirational words that I love to hear from, she has a very nice style of attire

[yihu123]

Saying she inspires me is saying very little!

after listening to six or seven of her poems

my essay grades in english got up 10 points.

Its not about what she says or how she says it

its the way she looks at it!

I love her speech and it comes natural, I observed it and not copy cat it but made it my own, and gave my own personal speech a little twist

and people noticed it!

Thank you Sarah Kay for making me look forward to what may come across my life

even if its very little

[Changeneverchanges1]

Wow That is really touching!!!

[achevigny]

Magnifique!! 

La puissance des mots.

[FlyAngieFly]

Beautiful girl,Beautiful words,Beautiful...Everything.

[Jacknava2001]

she makes poetry hot, her beauty distracts me from what shes saying lol

[lordironrat]

shes cute but this is awful

[JackCarver10]

Her body signs are so awfully distracting...

And in the end it felt like she said absolutely nothing the whole time.

Am I just stupid?

[blacklotus13]

@JackCarver10 you are not stupid, you're just looking from a completely wrong angle. don't try digging for content, rather consider it an artistic approach to spoken word. that's what poetry is about - combining words to a beautiful picture that touches and inspires. she is a master, if you don't believe me, watch the poem she perform at TED

[JackCarver10]

@blacklotus13  Alright, thanks for the advice.

[duncanauk1]

@JackCarver10 Poetry is like art , some like it some dont.

[JackCarver10]

@duncanauk1 I watched all the TED performances of her now, I must say: I like it. :D

[jdstyl3s]

if your not into poetry then you wont understand a single word..how do I know because im 1 of them lol

[jabberwolf]

Apartied wasnt great but after the ANC took control after apartied, more crime, murder and violence were given as a gift afterward. And this was black against black...

The pigeons decided to kill eachother.

Life is a bit more complicated than wishful poetry. And those who are not from South Africa are free to spread poetry and ignorance as if they were.

[stevewatersofficial]

this reminds me of someone with really bad alzheimer's aimlessly rambling on about anything and everything under the sun. she is a very polished and articulate speaker, however i haven't the slightest idea what she's speaking about.

[DjinnMeditation]

@stevewatersofficial lol

[Kenshinsm]

i don't get it. lol jk love you Sarah Kay

[johnnyex]

ah, spoken word, the most poorly written poetry around that no one wants to condemn because it's black people's 3rd favorite way of manufacturing an identity

[princekotchere]

@johnnyex . Spoken word is not written poetry. At least not by definition. 

[johnnyex]

@princekotchere it's a form of poetry, and it's written down (unless she spontaneously invented that passage on stage)

[anryth]

redundancy kills any story

[mahbrocigarettes]

i wrote a poem: SARAH KAY. she probably has eaten cereal before. SPECIAL KAY. SHE PRETTY NEAT. this one time, i had a dream that i found a stick, sarah kay is really intelligent. i like listening to her talk. it makes boring people at work seem unbearable.

-frum, chris

[staind687]

very talented

[willwildway]

shes amazing... wow! glade i subbed

[xtremeracer4lyf]

simply amazing, well said and well spoken.

[Thatpartydude]

great story through poetry

[P07700898]

You are lovey love your voice are u " M"