Poetry

My fantastic friends Jess, Al and Paul let me borrow a season of Def Poetry Jam and I have been mesmerized watching it this evening. I had seen a couple of clips on YouTube on different occasions and I enjoyed them, but watching the whole show is just breathtaking. It is fantastic. The people are so talented and their words bring out so much feeling and so many thoughts. What can I say? I'm inspired. 

Watching other people's words

brings energy to my own.

What they have to say

elicits a visceral reaction

from me.

Whether it's 

goosebumps

or laughter

or even tears

I am feeling 

something - 

many things - 

everything.

They share not just words

but feelings

and images - 

snapshots of their own lives

or the lives of those

they observe.

Social commentary,

joys,

fears,

loves,

everything laid out

for any and all

to make meaning of

and possibly

to understand.