Sarah Kay: "A Bird Made of Birds"
Sarah Kay: „O pasăre făcută din păsări"
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.
un prieten poet.
on a hook from the ceiling,
de un cârlig de tavan,
that the heart of a blue whale
că inima unei balene albastre
can stand up fully inside of it.
să stea în picioare în interiorul ei.
această poză online,
the poem you were planning on writing."
poemul pe care intenționai să-l scrii.”
I was horrified.
am fost îngrozită.
I'm trying to invent new metaphors!
Încerc să inventez noi metafore!
that hasn't been discovered yet.
nedescoperită deja.
cu un pas înaintea mea?”
is always going to get there before me?"
a uniquely poet problem,
o problemă unică a poeților,
feels especially big
pare copleșitor de vastă
dintre voi poate l-ați văzut.
that some of you may have seen.
every couple of months.
o dată la câteva luni.
that are called starlings,
called a "murmuration,"
just a big cloud of birds.
a quick video on their phone
să facă un video scurt pe telefon
e doar o adunare nestructurată,
where the birds shift,
în care păsările se deplasează
written the poem
it didn't fill me with despair.
nu m-a cuprins disperarea.
to invent something new.
to what the universe is showing me
to what the universe offers,
but point at the flock of starlings
să arăți în direcția stolului de grauri
in inherited choreography,
într-o coregrafie moștenită,
is as large as a house
unei balene albastre e cât o casă
to fit a person standing.
încât să încapă o persoană în picioare.”
inside a flower,
își depune ouăle într-o floare,
nu-i va da de cap.
you can stand up inside of.
în interiorul căreia poți sta în picioare.
prin care pot fi sigură
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.
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