Now, to get evolution,
you need to do something
that's unique and new,
like invent a psychotic
robotic barbecue
or an antibiotic exotic beef stew
to get rid of the... (SNIFFS) ..flu
and make you feel fresh and new.
I wrote my first poem
when I was about nine.
And I've been writing
since I can remember,
and I used to write comics
and books,
so I've always loved writing.
And the past few years, I've been
listening to a lot of rappers
so I've become sort of like rapping
as well.
And mum showed me
a YouTube on a slam poet
that I'm actually
in contact with now
and he's really great.
And, yeah, I thought,
"I like this
so I may as well do it."
When I started,
it was quite hard
to find everything rhyming
and fitting into
the structures of poems
and to make a slam poem,
but now, yeah, it's pretty easy.
Humans are still willing to believe
we can achieve much more
than we can perceive to conceive.
They're a lot about politics
and equality and education
and a bit about the environment.
So I have a lot of poems
that I don't like,
and, yeah, I find myself getting
better and better each day.
Governments should take
the blame for making us all the same
even though we don't want to be
like the rest.
I've just found
I love these topics.
Over watching the news and BTN
and looking at newspapers,
I've sort of found an interest
in these topics.
So I felt that I was the only one
sort of interested,
but now, being what I'm doing,
I've found other people
that are interested,
which is really great.
It was really,
I guess, nerve wracking
to go up to each stage
with a huge amount,
hundreds of people
in audience numbers.
So it was quite scary
going on to bigger stages.
(LAUGHTER)
With a poem,
it has a specific structure
and what emotion you use
in that structure of poetry,
where slam poetry you can use
any topic you like,
any structure, any form,
so slow and fast verses,
any stanzas, so it's really open
to whatever the writer loves.
Transform your pens
let history help our future
Speak to those
who don't want to listen
And embrace our differences.
Using a lot of emotion
and passion in your words,
making the reader feel
what you feel as a writer.
I find that's really important
in just using a lot of good emotion
in each word and sentence
of a rhyme.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
