Poetry Reading

The poetry reading I attended was at Thomas Edison High School. The poetry reading was very insightful. A relative of mine told me about the past event and I thought it would be perfect to attend since the assignment is due soon and it is always fascinating to take a trip down memory lane (since it is my old high school). To my surprise the young adolescents who were up on stage last Saturday had some very deep emotions. Teenagers have written some of the best poems that I have read so far. Maybe it is because of the emotional change and stress they go through that most of them resort to writing poetry as a break from society. Honestly I went there not knowing I was going to hear some really good poetry. A young girl named Mel read her poem entitled “Cost”. Her poem was an emotionally deep, heart breaking piece of literature. It was about a broken heart and the affection in her voice seems that her poem is a personal experience. A line that really stuck out was when she said “I very highly doubt you ever cared, constant lies proved that you are nothing but scared”. That line stood out because it is true, individuals only lie when they are scared of the truth. I felt this young girl’s pain and had this feeling of sadness casted over me. Another poem I liked was by another girl named Pricilla. Her poem was entitled “With Days of Tomorrow”. This poem was a happier one and yet again it was about love. The speaker used a lot of metaphors in this poem. Comparing her love to the nature “Emotions of leafs falling sending messages of weather change, this spirit of mine blossoms, sending messages of changes becoming in my world today”. I actually had a chance to speak to these girls personally after the poetry reading. It is amazing how their emotions differed, however that was very evident in the poetry they read. I was able to get a chance to talk to them both and get a copy of both poems. I read them once again to understand more of what was going on in their heads at the time they wrote them. Mel actually told me she had written the poem the same morning. After this I came to a realization that poetry is a form of writing developed to express ones inner thoughts and emotions. Not only mentally but physically as well. In some manner poetry is a creative way one explains their understanding. Some speak of death, love, life, family etc. impressively leading to a famous path, being critiqued and having publication in various places lead to a poet becoming famous. These young girls have the skill to become someone famous in the poetry world.