Sarah Kay: "A Bird Made of Birds"
Sarah Kay: "Kuşlardan oluşan kuş"
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.
anatomik kalbini
on a hook from the ceiling,
bir fotoğraf buldu.
that the heart of a blue whale
can stand up fully inside of it.
büyük olduğunu gözlemleyebildiler.
the poem you were planning on writing."
bir başka hatırlatıcısıdır."
I was horrified.
I'm trying to invent new metaphors!
uydurmaya çalışıyorum.
that hasn't been discovered yet.
keşfetmeye çalışıyorum.
is always going to get there before me?"
söylerken ne demeye çalıştın?”
a uniquely poet problem,
olmadığını biliyorum.
feels especially big
neyim var?”
olabileceği bir video gördüm.
that some of you may have seen.
every couple of months.
that are called starlings,
called a "murmuration,"
gruplarla uçuyorlar.
just a big cloud of birds.
a quick video on their phone
oluşturuyorlar.
where the birds shift,
görüntüsünü alıyor.
written the poem
it didn't fill me with despair.
bu beni umutsuzlukla doldurmadı.
to invent something new.
benim görevim değil.
to what the universe is showing me
evrenin bana gösterdiklerini dinlemek
to what the universe offers,
kendimi açık tutmaktır.
but point at the flock of starlings
in inherited choreography,
gökyüzüyle kaynaşan,
koca bir kuşun belirgin şeklini oluşturan
is as large as a house
bir insanın ayakta durabileceği kadar
to fit a person standing.
demek gibi.
incir çiçeğinin içine bırakması,
inside a flower,
you can stand up inside of.
içinde ayağa kalkabileceğin bir ev.
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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