Sarah Kay: "A Bird Made of Birds"
સારાહ કે: "બર્ડ મેડ ઓફ બર્ડ્સ"
A performing poet since she was 14 years old, Sarah Kay is the founder of Project VOICE, an organization that uses spoken word poetry as a literacy and empowerment tool. Full bio
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who is a fellow poet.
જે સાથી કવિ છે.
on a hook from the ceiling,
છત પરથી હૂક પર,
that the heart of a blue whale
કે વાદળી વ્હેલનું હૃદય
can stand up fully inside of it.
તેની અંદર સંપૂર્ણપણે standભા થઈ શકે છે.
ઓનનલાઇન શેર કર્યો છે,
the poem you were planning on writing."
કવિતા જે તમે લખવાનું વિચારી રહ્યા હતા. "
I was horrified.
હું ભયાનક હતો.
I'm trying to invent new metaphors!
રૂપકો શોધવાનો પ્રયાસ કરી રહ્યો છું!
that hasn't been discovered yet.
તે હજી સુધી શોધી શકાયું નથી.
is always going to get there before me?"
હંમેશાં મારી સમક્ષ ત્યાં પહોંચવાનું છે? "
a uniquely poet problem,
એક અનોખી કવિ સમસ્યા,
feels especially big
ખાસ કરીને મોટું લાગે છે
that some of you may have seen.
કે તમે કેટલાક જોઇ હશે.
every couple of months.
દર બે મહિના.
that are called starlings,
જેને સ્ટારલિંગ કહેવામાં આવે છે,
called a "murmuration,"
જેને "ગણગણાટ" કહેવામાં આવે છે
just a big cloud of birds.
માત્ર પક્ષીઓનો મોટો વાદળ.
a quick video on their phone
તેમના ફોન પર એક ઝડપી વિડિઓ
where the birds shift,
જ્યાં પક્ષીઓ પાળી જાય છે,
written the poem
કવિતા લખી
it didn't fill me with despair.
તે મને નિરાશાથી ભરતો નથી.
to invent something new.
કંઈક નવું શોધવું.
to what the universe is showing me
શું બ્રહ્માંડ મને બતાવે છે
to what the universe offers,
બ્રહ્માંડ શું આપે છે,
but point at the flock of starlings
પરંતુ સ્ટારલીંગ્સના ટોળું પર નિર્દેશ કરો
in inherited choreography,
વારસાગત કોરિયોગ્રાફીમાં,
is as large as a house
ઘર જેટલું મોટું છે
to fit a person standing.
સ્થાયી વ્યક્તિને ફીટ કરવા.
inside a flower,
ફૂલની અંદર,
you can stand up inside of.
તમે અંદર ઉભા કરી શકો છો.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Sarah Kay - PoetA performing poet since she was 14 years old, Sarah Kay is the founder of Project VOICE, an organization that uses spoken word poetry as a literacy and empowerment tool.
Why you should listen
Plenty of 14-year-old girls write poetry. But few hide under the bar of the famous Bowery Poetry Club in Manhattan’s East Village absorbing the talents of New York’s most exciting poets. Not only did Sarah Kay do that -- she also had the guts to take its stage and hold her own against performers at least a decade her senior. Her talent for weaving words into poignant, funny, and powerful performances paid off.
Sarah holds a Masters degree in the art of teaching from Brown University and an honorary doctorate in humane letters from Grinnell College. Her first book, B, was ranked the number one poetry book on Amazon.com. Her second book, No Matter the Wreckage, is available from Write Bloody Publishing.
Sarah also founded Project VOICE, an organization that uses spoken word poetry as a literacy and empowerment tool. Project VOICE runs performances and workshops to encourage people to engage in creative self-expression in schools and communities around the world.
Sarah Kay | Speaker | TED.com