Rhiannon, I just want to say I have been reading and watching all your poems and you inspire me so very much. I hope to someday write in the unashamedly raw and eloquent way that you do. Thank you for never failing to pull me from the deepest depths of my writing slumps. - A 15 year old poet
Lindsey Beck she has done many works with a group that (I'm pretty sure) is called Brave New Voices. i know she's done a poem called "Somewhere in America" she also has her own youtube channel, but I'm not sure if she actually put poetry on there because I didnt see too much of them. Hope this helps:)
I really wanted to bring this poem to my poetry group to read (with full credit to Rhiannon of course). If anyone wants to do the same, here's the transcript. But please, credit Rhiannon!! It takes time and talent to write something like this :) Edgar Allan Poe said that the death of a beautiful woman is unquestionably the most poetic topic in the world except I think that the most poetic thing is the dress that my mom wore in France when she was pregnant yellowed with flowers its stretched to fit her and shrinks to hold me now there's a sonnet in each of my grandma's old lipsticks and all the coats that my aunt wears another device in any piece of clothing deemed lucky in fact the poetry is in my neighbor explaining how her parents survived a genocide that spoke four languages or the in jamant sobs in the fruit aisle, shower and best friend's car sinking through deep summer all our injuries rhyme from singing with a sore throat to a mattress heavier than God the freckle on my right palm tracing every capillary popped on purpose the stomach's is yours who else could place scars into genres I've seen better poems in rising bread than anything Bukowski dreamed of that Hemingway demanded and Fitzgerald plagiarized and cert petition for see they can excuse scaring women for art though if you are a scared woman they tie your art back to your crazy it leaks through the gallery like it’s crazy how a couple movies are worth more than children like they can't see the fingerprints on the filmstrip and I guess it's a good song but the bass drum sounds like internal bruising and we don't dance to those at my house the violence of creative men is more of a burning library than a closed book and you choose what you want to read so I concur that picking graveyard dirt out of my nails is of highest literary value in fact the most poetical thing is me slumped on my desk sleeping through every English class for the rest of the year after my teacher said he didn’t know of any female writers good to study no one in that damned mob of scribbling women was worth discussion since we were only supposed to be the flourish the adverb the stage he walks on the spit on his finger so he can flip a page and we can't bite the hand that feeds us cants waterway pens that dip in our pretty corpses he sweats corn syrup and red food dye and needs someone to hurt for him but I can stand straight without balancing them on my head I have always washed my troubles in extra mascara so they are defined in the spotlight molded them to hold a rapier for the finale taught them how to speak from the gut even when you're crying even when the voice shakes project so all the women who ever press their thumb onto my cheek and watch me live from the back row and the ghosts above the theatre they can see us too
4.6 thousand people have watched this beautiful and truthful statement yet, only 665 of those human beings are brave enough to publicly touch an emoticon to say three words that can be interpreted in so many ways.
I think the most poetic thing is everyone's imperfections, those very imperfections allow the strong to use those who are weak to further themselves into greatness! We all can stand to do the human thing and rule over those who are weak. Lest you be the very ilk that made into tool's.
*No one in that damned mob of scribbling women was worth discussion* : Get thee to oblivion Anne Bradstreet, Emily Dickinson, Frances Harper, Gwendolyn Brooks, Emma Lazarus, Gertrude Stein, Marianne Moore, Edna St. Vincent Millay, H.D., Amy Lowell, Audre Lord, Louise Bogan, Adrienne Rich, Elizabeth Bishop, Sylvia Plath, Lucille Clifton, Anne Sexton, Mary Oliver, Louise Gluck, Anne Carson, Denise Levertov, Jorie Graham, Sharon Olds, Maya Angelou, Muriel Rukeyser, Rita Dove, Marge Piercey and Rhiannon McGavin. Randall Jarrell included only Marianne Moore in his 1955 book *Poetry and the Age*. Here in Scotland I will search for your books, Ms McGavin.
SHE'S ON BUTTON I'M SO PROUD OF HER
I love Rhiannon's poetry.
I love Rhiannon!! It's so nice to see her on Button's channel!
her voice is so powerful
splendid
Rhiannon, I just want to say I have been reading and watching all your poems and you inspire me so very much. I hope to someday write in the unashamedly raw and eloquent way that you do. Thank you for never failing to pull me from the deepest depths of my writing slumps.
- A 15 year old poet
TheGeekyBlonde I love your work, big fan. ❤
Wow I love u
Rhiannon is absolutely amazing!!! I love this. I'm so glad to see her on Button's channel.
Felicity Browning hi :) do you know where I can find her online? more of her work
Lindsey Beck she has done many works with a group that (I'm pretty sure) is called Brave New Voices. i know she's done a poem called "Somewhere in America" she also has her own youtube channel, but I'm not sure if she actually put poetry on there because I didnt see too much of them. Hope this helps:)
I really wanted to bring this poem to my poetry group to read (with full credit to Rhiannon of course). If anyone wants to do the same, here's the transcript. But please, credit Rhiannon!! It takes time and talent to write something like this :)
Edgar Allan Poe said that the death of a beautiful woman is unquestionably the most poetic topic in the world except I think that the most poetic thing
is the dress that my mom wore in France when she was pregnant
yellowed with flowers its stretched to fit her and shrinks to hold me
now there's a sonnet in each of my grandma's old lipsticks and all the coats that my aunt wears
another device in any piece of clothing deemed lucky
in fact the poetry is in my neighbor explaining how her parents survived a genocide that spoke four languages
or the in jamant sobs in the fruit aisle, shower and best friend's car
sinking through deep summer
all our injuries rhyme from singing with a sore throat to a mattress heavier than God
the freckle on my right palm tracing every capillary popped on purpose
the stomach's is yours who else could place scars into genres
I've seen better poems in rising bread than anything Bukowski dreamed of
that Hemingway demanded and Fitzgerald plagiarized and cert petition for
see they can excuse scaring women for art
though if you are a scared woman they tie your art back to your crazy
it leaks through the gallery
like it’s crazy how a couple movies are worth more than children
like they can't see the fingerprints on the filmstrip
and I guess it's a good song but the bass drum sounds like internal bruising and we don't dance to those at my house
the violence of creative men is more of a burning library than a closed book
and you choose what you want to read so I concur
that picking graveyard dirt out of my nails is of highest literary value
in fact the most poetical thing is me slumped on my desk sleeping through every English class for the rest of the year after my teacher said he didn’t know of any female writers good to study
no one in that damned mob of scribbling women was worth discussion
since we were only supposed to be the flourish
the adverb
the stage he walks on
the spit on his finger so he can flip a page and we can't bite the hand that feeds us cants waterway pens that dip in our pretty corpses
he sweats corn syrup and red food dye and needs someone to hurt for him but I can stand straight
without balancing them on my head
I have always washed my troubles in extra mascara so they are defined in the spotlight molded them to hold a rapier for the finale
taught them how to speak from the gut even when you're crying
even when the voice shakes project
so
all the women who ever press their thumb
onto my cheek and watch me live from the back row
and the ghosts above the theatre
they can see us too
I'll take it to my poetry group too, its so profound!!!!
+Avwive Gwele I know!! I absolutely adore it
Thank you!! “You can see the ghosts above the theater and they can see us too” 😳😳❤️ love this
4.6 thousand people have watched this beautiful and truthful statement yet, only 665 of those human beings are brave enough to publicly touch an emoticon to say three words that can be interpreted in so many ways.
she is so raw, that's the type of spoken word I like
Out of all the contest entries, I think this one's the best so far.
your poetry is beautifully raw. Strong women are the futur.
some people don't like how her voice cracks when she speaks but i love it. i think it's beautiful
amazing delivery and message. I hope Rhiannon is on this channel more often!
same here
It's so cool to finally see her on Button's youtube channel!!
I love Rhiannon and how powerful her poetry is and I'm so glad to see her on this channel!!
yas! ♡ I loved Somewhere In America. her delivery is so raw. glad to see more of her.
it's so great to see rhiannon on this channel! i love this poem and it's amazing to see her going out for contests
so magical to see rhiannon on this channel. so much love. 💕
So nice to see Rhiannon here; I absolutely adore her.
she is something truly special
This is such an intriguing poem and strong performance. So glad I stumbled upon this!
She left me speechless (as always)
It's awesome watching her grow and leap bounds of her own
I love listening to Rhiannon just for her voice
This is so moving and well-written! Great job Rhiannon!
Beautiful. God, I love her work.
I love her poems so much 😍😍😍🐐
*snap*
I love! I need more 💛
Her voice and tone reminds me of Winona Ryder in Heathers
This is beautiful... thank you.
This is really wonderful.
how is amazing absolutely amazing
DAYUM
I love her so muchhhh
love it
I am IN LOVE
Great influence on hearts speach ❤
YES
after years 💓🙏
so good
Amazing
the most poetic thing is the dress of my mother wore when she was pregnant !!
I think the most poetic thing is everyone's imperfections, those very imperfections allow the strong to use those who are weak to further themselves into greatness!
We all can stand to do the human thing and rule over those who are weak. Lest you be the very ilk that made into tool's.
Bravo! All I can say is bravo!!! She hits so many goods points! I wonder if the four-language-genocide reference is what I think it is...
amazing
Great Poem!
Rhiannon is my fave :')
Started off a bit over-dramatic, but by the middle I was totally engaged. Great stuff.
AMAZING
Yes boo!!!!!!!!!!!
RHIANNON YES
RHIANNON!!!!!
holy shit shes so great
“The base sounds like internal bruising, and we don’t dance to those in my house…”
I love this femininst beautiful poetry that argues for equality
awesome
nice!
🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻💗💗
Whoah
I fucking love this girl
SHES ON BUTTON?!? HOW DID I NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS BEFORE
Omg
wow
🙏🔥🌱
*No one in that damned mob of scribbling women was worth discussion* : Get thee to oblivion Anne Bradstreet, Emily Dickinson, Frances Harper, Gwendolyn Brooks, Emma Lazarus, Gertrude Stein, Marianne Moore, Edna St. Vincent Millay, H.D., Amy Lowell, Audre Lord, Louise Bogan, Adrienne Rich, Elizabeth Bishop, Sylvia Plath, Lucille Clifton, Anne Sexton, Mary Oliver, Louise Gluck, Anne Carson, Denise Levertov, Jorie Graham, Sharon Olds, Maya Angelou, Muriel Rukeyser, Rita Dove, Marge Piercey and Rhiannon McGavin. Randall Jarrell included only Marianne Moore in his 1955 book *Poetry and the Age*. Here in Scotland I will search for your books, Ms McGavin.
it's rhiannon YEET
Is no one else jealous of her library in the back?
WOAH
Hit me v hard
I was looking down at my hands when she said “the freckle on my right palm” I have one too. 😖