Zora performs Dear Son at Brave New Voices Prelims in NYC

Zora Howard performs Dear Son as a member of the 2006 Urban Word NYC Teen Slam Team.

[@classiccharm15]

This poem still amazes me years later. It doesn’t get old. Her talent is pure and passion fire

[@taccora]

I went and cried. This girl is definitely one of the best poets I've encountered in a while.

[@weirdhousewivesclub]

I have the first part of this poem in The Spoken Word Revolution Redux and I'm just completely overwhelmed by all of her work. She's incredible and delivers with so much power and emotion. Bravo!

[@streetaddict07]

wow...i shed tears for this one and ive never been moved to tears by a poem before. this lil girl is amazing. definitely one to look out for in the coming years.

[@DasiygirlNish]

SHE IS SO REAL....WOW!!! It is so touching to hear such young talent who has so much more insight into what us older folks WANT to say - but haven't yet!!

[@NashDatDime]

OMG!! this made me cry; man so many young ppl join tha army wit big promises & dreams; only to find out its not as easy as it seem; R.I.P to all tha lost soldiers.. this was deep & she is turly amazing.!

[@tilli2008]

She is so deep, and her words jus touch you, takin you to a very vulnerable place

[@MizzeeHudson]

Wow. She never fails to leave me speechless.

[@natupua]

I love This! Please put some more of Zora's poems on here! She is amazing!

[@MrM0NeyA2M]

Aint afraid to say i shed tears this was Beautiful

[@oceanaglantz2104]

Zora you have a gift please continue to share.

[@noya121]

my dayzz im wipein da tearz frm eyz rite nw dat waz amazing

[@Quisquebella]

Girl!!! U had me crying!!!! That was excellent! I want more!

[@06breesmama]

Oh God....I cried. Beautiful. No words :((

[@retta006]

oh goood gracious!! here come the tears...loved it.

[@selfexplanatorychiq]

Zora is simply amazing. She doesn't just speak the wordso f someone else...she seems to live them

[@DestinedLyricist]

I love this poem...everytime i watch it i get goosebumps and tears fills my eyes lol.

[@crystalbrown2034]

She draws out every emotion in me. I need her tapes/ recordings. I will love to purchase directlyfrom her, if possible.

[@bookluver627]

omg, she IS. She put so much emotion into that poem...It wasn' t even about her...I definitely know I couldn't do that.

[@kokumusicismylove]

Thank you x It is just sad that this poem is a reality for so many mothers! x

[@kagomeI]

i got goose bumps just listening to her ..wow that was amazing!! keep it up (:

[@celia7494]

that poem... i almost cried after that u r amazing!

[@SexyDevine]

OMG girl you're good. Hope there will be someone see it. I'm crying.

[@2cute4ubre]

this is good it sent chills threw my body it was that good she is very talented

[@meagentzero]

DAMN this girl has it. Every poem of hers gives me goosebumps.

[@shortbreadfinger]

yeah she is an amzing actress im in her class and like im super jealous of her talent

[@manug20dt3]

I agree whether or not she wrote she delivered it magnificently and if she did indeed pen this it makes it all the more amazing

[@foeleven]

From one poet to another... DAMN, keep doin your thing miss.

[@kangu88]

For how young she is, she has an amazing way of telling such emotional stories.

[@LoveNia_]

hell yea that gave me some major goose bumps

[@canihelpyou9067]

omg....she made me cry again!!

[@slo1986]

love this girl

[@jintle]

That was crazy.. wow... I'm totally speechless and I'm tearing up..lol

[@CP3JORIKA]

I CRIED...I LOVE THAT POEM.

[@chokolatus]

THAT BROUGHT ME TO TEARS.

[@ChizOhFro]

THAT WAS SO POWERFUL I FELT IT.

[@soverdadero]

tears. that was soooooo powerful

[@Chocolatelover123]

beautiful!!

[@dmarie1986]

OMG THIS CHILD HAS ME OVER HERE CRYING

[@SweetnSourqt3]

This girl is really talented....wow!

[@Caqui]

Man, shes really good. I fav'd her other video, she's amazing.

[@goozy101]

man i tear up like everytime i see this one

[@rapres]

wow that made my eyes water, awesome

[@blahblah0614]

wow..she's amazing

[@geekwod]

this was amazing

[@larabmoney]

love the the poem awesume

[@Jenn504xoxo]

Amazing...

[@4purplemarbles]

damn.... made me cry

[@1BRWNSKN]

This almost made me cry.........

[@mramadonycx3]

everytime i watch this i cry :(

[@Faaade_]

she is amazing i love this her emotion in this is really raw and i felt as if she was really the mother of a soldier. i felt her pain

[@htownlove85]

i got teary eyed

[@naesxcblaq09]

TRUE TALENT..!!

[@selfexplanatorychiq]

Zora is amasing

[@AiGproductions]

Holy Man .. This hit me hard..

[@noamep]

I cried too

[@plasticgirl222]

SOOOOOOOOOOO DAMN TALENTED

[@daydreamer360]

wow! had me bawling my eyes out such great talent :)

[@Janelle537]

I'm speechless

[@Aboxill]

this girl is amazing. i love sunni patterson she pulled for more emotion from me than zora, but, this girl is really worth the watch.

[@GeorgiaSwagg18]

Dang!

[@lovelyleyley]

shit. damn. girl got me speechless.

[@HAITIANEGGHEAD]

noway dat gurl is a beast at this

[@anjiluhsings]

its really good! :)

[@loquaciousthe3RD]

good god that girl was intelligent. wahat a prodigy. just wait till she hits 18 or 20. her potential is infinite

[@Koribaby1]

thats was great. =]

[@ashpash0812]

damnnnnn that was good...

[@playxbunnyxstud]

she GO

[@purexample]

damn...just...damn...

[@annebreal]

that was tight my sis is in the marines too (tear)

[@bubblesbornin88]

Oh gosh I'm a mess. Crying alone again

[@chrissy2hard]

she hella good ....

[@TouchTheSky2]

this piece was beautiful...i have those sneakers =)

[@babeegurl2k7]

@1BRWNSKN It succeeded for me. In making me cry that is.

[@TheCharitylove20]

yep....thats how it is

[@Aboxill]

u should listen to sunni patterson "and we know this place" that poem choked me up.

[@theareohbee]

wow. that's it.

[@kristaj09]

This is still as good as the first time I saw it 10 years ago... I'm multiracial I understand the hair and the stuff people call u is so freaking irritating. Yellow red etc still a great poem.

[@1BRWNSKN]

OMG! I"m so sorry! I meant to agree, but I clicked the wrong one. I too like this Zora. Please forgive me.

[@Rain.Hashira]

now u got me all worryin n shit cuz i just join the marines..lol

[@AshleyGreen1107]

This poem is so deep and so was her bi-racial hair. She seems like she's young and if she is, I hope she holds on to that wisdom.

[@ThABxBoRoUgH]

i think she is actually 15 as of now so i assume she was 13 or 14

[@VNSW]

I don't think it was about her son...but about all the mother's that have lost there children in the war

[@G3oRd3]

woww how old is she?

[@anjiluhsings]

did she write this?..or did she just memorize it?

[@manug20dt3]

If she did indeed write this they need to get her on Def Poetry and perform bi-racial hair too so I can have it on video and not have to wait on my slow ass computer to watch this...beautiful

[@optymystyc]

You had to be there to really feel it.

[@qveenbee]

this is a G R E A T video!!=""""(

[@MichaelakaMOOKI3]

dis is my ex-boo, lol