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.

[@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.

[@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!

[@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.

[@selfexplanatorychiq]

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

[@kokumusicismylove]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@06breesmama]

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

[@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.

[@celia7494]

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

[@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

[@SexyDevine]

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

[@meagentzero]

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

[@natupua]

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

[@2cute4ubre]

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

[@retta006]

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

[@Quisquebella]

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

[@shortbreadfinger]

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

[@kangu88]

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

[@kagomeI]

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

[@foeleven]

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

[@CP3JORIKA]

I CRIED...I LOVE THAT POEM.

[@canihelpyou9067]

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

[@slo1986]

love this girl

[@chokolatus]

THAT BROUGHT ME TO TEARS.

[@SweetnSourqt3]

This girl is really talented....wow!

[@LoveNia_]

hell yea that gave me some major goose bumps

[@goozy101]

man i tear up like everytime i see this one

[@Caqui]

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

[@ChizOhFro]

THAT WAS SO POWERFUL I FELT IT.

[@soverdadero]

tears. that was soooooo powerful

[@dmarie1986]

OMG THIS CHILD HAS ME OVER HERE CRYING

[@Chocolatelover123]

beautiful!!

[@1BRWNSKN]

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

[@mramadonycx3]

everytime i watch this i cry :(

[@blahblah0614]

wow..she's amazing

[@jintle]

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

[@larabmoney]

love the the poem awesume

[@rapres]

wow that made my eyes water, awesome

[@4purplemarbles]

damn.... made me cry

[@htownlove85]

i got teary eyed

[@Jenn504xoxo]

Amazing...

[@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

[@naesxcblaq09]

TRUE TALENT..!!

[@geekwod]

this was amazing

[@selfexplanatorychiq]

Zora is amasing

[@plasticgirl222]

SOOOOOOOOOOO DAMN TALENTED

[@AiGproductions]

Holy Man .. This hit me hard..

[@noamep]

I cried too

[@Janelle537]

I'm speechless

[@daydreamer360]

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

[@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.

[@HAITIANEGGHEAD]

noway dat gurl is a beast at this

[@GeorgiaSwagg18]

Dang!

[@anjiluhsings]

its really good! :)

[@lovelyleyley]

shit. damn. girl got me speechless.

[@Koribaby1]

thats was great. =]

[@playxbunnyxstud]

she GO

[@purexample]

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

[@ashpash0812]

damnnnnn that was good...

[@loquaciousthe3RD]

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

[@annebreal]

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

[@babeegurl2k7]

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

[@bubblesbornin88]

Oh gosh I'm a mess. Crying alone again

[@chrissy2hard]

she hella good ....

[@TouchTheSky2]

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

[@Aboxill]

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

[@TheCharitylove20]

yep....thats how it is

[@theareohbee]

wow. that's it.

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@G3oRd3]

woww how old is she?

[@qveenbee]

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

[@anjiluhsings]

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

[@VNSW]

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

[@optymystyc]

You had to be there to really feel 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

[@MichaelakaMOOKI3]

dis is my ex-boo, lol