Well, I'm supposed to go back to my high school for this poetry event tomorrow and do a poem or two. Hmph, I hated my high school, but I'm kinda excited. Don't exactly know what to expect, so I intend to approach this event with no expectations. Wondering if my piece is going to be a little beyond the students. Wondering if I'll see any teachers from when I was there...that's be wild. Not that they would remember me, but I'd probably remnember most of them. I'd like to really do my thing tomorrow; I even took the time to memorize a poem which I haven't done in a dew months. Also, some of the world famous illpoets.com all- stars will be making a guest appearance, so that's cool. The site should get a lot of hits after the event.
Man, I have to get my mind right so I can go ahead and do this slamming thing. Must rep properly or not at all. Personally, anything except the poem I just memorized, I'm pretty tired of spittin'. I'd rather read at events than perform, but, we all know it's the performance first for most viewers. I get tired f doing a poem by the third time...I've been that guy in the audience that hears the poet talk about a new piece he just wrote and only did once or twice...but I know the damn thing just as well as he does because he actually has done it twenty two times! I don't want to do that to people. I figure, as much as I write, I can always come to a cipher with a new piece and do my thing. Some folks appreciate it less when you read tho', so I know I get tuned out by a lot of folks whenever I read. It's just, when you perform, you have the opportunity to stare down an entire audience or just one person. To command an entire stage. That's what people want. The writers are the one's who listen to that new piece that has never been read before, while the poet stumbles through the first four or five lines. The true appreciators listen for that punch- line that's promised in the next couple of seconds. Truly, there has to be a way of doing both...