Poetry is often seen as this sort of old school Shakespearean
like Walt Whitman thing, classical thing, and it is that.
But it is also a weapon and a tool for revolution in the
modern day.
Most of the time it can be really long or really condensed,
really short, and I love that it is short when I do stubble upon
a short poem, because it tells so much through very little.
My love for language and poetry and words really was, I guess
stimulated by trips to the library with my family, and I
can't imagine where I'd be without that.
I hope to see that in my community, poetry events and
workshops that already exist are talked about more and
appreciated more, but also that more people have an
understanding of poetry outside of what we're taught in school.
You can use poetry to kind of translate your anger or your
emotion into something that can change people.