Sarah Kay: "A Bird Made of Birds"
サラ・ケイ: 鳥でできた鳥
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.
詩人がいるんですが
心臓の解剖写真を見つけました
on a hook from the ceiling,
吊り下げたもので
that the heart of a blue whale
シロナガスクジラの心臓が
can stand up fully inside of it.
大きいことを示していました
ネットで共有しました
the poem you were planning on writing."
宇宙が既に書いているということだ」
I was horrified.
愕然としました
I'm trying to invent new metaphors!
私は新しい喩えを作ろうとしている!
that hasn't been discovered yet.
見つけようとしている!
どういうこと?」
is always going to get there before me?"
a uniquely poet problem,
問題じゃないのはわかるけど
feels especially big
思えるときには
できるっていうんだろう?」と感じます
that some of you may have seen.
ある映像に目を止めました
every couple of months.
ネットに出回ります
that are called starlings,
called a "murmuration,"
飛んでいるところで
just a big cloud of birds.
a quick video on their phone
ビデオに収めていました
塊だったのが
where the birds shift,
さっと動いて
感じました
宇宙が既に書いている!」と
written the poem
絶望には襲われず
it didn't fill me with despair.
自分の仕事ではないのかもしれない
to invent something new.
to what the universe is showing me
耳を澄ませ
to what the universe offers,
心を開くことなのかも
ただ指さすだけ
but point at the flock of starlings
舞い上がり舞い降りるのを
in inherited choreography,
振り付けに従い
はためくカーテンになって
形を作るのだ
巨大な鳥の姿を
そのためだ
is as large as a house
心臓は家くらいに大きく
to fit a person standing.
部屋があるのは
イチジクができるのは
inside a flower,
証拠なのだ
馴染まない
you can stand up inside of.
中に人が入れる家
ここにいる理由だから
受け取ってほしい
最高でもないかもしれないけど
生きたと言える—
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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