Brave New Voices 2010 - "No Longer A Myth" (La Llorona)

No Longer A Myth (La Llorona) by Reed Bobroff and Olivia Gatwood

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[maemy67]

her cry makes me shiver.

[am3742]

i love this poem, all the poems on this show in fact, this shit gave me chills :)

[meaghanthalia]

I love folk culture... I was there when they did this poem. Olivia Gatwood is honestly a lovely womyn. I'm glad they are sharing the old cultures in a modern way, to people who may not have heard it other wise.

[LhalaluvzJanet]

Love how they introduced a part of Mexican culture to those that know nothing about it .

[gangstapuffers]

i absolutely love how she did that moan.

[Biddledits]

I love poetry, some poems I don't understand as strongly as I do others but I won't knock a poem for what it is to the speaker. If you feel these words are your words, then you say them proudly. These two slam poets gave the time and energy it took to write, memorize, and speak these words and I will respect that above all else. Although, I would like to read this one so I can better ingest it. Great work, proud that people still feel the breath in their lungs is worth spent on speaking out.

[MsChiddi]

it was better live! a great experiencee!

[Epodmusic17]

@CodyT3212 I respect your opinion of not liking this style of poetry. I mean out of all the poeple in the world there's gonna be people who dont like this stuff. Just because they say poetry doesnt mean that they wont get an actual job. This is just doing something that they love. And I've heard a lot of poems by black people and the majority of the poems I've heard by black people had nothing to do with race. There are some poems about race but not ALL of them are about race.

[immelio]

MIS HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIJOOOO­OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOS!!

[egorja]

God that boy looks ridiculous. Slam poetry is ruining poetry. Great poetry doesn't have to be screamed and ghettofied to reach an audience.

[NigelJackGat]

@JW2K3 yo watch it bro,, thats my sister. i dont want ta hear that shit!