One of my favourite poets of all time is Andrea Gibson. I cannot put into words how much her words move me. I am desperately in love with what she writes, says and how she performs. Her poems are very different when you read them yourself to when you hear her perform them. The topics of her poems are not always gentle, but her words are so beautiful- no, beautiful doesn't even cut it. Magnificent. Fantastic. Magical. Perfect. Moving. Life-changing. They can be about war, racism,death, homophobia, love, break ups, an event in life, hope... hundreds of things.
I can't count the times her poems have brought me to tears, out of sheer beauty and truth. They strike me so strongly, it's almost like her words just draw the tears out of me so carefully and so beautifully that it hurts. They can make me cry, smile, laugh, or just sit there in silence with no words myself because she's used up all that needs to be said and I'm left in awe.
Here's one I've been listening to a lot lately. I hope it strikes you as strongly as it does for me. It's really worth a listen.
1 comment:
Hey Sai. Just watched this video. Gibson's poetry really is beautiful. There's this poet I like called Rilke. His poetry does'nt have the same kind of emotion, but still, I think that you may like it too. Danie
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