The first video I want to discuss is this young woman's courageous use of poetry as a tool for social change. Millennials are a generation obsessed with social change, and poetry can be a powerful means of communicating different perspectives and ideas. Words spoken well can break through years of prejudice. In Mallory Matheson's "Untitled" poem, she succeeded in breaking through my idea of what was normal and acceptable at BYU. She helped me to see that maybe some behavior I had been socially taught to accept, was not in harmony with my feminist equality views. I found her passion on the subject intriguing.
The second video I want to focus on is Austin Jones "Unapologetic English Major." I want to focus on the deliverance of this type of poetry. I think that poems can take on a whole new life when they are preformed not just in front of an audience, but for an audience. Austin clearly wrote this poem in order to preform it, which gives it a whole new life and color. Just read from a page, this poem would not be nearly as comedic or as influential. I believe poetry written to be preformed is another evidence of poetry alive and well today.
Here are the links to the other videos I watched:
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