Life poetry
Next, Morgan Williams representing Illinois. She is a Senior at Springfield High School. "What Work Is" by Philip Levine We stand in the rain in a long line waiting at Ford Highland...
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Listen. Can you hear it? We are the poem. It's in our voices, in our water streaming, its rhythm in our temples beating. It is the dreaming, its meter beats through the soles of our feet into...
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I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE DOE TO STAND THERE STATING AT ME THESE ELEVEN THOUSAND MINUTES I CAN'T WAIT TO WRITE ANOTHER BOOK I CAN'T WAIT TO HIDE ANOTHER BOOK IN MY MIDDLE AND SMILE...
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What is poverty? Its having little money, goods or means of supporting yourself. right now one thousand three hundred and forty-five million people in developing countries are living on around a $1.25...
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[ Music ] >> When Jelaluddin Rumi spoke his poems spontaneously in Persian in the 13th century, there was always music nearby. There had to be because the poetry was in part and the...
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When I was a little girl, people would tell me how pretty I was. That my eye lashes were so long and curly, My ears and nose were so small, My hair was so thick and long, and if it wasn't for...
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Who is Hussain, they ask me Who is Hussain Do not ask who but What is Hussain? Why he was Martyred why was he Slain? Why was his family anchored in chains Oh the Torment, Suffering and Pain It boils...
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NATHAN ROGERS: Hi, and welcome to Talks at Google. My name's Nathan Rogers. And today, I've the pleasure of introducing one of my best friends, Rose McAleese to give a talk today. So...
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bjbj"9"9 JUDY WOODRUFF: Finally tonight, a new poet laureate has been named for the U.S., but she is not new to "NewsHour" viewers. Natasha Trethewey will be the...
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hands in this endeavor. Whether we get together to make a fake trailer for the Odyssey, a music video about market price, or a stop-motion video interpretation of a poem, we understand the curriculum...
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