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In teaching poetry and preparing my kiddos this week for their poetry presentations, we watched a few spoken word poets via pre-selected versions on YouTube. One video that stood out the most was from the 2012 TED talks from spoken word poet, Sarah Kay. The poem is a perfect depiction of having a child and advice that a mother wants to carry on to her daughter...If you have an opportunity, I'd check it out on YouTube and just watch the "If I should have a daughter" or the title of the poem is "B". Sifting through the poem, I extracted a few of my favorite quotes and a few recent pictures of Madelynne to accompany them. Enjoy. 

"...Because there’s nothing more beautiful than the way the ocean refuses to stop kissing the shoreline, no matter how many times it’s sent away" (Sarah Kay, TED Talks, 2012). 



“...Remember, your Mama is a worrier, and your Papa is a warrior, and you are the girl with small hands and big eyes who never stops asking for more” (Sarah Kay, 2012, TED Talks).






 "But I want her to know that this world is made out of sugar. It can crumble so easily, but don’t be afraid to stick your tongue out and taste it" (Sarah Kay, 2012, TED Talks).

 "I want her to look at the world through the underside of a glass-bottom boat, to look through a microscope at the galaxies that exist on the pinpoint of a human mind, because that’s the way my mom taught me" (Sarah Kay, 2012, TED Talks).








 "And always apologize when you’ve done something wrong, but don’t you ever apologize for the way your eyes refuse to stop shining. Your voice is small, but don’t ever stop singing. And when they finally hand you heartache, when they slip war and hatred under your door and offer you handouts on street-corners of cynicism and defeat, you tell them that they really ought to meet your mother" (Sarah Kay, 2012, TED Talks). 


YouTube Link to Sarah Kay's keynote speech and poem in its entirety, is at the very beginning: Sarah Kay's "B"

Comments

  1. amaloneyMay 22, 2013 at 11:27 AM

    beautiful. both the poem and your daughter. ;)

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  2. momx3May 22, 2013 at 4:27 PM

    Simply inspiring....love how you shared the poem excerpts and Madelynne!

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  3. mmkMay 23, 2013 at 12:19 PM

    I love this especially the way you used the pictures with the words.

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