Pages Matam | Looking for Your Voice? A Poetry Slam Champ Shows You How | TEDxZumbroRiver

Pages Matam delivers a creative and moving talk using his skills as an author, playright and an award winning Poetry Slam champion. He discussing how to "use your voice" to communicate passion in the field of youth, activism and education.

[@ashleybelot9467]

I love the way he kept switching from speech to spoken word so effortlessly

[@poeticlovee]

“I want to grow up to become a cigarette bc that is the only thing my father doesn’t abandon” wow. Feels.

[@vtymes1982]

Deep.

[@lisapointerj.d.9530]

An exquisite wordsmith....creating stunning beauty in mind and soul..thank you for giving up medicine😊

[@bwesigyelaurent8916]

I felt that so deeo

[@MrFree2nest]

The oral fixation did a great thing for him, elevating him to the mountain of the Gods.

[@Totsie.the.Misfit]

Mine gave up the cigarettes and switched to cigar ciggs. Lrq

[@maddieabbie2232]

He's got poetry in his blood

[@PerspectiveEngineer]

snake oil is not poetry

[@mcat789]

@@PerspectiveEngineer what??

[@amodeomusic5519]

You do too...let me think and I promise to do it fast....because you are me and I am you and God is here at last....running through my veins like the drugs in my neighborhood cause so much pain and these tears swell up in my eyes....for there's poetry in you for there is here in I

[@thenepalikid1984]

4:06 "a h-a-t-e-r is just a person with their h-e-a-r-t all jumbled up" just beautiful

[@najahrenee8336]

“Ain’t much God left in this world , but treat the world like there is plenty God left in you”😩

[@lamarharris9642]

WOW 😮

[@shreyankamc]

Possibly the most underrated Ted Talk

[@JazzieTotz]

This Audience too quiet... I'd have been reacting and stomping, clicking and everything!!!!!! Yesss for this man1!1! Yes Pages!!!!

[@Chhaaytje]

This is the best spoken word performance I have ever heard 🤧😩🥲

[@jacobinatangiuushona]

His name is Pages. And he writes. Wonderfully.!! He is amazing

[@lamarharris9642]

Thanks

[@Becsnel]

My heart is crying, hands applauding, head is nodding and face is smiling right now!! Love this gentleman's message :)

[@amodeomusic5519]

Your heart is crying like hungry children with nothing to eat, head in rhythm like Friday night feet...smile stretched thin like not enough bread...poems inside you keep our mouths fed

[@cecilehamrioui4404]

That's seriously one of my favorite TED talks of all time

[@ZikoreanPoetry121]

I 💕 his speech.

[@Villista619]

I can't sit through most of them, but I had no problem watching this whole video.

[@Scars.Into.Stars.thefirethekey]

Ditto sis

[@itsda_littlethings]

'Those that cant show love need it the most'

[@ingerrogers5261]

I believe poets are born to slay a verse. A poet's talent comes natural, not commercialized. But that's just me.

[@RaheimFender]

I’m an actor, singer, dancer and an author I’ve written several poetry books but…DAMN I loooooove to hear spoken word and I would love to be as great as him 😊

[@lamarharris9642]

That’s huge respect ✊🏿 Bruh.ZUMBRO SURELY DESERVES I.T.ANCESTORS SPOKE THROUGH GOD.

[@KPRSThePeanutButterPoet]

“200 ways to say love” this mans words hold so much strength. Seamless transitions from what was to what is to what he wishes to come.

[@d-libertyd-town1676]

listening to this help me gain my poems to a high level instead of hold my words in

[@lamarharris9642]

III CAN RELATE FAMILY.

[@mbulleglan7191]

This is really good slam poetry, proud to be a Cameroonian. Thanks for posting.

[@creativeraven2222]

So much metaphor, culture, vibe, spirit. Thank you, Pages, for your art, your journey, and your awareness.

[@williamburton7266]

This young man is brilliant!

[@apoet4u]

I always thought I wrote from the heart; I will release more honesty in my writings after hearing this, thank you TED Talks! and Mr. Matam

[@phelishalevi4018]

He is a BEEEAAAST‼💞

[@AnNguyenNgocMinh]

I admire the passion that he shows The words he sings out loud; and Tender movements of ten Fingers - up and down, outwards and above The tree-leaf sleeves and tree-trunk shoes.

[@arteyess]

Wow, wow, wow…. you can feel the appreciation for all of life’s lessons in his tone, you can feel the vibrations that resonate in his bones, and in all the colorful language, you can find healing in his voice alone. Glad I found this. ✊🏿💕🌞

[@awoman9750]

Omg, you had me bawling. “Oh, America, show us your papers!” 😭👏🏻👏🏻

[@authorlyndaabernathy9502]

Good god, this is powerful. One of the best Ted Talks I've ever seen.

[@rikodewaner]

Thanks god she's alive and well to see that you made it.... She must be a great mother

[@BUKCOLLECTOR]

Enjoyed your poems. And your unique word choices enhanced the poems emotional impact and kept me engaged throughout. I’m a poet specializing in Japanese forms: haiku, tanka, haibun, kyoka, senryu. I hope you don’t mind me sharing a tanka and my haiku, a tribute poem to Bashō’s frog with commentary by the late AHA founder and poet Jane Reichhold who considered my Basho haiku among her top 10 haiku of all time. What an honor. Here’s the Bashō poem and commentary: Bashō’s frog four hundred years of ripples At first the idea of picking only 10 of my favorite haiku seemed a rather daunting task. How could I review all the haiku I have read in my life and decide that there were only 10 that were outstanding? Then realized I was already getting a steady stream of excellent haiku day by day through the AHA forum. The puns and write-offs based on Basho's most famous haiku are so numerous I would have said that nothing new could be said with this method, but here Al Fogel proved me wrong. Perhaps part of my delight in this haiku lies in the fact that I agree with him. Here he is saying one thing about realism-ripples are on a pond after a frog jumps in, but because it refers back to Basho and his famous haiku, he is also saying something about the haiku and authors who have followed him. We, and our work, are just ripples while Basho holds the honor of inventing the idea of the sound of a frog leaping is the sound of water As haiku spreads around the world, making ripples in more and larger ponds, its ripples are wider-including us all. But his last word reminds us all that we are ripples and our lives ephemeral. It will be the frogs that will remain. ~~ And my tanka: returning home from a Jackson Pollock exhibition I smear my face with paint and morph into art ~~ -All love in isolation from Miami Beach, Florida, Al

[@LaurenceBotha]

Beautiful

[@staceyc.9156]

Wow! I am so inspired after watching this. Thank you, Pages Matam!

[@Allencek]

That right there... so good. Spoken from the hearth, well done sir. "°"

[@Ieltsfluency]

Very eloquent. He never bored a second

[@TheKingdomhearts99]

the forked poet capable of many different avenues of the storytelling gene

[@katieydiddkatieydidd7269]

My Lord, this Pages is the absolute king! This is one of my favorite Ted Talks. The way he weaves and threads words, themes, mores....... Brilliant! Moving! Touching! Teaching! Inspirational! Poignant!

[@apexuious]

I absolutely love this man's mind

[@helenepieume1345]

I am.humbled.and grateful to you for this fantastic poem about me.

[@AmilaD]

That is powerful! Incredible! 🤩

[@stephie7015]

The best of the best!!! Raw talent! I hear you, bro!

[@dontforgettostretch2]

What a beautiful soul

[@jeffpape6519]

Wow this is incredible. More people need to see this.

[@joygrey3718]

Awesome. Listend to many times. Taught me do much about poetry I strive to embrace.

[@Luv_Sug]

Beautiful from beginning to end! Wow

[@lynn1464]

There's so much truth in what he's saying.

[@paulamicaela1301]

how does this only have 2,000 views??

[@jonipuig2634]

People find other things more interesting nowadays!

[@seyiadeniji3547]

The difference a year makes......

[@vadekitch3n465]

because it sucks I'm only here for school

[@LoganRaymond]

@@seyiadeniji3547 the diff 3 makes it has 73,000 views now

[@lamarharris9642]

ERA OF THE SLEEP 🛌 WITH THEIR EYES 👀 WIDE-OPEN.

[@chuksjerahmeel1355]

Awesome, I can't stop watching

[@kishamathurin4489]

Still one of my favorite poems

[@deborahrebello9715]

"200 dialects. 200 ways to say love, family...."

[@elka7339]

Poetry master. So beautiful

[@emileg.8888]

Fantstic style, noticing the gradual shift in between the public speaking and the slam!

[@shreyasingh2471]

Wow. Just Wow. 👏👏👏

[@LaurenceBotha]

Stunning artistic performance.

[@sythura11]

This is probably the 100th time I come back to watch this!

[@ashleybelot9467]

This is absolutely breathtaking and I am soooo happy I heard it

[@metabutch]

Yaaaas! Snap! Snap! Thank you brother!

[@welterdelis]

simply amazing!

[@Jetthrone1]

Great Poem!

[@AliaAir]

Beautiful spoken word

[@mikiamartin1270]

I am trying to learn how to write a poem . And his speech made me cry.

[@cntrygal2007]

This was amazing. Thank you for posting/sharing.

[@woogie872]

He's incredible. I'm blessed to be able to hear and learn from him. Thank you!

[@authenticallyspeaking6529]

Thank you. I paused this at 11:07 and wrote the first poem I've written in months. I appreciate the beautiful inspo.

[@godwinuzonna7947]

Inspiring... I wish to be a spoken word artist one of these days.

[@Snicolemidlifeliving]

this was amazing!!!! so inspiring!!

[@user-xd9yt3hf4u]

"The backwash of a dream" wow this was FIRE

[@viva_me_lotz2love320]

Wow he’s amazing 🙏🏼🙌

[@lynn1464]

He sure is

[@ericagrant3197]

I don’t get tired of this. The more I watch it the more I want to hear it.

[@mirandabroxson7891]

This was so immersive I forgot to put it on my tv because I couldn’t stop watching. I’ll watch this often. Absolutely beautiful work and I feel so inspired.

[@coryhunt3412]

Thank you Mr Matam!

[@Riselead_initiative]

wow i admire the strong passion for poetry.

[@notg8528]

OMG this guy is amazing!!!!!!🤩

[@3RDEYELOVE]

👌🏾Simply incredible💯

[@yfoog]

This is amazing

[@moonlightzanelengubane713]

I Love this wow, what a poet, salute.

[@Pedayahu]

OMG!! …Loved This! Loved the natural teaching and ministering flow. Powerful message.

[@jokerllyourchancetoblowll1632]

Just Phenomenal

[@jonathan-ug4ht]

he was so poetic sometimes that he decided to lighten the mood in fear of swirling the peoples minds

[@arianamartinez3845]

Now I know exactly what I want in a man.....no hay palabras

[@estheredem744]

This is gorgeous

[@rawrhymes7677]

Incredible story.

[@oluwafemiii]

Wow!!!!! Aye! He is so good!

[@zainabqutub1291]

This deserves way more likes.

[@godwin_njoroge]

Beautiful

[@tonimitchell209]

He was excellent

[@basudhapatel5092]

Great performance 👏👏👏👏

[@paradoxinmotion]

gorgeous and brilliant and thank you so much

[@nattyogli9317]

This man is amazing with his art 👌🏾💯

[@queenbriilove548]

Amazing ❤

[@marshellbrown9641]

6 years later this is my time to hear this wonderful spoken word...wow

[@victorialeigh8744]

❤❤❤ thiiiiiiiiisss!!

[@toluwalopeayodele676]

It’s really inspirational ❤

[@jeevanmariadsilva]

this is art

[@cheyennechrisp]

Beautiful!!

[@rebekahcobbin2707]

I love this!

[@thierrym6165]

Proudly Cameroonian 🙏🙏👌🏽👌🏽

[@leahjames6870]

What language do they speak in Cameroon???

[@imranniloy]

Great!

[@felicehd]

Pay attention........Pages is the best‼️‼️‼️

[@victoriasmees5625]

“There ain’t much God left in this world but treat this world like there is plenty of God left in you.” Wow.

[@PoetryMattersProject]

Well...🤌🤌🥰 Love your Mom!

[@pswagner]

Bravo !

[@carsonaustin8785]

this was amazing

[@saraguerrero2432]

beautiful

[@anissarenaii6437]

thank you