Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Spoken Word Poetry

Bismillahirrahmanirahim..

Today is the end of the CNY holiday and tomorrow I will be going back to class as usual.. However, compared to previous semesters, this semester is much more relaxing since in average, we've got like 2-4 hours of classes only.. And since I've finished taking all the 14 credit hours of electives last semester, this adds to the emptiness in the timetable slot.. Just imagine, last week I've no classes on Tuesday and Thursday! Oh, but of course, as a human, we (or is it I?) never feel grateful for what we have.. When you have too much classes, you might feel stressed but even with lack of classes, I tend to feel bored and also stressed since I dunno what to do during the free time.. Hehe..

Back to the topic, Spoken Word Poetry.. Last few days, I've encountered a video posted in Aiman Azlan's facebook about someone reading poem about "Hands". I don't really know whether the word "reading" is correct, since she's more like telling us a story but in the forms of poem. And that leads me to another video of her telling a poem entitled "If I Should Have A Daughter.."

Sarah Kay performing "Hands"

Honestly, I was captivated with her language, her self confidence and her way of expressing things that makes me want to google more about her (her name is Sarah Kay) and also about Spoken Word Poetry. Based from my 'on the surface' reading, spoken word poetry is basically not a traditional poem with a rhyme at the end of it, and it's more like expressing things in your own ways and it is performed in front of the audience, rather than writing it in a piece of paper. As Sarah Kay mentioned, "It is like when theater and poem gets together and gave birth to Spoken Word Poetry".



I really love the poem about the daughter and Hiroshima. I hope I can convey the message to my little girls in the future.. :P I guess now I've find a new interest, listening to Spoken Word Poetry. Hope it can brush up and improve my self confidence and also improve my English.

p/s: I'm trying a new thing for this semester by joining the futsal team for the Interbatch Sports Carnival.. Hopefully I won't be the cause for the team's failure.. Haven't started training yet, but I've started to jog (which I normally hates).. Wish us luck!

Sayonara!