Yeah ..the crowd kinda runined it tbh. What a phenomenal poem though

hauntingly beautiful. this spoke to me in a different type of way.

This was awesome, my college is having a presentation with these poets and I sadly can’t attend but I figured I’d look up some of their work and damn I wish I could have made it. This is incredible

lowkey changed my brain chemistry. lowkey changed the course of my life. lowkey fundementally rewired the way i perceive my traumas. etc etc.

I hate how little views this has but I'm grateful that it exists

Most underrated piece of written word of all time

My heart 😭😭😭

This is still one of my favorite poems

LOVEVEIN'D::POETDAME'D

snap snap snap!

I would feel disrespected if someone snapped fingers while I read my poem aloud, but I have no idea how Mr Betts feels about it.

Ross Gay’s books and poetry. First time I e listened to him. His books are incredible

Interesting.

I just finished reading Solito. My takeaway more than anything was the aloneness he experienced, how he had to be so perfect to be accepted and how brutal the entire journey was.

P r o m o S M 🙌

God this moves me. I've listened to this 10 times today. It makes me cry

Danielle, this is so wonderful & beautiful. I soaked it all in. As someone for whom things slide out of focus very quickly & easily, this felt amazing to me. Your voice & delivery are so perfectly accessible. I loved hearing the words of your own & of Rachal, singly & combined. Very thought-provoking in all instances. No wonder you're the Poet Laureate of Fairfax, VA! I'm quite impressed with all the achievements I saw on IG, especially your beautiful wife & baby. You & Holly & Iris make a great family! I've never ever thought I could write poetry, but listening to this has inspired me to keep my eyes open for some artifacts of my parents as I go through my house, & maybe see what I can do. I've received teachings that said that, before we enter each of our lives, we have worked on planning what we need to learn while we're in the physical form. Before we come into it, everything is known about our own upcoming events. Thank you so much for this, Danielle. Carol Glidden

Thank you Naomi! I appreciated how you grounded us in our bodies. I’m excited to dig into these prompts! 💜🌵

This is amazing

wow, i'm hearing and loved watching the interpreter and following the tonality and unique tint he lent to the pieces. brought the poems (as well as the video generally) that much more to life!

Fantastic poems and prompts! And a big YES to joy in deviance y to the Crip life! Thank you for this. I needed it this morning. ❤

Damn.

Damn!!

Is chino still alive ?

I had the privilege to see this articulate, intelligent, enormously talented woman perform her poetry at Temple University in Philadelphia. I will never forget the ambience in the room.

Urban gentrification goes against building a strong black nation. What the crack cocaine epidemic didn't do to destroy the black community, getrication did.

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Interesting.

Interesting.

This was very insightful. Definitely worth the watch. 😊

Alabanza!

Mr. Seibles! For now, I can only return the line you wrote in my high school yearbook. "You're a superstar!"

Wow! Reaches deep into the soul! Thank you. xx

He is absolutely fabulous!

Absolutely beautiful

fire

Wow! Thank you 💗

Ilike the use of always here, you rocked my soul to the core. glad to have encountered this upon waking. thank you. 11/4/2022.

The finishing sentences omg 😮🤦🏾‍♀️🔥

Such a great literary community participant!!!!

My nuts hurt

I love the audience reaction. the gasps, laughs, and the "come on" at the end, the silence before the applause - what an incredible moment. this is what language is for. beautiful

chills.

GLORIA A DIOS

Powerful poem I understand it but you have to know Jesus made the ultimate sacrifice so we all didn’t end up in hell. His destroyed us off once and before doing it again completely he gave his son. Jesus prayed to see if he could save us without going through that and god didn’t move not one time while he was being murdered to give us a chance at eternal life that’s true love. The devil reigns over this earth until Jesus comes back so it’s filled with evil and only gonna get worse

p̾r̾o̾m̾o̾s̾m̾ 🤗

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both the greatest chin and poet of all time .

Very moving! So many thoughts and deep stories within stories... "the things we cannot talk about".... ⚘⚘⚘⚘

the parts about God…. DAMN