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10 Poems To Make Your Body Ache

Poetry in its purest form

Dec 21, 2015

Western Connecticut State University

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10 Poems To Make Your Body Ache

po·et·ry

noun

literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm; poems collectively or as a genre of literature."he is chiefly famous for his love poetry"
- a quality of beauty and intensity of emotion regarded as characteristic of poems.
Poetry is defined as something being beautiful. Whether is it Robert Frost, Shel Silverstein or Sarah Kay, each poem and poet has their own beauty and magnificence. Personally, I enjoy poetry to a great extent, and have been a huge fan of spoken poetry since I was 12. Here are just a few poets and performances that I find make your heart ache with joy, compassion, and sympathy.
1. If I Should Have a Daughter... by Sarah Kay
And she's gonna learn that this life will hit you hard in the face, wait for you to get back up just so it can kick you in the stomach.

2. Lost Voices by Darius Simpson and Scout Bostley
She thinks I was lost in the trees, but I was just needed to be closer to my roots
3. Explaining Depression To My Mother by Sabrina Benaim
My depression is a shape shifter. One day it is as small as the firefly in the palm of a bear, the next its the bear.
4. Postcards by Sarah Kay
Is there a word for sucker punching someone in the heart
5. Trigger Warning by Karina Stow
Keep me away from knives. Trigger. And cars. Trigger. And men on the street. Trigger. who look like knives and cars.
6. Things That Happened To Me In High School by Lauren Zuniga
Luthers' cousins made him have sex with a girl to prove he wasn't gay. He came over to my house at two in the morning, cried in my bed, promised he would change.
7. When Love Arrives by Sarah Kay and Phil Kaye
Love grew. Love stretched like a trampoline. Love changed. Love disappeared....slowly like baby teeth losing parts of me I thought I needed.
8. Reasons by Sabrina Benaim
He is sweet like a lemon. I am sweet like stolen candy.
9. How to Succeed In Heartbreak by Victoria Morgan
Go to museums. Realize other things have history too.
10. First Date by Sabrina Benaim.
I learn love like wait for it.

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