I love this poem. So many people question why poets can't write happier poems, why they're all depressing or angry. Of course they're not but I'm happy someone shed some insight into why someone may struggle with writing with "Happy" emotion.

"roses are red, voilets are blue, my poetry sucks all thanks to you" ha! I love sarah so much.

...and I don't understand how you could be the worst thing that ever happened to my poetry if you're the best that ever happened to me.

I tried to tell my boyfriend something like this, how he shouldn't be upset that I don't write about him, but Sarah said it better than I ever could. Bless her soul.

"Without question, you are the worst thing that ever happened to my poetry!" Jeez, I love this chick. Her poetry is always very satisfying. :)

"Speaking in abstract metaphors so you think that i have a more poetic view on the world than you is against my poetic ethics" - no wonder her poetry is awesome. Profound but honestly incredibly simple and easy to understand and connect with!

she is beautiful

I love how breathless she seems as she gives her poems- almost as if she is as blown away by them as me.

This is exactly how I feel....I use to write pieces for days during this time of the day and now I just write about his brown eyes :)

I don't watch those shows anymore because YOU'VE got me watching the stars Damn you :')

I love her and her poetry so inspiring

Here I am back to Sarah's poetry again.

she is so adorable

"You're the worst thing that ever happened to my poetry... But you're the best thing that ever happened to me." OH THE FEELS. RIGHT THERE. YUP. MAKE THEM STOP.

Sarah kay is just so ridiculously awesome, it's crazy. Every piece by her reaches me on some other level and blows my mind. 😍

she is my inspiration and her poetry just refreshes me like maybe today can be a good day.

She is fabulous in every poem she performs. She is my inspiration!!

She is the definition of perfection

I love Sarah and her poetry so much, gah ! She's such a sweetheart and this is one of those poems where you can really feel her personality.

That was a beautiful spin through thought and feeling, rendered impeccably. Thank you Sarah!

I'm rally gratified that this content is still here- LOVE IT! Hmmmm took me twelve years- but- enjoying it as new and fresh! Thanks Taylor!!

i've tried to look for this video for so long. the first time i watched it, i was around 14 and this came up on my recommended. i was hooked and it sparked something in me. i've been a creative soul ever since. i'm so glad i found it again.

When I was younger I had a book that had the name Sarah Kay written on the front cover, I was reading it everyday, it was my favorite book. I'm so glad I found this today.

She is so graceful when she moves her hands! She is just so amazing.

Poetic styles like free verse, spoken word, and slam are to poetry what jazz is to music - Sometimes it makes no sense, sometimes it sounds like it doesn't quite fit, but it doesn't matter. That's the beauty of these creative styles. There are no boundaries. It is not a different version of the same thing over and over, yet originality everywhere you turn and it doesn't need to FIT IN at all... As she said, your end product can be the WORST and it will still be accepted and loved

Taylor Mali and Sarah Kay always make my day better, no matter how many times I've seen them.

I love her. Like seriously she is amazing.

i always waited for the ending cause i know they are sometimes the best part.

This is just amazing!!

I could listen to her poetry all day

Love the THIS IS CRAP part so much hahahahah, and everything else😍

she is just freaking awesome

She came to my school last year & I fell in love with her poetry

This is the cutest poem I've ever heard. ADORABLE.

I've been listening to Sarah Kay's poetry instead of doing homework for the last hour. She is a magnificent writer and a stunningly beautiful women.

I love writing. But the only times I would find myself writing were when I wasn't feeling too good. I read my poems now and they make no sense with the person I am now, because I am now a happy person. Ever since my life took this great turn, I stopped writing. And it sucks! I hated that I could only be inspired to write when I was feeling sad.This performance by Sarah Kay hits the spot just right. She took this feeling of uncertainty, this confusion, and made it into yet another amazing poem.

This makes me really happy

This is magnificent. Such a great feeling of affection without saying anything of the sort.

This is amazing. Beautifully spoken and performed. I like the drift of the story; it closes nicely back with the beginning. An elegant use of pause and form (in the lyric). Thanks for sharing the talent of this young lady with the world!

That was incredible. Beautifully written, and wonderfully presented. The words followed off your tongue so easily...it was unbelievable.

That was just plain adorable!!

That is the sweetest thing I've ever heard!

This literally took my breath away

It is my new favorite poem!! Its funny cause I kept thinking about one person all the time while I was listening, I mean so crazy.

She is special, definitely my favorite poet

this is ridiculously beautiful :)))))))) Much Love xx

Holy fuck, I love Sarah.

i relate to this so much!! ive been so happy the past year and so my poetry has been a regurgitated mess.

you helped me accept who i am to be naive. my heart thunder claps and my throat rages with hot fumes and bubble sprouts all rippling inside the hallow space of my stomache. you led me into the hands of my soul and my spirit and now i am starting to think that life isn't all bad. sincerely, my heart

im in awe

3 words. I love this.

her voice is amazing I can't explain it. Even whens she is just talking

I love this!!

Beautiful!!

Poetry does not require rhyme. It only requires rhythm and style. These performances are really great because they help to establish that rhythm that may be lost through reading.

As a hapa, something about the end just made me tear up. I have never felt more represented by something that wasn’t my relatives.

She's amazing.

this girl is my inspiration...loved her after seeing "if i should have a daughter"

Sarah Kay! 👏👌❤️🇲🇨

I know how you feel, in a way. I went through a messy break up some months back, and it was my muse, it's what got me to start writing. Now I'm totally over it and so happy that I can't right for shit!

Sarah Kay is the most brilliant person in the world. Her perfection lies in her words and her voice and her truth. It isn't even perfect its just pure honest truth.

This is sappy and wonderful all at the same time. I think she deserved more applause at the end.

AGH. SO GOOD! This girl, man, this girl...

I aspire to write and deliver as she does

she's so adorable here :')

Every poem- amazing.

This is exactly how i feel at the moment as well. I used to write with such anxiety, such melancholy, such anger and angst. but now i cant because im just too.... happy.

Enjoyed very much!!!!

Omg This is beautiful............simply beautiful.

Wow she is an amazing poet.

She's is so amazing ❤💛❤

Man I love it. LOVE IT

I don't think there's any time of any day that I am not in the mood to listen to Sarah Kay.

I ♥ Sarah Kay!!!!

"And I dont understand how you are the worst thing that has ever happened to my poetry but the best thing that has ever happened to me" -Priceless

this is beautiful 1

this helped me remember why falling in love is so addictive

Music does not need a sound, a beat or a rhythm; music is what one perceives it to be- if the silence on a cold night is their music then so be it. A story book does not need a sense of understanding, it needs a sense of connection and if it's that that one needs to love the words that fall upon each page then so be it. Drawing needs a person, art needs a person; that is all. Art is everything. Poetry is this, poetry is emotions, poetry is whatever we wish to perceive it as- Rhyming or not.

Exactly now I'm feeling right now man

This is wonderful!

You are beautiful too :) And to answer your question, in my best effort, is because she has an absolutely beautiful, honest presence of spirit :) The spark that resides in all of us.

wow. truer words are rarely spoken. that is exactly the struggle that i am going through right now with my poetry... grr. why must i be so happy all of a sudden ;P

I just fell in love

I would love to perform this as a monologue :) loved it!! :D

I have written FEW good poems since I fell in love.

i'm a hapa too and basically just fell in love with her when she said she was a hapa :))

Loved it!

I relate so much

AMAZING.

I can definitely relate to this :)

😂😂😂 right 👏👏👏 simply amazing

Beautiful

love this brilliant poem

what beautiful words.

What this is beautiful

i love this

Beautiful.

Oh man. This is a whole volume in chapter 7 of my life.

I second this

I'm in love.