Marie Howe performs "Practicing"

Marie Howe, NY State Poet Laureate (2012-2014) performs "Practicing". She has a Guggenheim Fellowship and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship. SHe shared the stage with Andrea Gibson.

[@bluereenie2]

One of my favorite poems because it is true. I was one of those girls, and it was thrilling and scary and amazing.The first time I read the poem it was as if someone had finally understood me. This poem makes me braver.

[@morgan_c]

I read it for the first time today and while my situation isn’t *exactly* like the poem, it still effected me greatly. I saw myself in a poem and it’s beautiful.

[@kaylamonae444]

This was something. Is this real? Did someone really make a poem on an experience I had thought was such a rare occurrence that I deleted it from my existence.. until now. And what a coincidence it is in a College English class that I find this poem.

[@evieezekiel4472]

I have to annotate this for an online poetry class, I'm crying.

[@kaylamonae444]

Same lol

[@georgewashington8652]

HUH?