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I've talked a bit previously about my love for Andrea Gibson's poetry, I think their are such an amazing spoken word poet and I have a part of a line from a poem of their's tattooed on my upper arm. I've learned a lot about my own relationship with chronic illness and acceptance and self-esteem through their work. It means a lot too me.
Watching them live is a whole different experience of their work and if they ever come near you, I find there's nothing quite like being in a room of like minded queer folx who love poetry and deep thoughts.
I'll link a few of my favorites over on YouTube, however if you are able to read poetry, I cannot recommend their book, Pansy enough.
This one, "I Sing the Body Electric (But Only When My Power's Out) is about their own struggle with chronic illness and it resonates with me deeply. It's definitely my favorite, so it gets first listing here.
This is such a sweet poem about love and self-love/esteem. "Boomerang Valentine", is both powerful and wonderful and gave me such chills to hear in person.
"Your Life" from their Hey Galaxy tour. I feel like the power here is in Andrea reciting the poem, but there's also a great video for it with a variety of actors that's great too.
But here's the thing. I found Andrea's work online when I was looking up old videos from an HBO show called Def Poetry Jam, which was the spoken-word version of Def Poetry Jam, both produced by Russell Simmons and hosted by the babiest Mos Def. If you need more of this, there's a deep YouTube hole of spoken word. If you want a variety, start with Def Poetry artists (Dan & Dasha, Gina Loring, Gemineye, Black Ice, Liza Garza, Amir Sulaiman), most especially if you're a cis white person that needs a little perspective.
Once you've exhausted Def Poetry, you can look up specific artists or check out the Button Poetry YT channel.
Even if you're not into traditional poetry, I recommend spoken word. It's fast and moving and emotional in a way words on a page never can be.
Watching them live is a whole different experience of their work and if they ever come near you, I find there's nothing quite like being in a room of like minded queer folx who love poetry and deep thoughts.
I'll link a few of my favorites over on YouTube, however if you are able to read poetry, I cannot recommend their book, Pansy enough.
This one, "I Sing the Body Electric (But Only When My Power's Out) is about their own struggle with chronic illness and it resonates with me deeply. It's definitely my favorite, so it gets first listing here.
This is such a sweet poem about love and self-love/esteem. "Boomerang Valentine", is both powerful and wonderful and gave me such chills to hear in person.
"Your Life" from their Hey Galaxy tour. I feel like the power here is in Andrea reciting the poem, but there's also a great video for it with a variety of actors that's great too.
But here's the thing. I found Andrea's work online when I was looking up old videos from an HBO show called Def Poetry Jam, which was the spoken-word version of Def Poetry Jam, both produced by Russell Simmons and hosted by the babiest Mos Def. If you need more of this, there's a deep YouTube hole of spoken word. If you want a variety, start with Def Poetry artists (Dan & Dasha, Gina Loring, Gemineye, Black Ice, Liza Garza, Amir Sulaiman), most especially if you're a cis white person that needs a little perspective.
Once you've exhausted Def Poetry, you can look up specific artists or check out the Button Poetry YT channel.
Even if you're not into traditional poetry, I recommend spoken word. It's fast and moving and emotional in a way words on a page never can be.
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Thanks for the links, particularly for the Def Poetry Jam. Looks great.
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