Kaoru's Imitation of Sarah Kay, TED (2011)

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Kaoru's Imitation of Sarah Kay, TED (2011)

Hi everyone,

1) I will imitate in English the first minute of the TED "If I should have a daughter..." by Sarah Kay. This is a short spoken word poetry made by Sarah. 

2) In terms of time on the video, it is between 00:18 and 01:27.

3) I like this talk because I just found Sara's talk amazing. I actually did not spoken word poetry before I saw this but thought it was moving, motivating, and genius.Her poem made me think or feel in new ways. After watching this I learnt that it was so important to express my feeling by my own words and spoken word poetry helped me express myself in ways I couldn't before. This inspired me in so many ways. I hope this would inspire my classmates also, that's why I finally chose this.

4) Video from TED embed code

5) Transcript

If I should have a daughter, instead of "Mom," she's gonna call me "Point B," because that way she knows that no matter what happens, at least she can always find her way to me. 

And I'm going to paint solar systems on the backs of her hands so she has to learn the entire universe before she can say, "Oh, I know that like the back of my hand."

 And she's going to 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. 

But getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air. 

There is hurt, here, that cannot be fixed by Band-Aids or poetry.

 So the first time she realizes that Wonder Woman isn't coming, I'll make sure she knows she doesn't have to wear the cape all by herself because no matter how wide you stretch your fingers, your hands will always be too small to catch all the pain you want to heal.

 Believe me, I've tried. "And, baby," I'll tell her, don't keep your nose up in the air like that. I know that trick; I've done it a million times. 

You're just smelling for smoke so you can follow the trail back to a burning house, so you can find the boy who lost everything in the fire to see if you can save him.