Kevin Kantor - A Letter from Cancer

[@icap.7166]

HOLY SHIT quick someone cast him to voice a disney villain

[@MidorixAsuka]

I second that.

[@mickeyb4441]

OMG YASS CAN WE PATITION THIS?

[@pulps666]

I was literally just thinking he should be casted to voice a villian... or a really hot guy idk.

[@senyorturnip7948]

I AGREE

[@tahliatorres-cohen3912]

"It is my understanding that you want me dead, fine, die with me." That line creeped me out.

[@sunnysodapop]

Wholy fuck he literally said that after I read this....

[@monikwithak6046]

I love the ending

[@Ellashae]

Tahlia Torres-Cohen and the rest of the poem didn’t? I mean it’s great, but a combination of his voice and the poem yeah I’m thoroughly creeped out

[@representationmetaphorique]

this performance deserves a fucking Oscar

[@paolairary8804]

He's the perfect Villain. Chills, chills everywhere.

[@jacobdelorme9810]

Intense poem. Not sure if scared or slightly turned on by his voice

[@thingsthatsparkleandburn3247]

+Jacob Delorme Both? Both is good.

[@amariahchristie6251]

"Hush now, I will hold you through these tremors. It's just the way that we dance, baby." Goodness, that part gave me goosebumps.

[@steph98jhr]

I am a cancer patient at the moment and I have never heard a poem so good that isn't all about the sadness that cancer brings. Such a good perspective and the way he did it was jaw dropping. Gave me chills in a good way.

[@StephanieonYT]

Stephanie Jouhari Wishing you good tidings name sake

[@mcrucker92]

Wishing you the best. You can beat it.

[@skylarmcc7557]

I hope you get better soon, if you're not already better!

[@mandarin1573]

I bless you xx❤️❤️😔💙💙💙😇💙💙 i hope god will soon come and save us and all the ill and the poor xx💝💙💜💖💖💗🌺💙😇😇💚🌷🌷💗💗🌺💖💖💙 get well soon xx 💙💜💝💖🌺🌺

[@Xavier_Thine_Rat]

Stephanie Jouhari you got turned on too eh?

[@KasumiSuzuki]

I loved this and hated this at the same time.

[@CiaraCauchi]

Kasumi Suzuki I understand, i felt the same

[@gimmekith07]

Same here

[@lumistudios6138]

Kasumi Suzuki I think thats probably the point....

[@Beacuzz]

+Kasumi Suzuki it scares me alittle how well he played evil, sorry wrong word. Death. that is what he played

[@CiaraCauchi]

Beacuzz TOTALLY AGREE

[@SophieRussellMusic]

'I'll make you an angel' I cannot get over this poem. Everything about this is perfect and haunting and it makes me shudder from how amazingly voiced this is it's so fucking chilling I love it

[@SimplyMayaBeauty]

Flawless. What an apt description of the twisted relationships people have with illnesses. And his delivery. Just wow.

[@averekriz]

This was creepy and maybe the best slam poem I have ever seen

[@jcanthony16]

This was so intense . His voice and passion...

[@gremlingrandparent]

that laugh at 1:50 sent shivers up my spine. this was incredible.

[@ashliw3658]

A Letter From Cancer Dear Lover, These buzzing fluorescents have you looking a little pale, just a little washed out And all this antiseptic is far from complementing that perfume This linoleum will make your most stylish pair of pumps look cheap Sweetheart, you look...tired I’ll never understand how it is that you don’t see it How terribly beautiful you are, I mean Look in the mirror, I mean all the dark spots, the hollowed slopes, in your eyes, in beneath them your colour is just so delicious Listen to the sound of my voice, to these sweet nothings I will love your everything Every multicoloured malignancy raw and heaving Breathe with me, bleed out with me We will waste away together Hush now... I will hold you through these tremors It’s just the way that we danced baby! Listen to this music! This mutation so orchestral, the spreading so symphonic Split cells two by two by four by four Watch our love swell! Lover! Why do you want me dead? I will show you heaven baby Give you the stars and the sun, those are sun spots on your lungs You can’t just tie a ribbon around me and cough me up! Really now... Did you think I’d go that easy? That I’d ever think to up and leave you? Rest darling, lay down You know how I love to lazy river through your shatter glass veins Your heart is just as big as they all said it was, but not as strong All of that feigned pride pumping I know that poker face all too well You. Will. Love Me. I gave you my sun, love me deadly I’ll make you an angel, love me I will make you feel radiance You will meet me there in nine months or six months or three They try to time stamp our love, expiration date us But take your time, I’ll wait for you Quiet and patient Until you wake one night with a stitch in your side or a wasp in your brain And you will know I’ve come back for you, I will always come back for you Darling, we will look so beautiful laid out with all the wilted lilies They will weep for everything that you were and everything you could never be without me Lover, it is my understanding that you want me dead. Fine, die with me. Kevin Kantor

[@indeeditiscirro]

i never understand this part

[@ashliw3658]

Patchy Rye Which part?

[@julianlee3936]

ashl

[@jhsangeldust6345]

you are going to heaven for this thank u i love u

[@karinasoares5031]

Thanks so much, English isn't my first language and the sub have some mistakes. The end was "vine, die with me", I was like ooh that's why vine died

[@musickeeper1062]

it’s been five years but i keep coming back to this to listen to their voice.

[@calaijaphillips5516]

This poem about cancer ..... Makes me feel too many different emotions. This poem is beautifully painful.

[@violetpearify]

Ever since I heard his poem "When My Rapist Showed Up Underneath The People You May Know Tab On Facebook", I've been hooked. A wonderful poet, definitely one of my all time favorites.

[@emmaneale3205]

"Hush now, I'll hold you through these tremors, it's just the way that we dance, baby!"

[@SuperCutiepie1012]

when he said I'll show you the stars baby, and I'll make you an angel. that was amazing

[@seeneembb8983]

It has become a ritual for me to watch this video every day

[@seeneembb8983]

I'm back

[@MOaxol]

same

[@alisonfrohn1980]

EVERYTHING I have been trying to scream, cry, write, draw, throw at a canvas, smudge into legible words for the past 2 years after losing my mom to terminal cancer in 3 and a half minutes. THANK YOU. This spoken poetry has unbound my 'singular' experience of reliving a silent hell. I can breathe again, I needed this to let go and move on.❤

[@meggriffon5124]

someone needs to get him and Jon Cozart together and they could do like a Disney improv or something 😂

[@alphysthefishylover6364]

Their voices are everything.

[@krhodes02]

YESSS

[@YourFace676]

Lost my mother to cancer two months ago. I love and hate this piece more than ever.

[@The2014queen]

patronsaint same, I'm so conflicted between loving this poem and hating it.

[@dumplong123]

I can literally watch this on repeat for the rest of my life

[@tristanmahler4471]

This is beautiful. This is terrifying.

[@ailiab373]

Beautifully terrifying😭😭

[@taylorhazan979]

That was easily the best performance I have ever seen.

[@andrewmurphy8863]

"I'll show you heaven, baby." - that gave me chills.

[@seeneembb8983]

His voice omg

[@seeneembb8983]

oh my god someone moaned so loud

[@daninnotatopsaysthetrashca4878]

+Twenty Øne Fall Øut Piløts At The Hamiltøn Disco (*lowkey spn trash*) lol

[@marrinf332]

it's poems like this one that show Kevin studied acting

[@LeodiusJackson]

Why is he not an actor?

[@loveisblind447]

Isaiah Perry he just graduated with a degree in acting yo

[@RoyalFleurDeLis]

loveisblind447 I hope he does well. He has a super expressive face and voice!

[@bluvnder.1307]

Good question tho

[@kumanananananananan7]

Why is he not my lover?

[@eliasfunnynutsgold9811]

+KumZ Burning cause hes gay

[@mikkoargonza]

The fact that he made two masterpieces in the same year (this and "People You May Know") is just so breathtaking.

[@cantpickausername4861]

Beautiful and sad. He captured the voice of cancer so well

[@clairecatchesflights]

Kevin Kantor is my favorite poet from this channel

[@tatyanathedestroyer4730]

This is one of my favorites. His delivery is just so breathtaking.

[@shnugglebugs5524]

Woah. That was actually one of the best poems I’ve ever heard

[@Dan_The_Dude]

I love how theatrical this is. I think I'm gonna use it for my audition

[@nadiaoviedo8332]

His voice, his eye, his arms, his smile, They all have a good grip on me. This man who specks has me hipmotized.

[@mgbmthscreamo]

'you can't just tie a ribbon around me and cough Me up'. unholy fuck

[@favoritereviewguide8661]

He PERFORMED that!! yes!

[@Lai-ny7wt]

His voice, his tone, his words and that damn expressions are too Amazing

[@alyssahumphres1082]

His delivery though. Incredible. Simply incredible.

[@savannahg886]

his voice is what makes me love this poem so much. how he does every motion and how he says every word. this is one of the most beautiful poems I've ever heard. I heard one of his other poems and I looked him up and watched all his poems on a playlist. he has so much raw emotion as if I feel him speaking directly to me. this is the exact reason I love poetry. the raw emotion as people speak their mind on beautiful pieces like this one.

[@kindakae6740]

This is terrifyingly beautiful. As I am in remission now, my cancer is gone. However it still sends chills down my spine every time I happen to watch this video. I've never thought of any "embodiment" of my cancer. Just the thought is bone-chilling. The last line is the one that seems to resonate more than the others...to me, at least.

[@indigo_broseph]

I work in threes. Your first poem "....or, How to let go." Your second poem (that spoke VOLUMES to me, owing to very, very similar circumstances). Then this. You are most certainly my new favourite young, contemporary poet AND performer. Absolute perfection.

[@Ani_chi]

I have never felt chills like this in my life...

[@definitelynotcla]

I dont know where to begin about just how mesmerizing and enchanting this performance is

[@emogothpunk15]

I've been listening to this video for months now and it wasn't until my mom got diagnosed with cancer I feel a little love towards this poem. Not just pain. Giving a thing such as cancer personification can make it seem like something I can harm. and fight with her.

[@seanmillward1238]

Kevin Kantor has become one of my favourite poets, I love him more than words could describe 😍😍😍😍

[@helendrawings9693]

My aunt died from cancer and i was the last person she talked and touched. This is so beautiful.

[@TonyaODellFamishedWriter]

A powerful poem performed with such perfectly practiced emphatic oration.

[@xkimexkime]

To this day this is the best slam poem I have ever had the privilege of watching.

[@annadeangelis2042]

I keep coming back to this ever since I first watched it.. I cry every time. Everyone keeps talking about how attractive his voice is, which I don't disagree with, but I just hope his words and the character he is trying to portray isn't shadowed by it. I would love to show this to my mother if I knew that it wouldn't break her right now.

[@batikkaba8608]

Kevin Kantor. Incredible.

[@nikeldavies5480]

I've literally listened to this a million times and it always gives me chills

[@officialllaurajacobs]

That last sentence though. Gets me every time...

[@SummerU427]

This remains as one of the best slam poems I have ever watched.

[@Lai-ny7wt]

This was so damn intense and the way cancer holds his patience not leaving it and just phenomenal performance

[@ElieFares]

Sheer brilliance; and his performance is nothing short of beautiful.

[@LemonSte]

Spectacular. Everything about about this is perfect and heartwrenching

[@bennytoe]

i honestly got CHILLS during every second of this poem. like fuck. his performance was insane. when he talks about "coming back for you"... i couldn't help but cry.

[@rowansanders9032]

I think what I love about this poem is what it implies; cancers "lover" isn't giving up or submitting but fighting with every last breath to be free.

[@ravensmith12]

I'm having health problems and came back to this and it gave me chills.

[@ChexMixD]

Been subscribed to Button Poetry for almost a year now, and one of the first poems I found when I scrolled through the archives was Kevin's Honest Confessions on Letting Go. His performance made me realize how wonderful of an art poetry is, and he's only gotten better since. Just wow Kevin, you're truly amazing.

[@spacelizard6059]

thsi is so fucking good someone give this person all the awards

[@ButtonPoetry]

They really have a gift don't they???

[@FMoon99]

This guy. This guy is why I fell in love with poetry. His poems never fails to amaze me. Never.

[@karaledwaba817]

This scared me to the bone! plus I saw a humans of new york post today where this man had cancer five times. absolutely terrible.

[@Splatartist]

his delivery is so amazing. leaves me speechless.

[@amnasplaylists]

That was terrifyingly amazing

[@BeautyByJEZ]

His voice gave me chills.

[@robynreiser]

I have just discovered him. I had cancer and he's exactly right. Plus, he's a great bad guy!

[@rynnieryn]

I watch every one of his poems at least once a day.

[@caitlinelaine96]

An absolutely heartbreaking, shiver inducing and compelling piece of work. Had chills going down me the whole time, this performance is one of the best I have seen. Raw talent.

[@dancerlove456]

Yes!! simply his name stirs up excitement

[@myewhistles620]

This is something else. This is a work of art.

[@angelsimpson8235]

His voice is like a soft caress that penetrates my skin...

[@yipyip4177]

MY FAVE. ABSOLUTELY HEARTBREAKING

[@skweekyshoos]

The reason I love this channel.

[@MrStephanieJChia]

Kevin Kantor is the best slam poet in every aspect

[@sharlottechamisa]

My goodness that was intense...I still have goosebumps.

[@Plamler]

This guys delivery is insane!

[@Goghkms]

This makes me feel so uncomfortable but I can't stop watching it and I feel like that's exactly how it was supposed to come across just wow A+ on this one.

[@lalantikaroxbigtime]

Oh my, so maliciously beautiful.

[@laurendelacruz6969]

3 years later and I still get the chills when I listen to this.

[@autumnfloshady4117]

I've watched this so many times that I've literally memorized it. Dead serious.

[@damalishgonzalez586]

"baby, I will show you heaven" oh my god. have me fucking chills

[@KaitlinRochelleCreative]

One word. Chills.

[@sam_rags]

I am speechless. I've never been speechless

[@erica-shi4216]

This sent shivers down my spine and a scares but at the same time.. I couldn't stop listening. His voice and every word kept pulling me in.

[@myrandaprater472]

I've literally watched this 12 times within the last 24 hours.

[@artemis4935]

kevin gets more amazing with every piece of his work i get the honor of listening to

[@Angel-ii1zf]

I don't know why I love this so much

[@laurenlankford5400]

I can't stop listening to this poem, he is so good

[@timanniwalker4488]

I heard this poem life and it triggered so many people that they had to leave in the middle of the poem. It was so devastating beautiful. I will never forget this poem and how it made people feel.

[@JudaHamila]

The art of making the ugly beautiful !

[@MusicalStormTrooper]

mmm, the change in his voice at the opening gave me chills.

[@carterameny9754]

Goosebumps omg

[@brokenpromises9767]

i loved his voice i could listen to it for hours.

[@leilaleya6992]

Always coming back!

[@apoorvajain]

That was the best recitation performance I have EVER seen!!! I was just watching the screen open-mouthed in fascination!!!

[@DeeAnnUh_]

JESUS! I absolutely love him! His poetry. He is just amazing! His delivery was absolutely flawless.