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Pages Matam | Looking for Your Voice? A Poetry Slam Champ Shows You How | TEDxZumbroRiver

TEDx Talks
2016 ж. 21 Қар.
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Pages Matam delivers a creative and moving talk using his skills as an author, playright and an award winning Poetry Slam champion. He discussing how to "use your voice" to communicate passion in the field of youth, activism and education.

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  • I love the way he kept switching from speech to spoken word so effortlessly

    @ashleybelot9467@ashleybelot94676 жыл бұрын

  • “I want to grow up to become a cigarette bc that is the only thing my father doesn’t abandon” wow. Feels.

    @poeticlovee@poeticlovee5 жыл бұрын

    • Deep.

      @vtymes1982@vtymes19823 жыл бұрын

    • An exquisite wordsmith....creating stunning beauty in mind and soul..thank you for giving up medicine😊

      @lisapointerj.d.9530@lisapointerj.d.95303 жыл бұрын

    • I felt that so deeo

      @bwesigyelaurent8916@bwesigyelaurent89163 жыл бұрын

    • The oral fixation did a great thing for him, elevating him to the mountain of the Gods.

      @MrFree2nest@MrFree2nest4 ай бұрын

    • Mine gave up the cigarettes and switched to cigar ciggs. Lrq

      @Totsie.the.Misfit@Totsie.the.Misfit26 күн бұрын

  • He's got poetry in his blood

    @maddieabbie2232@maddieabbie22327 жыл бұрын

    • snake oil is not poetry

      @PerspectiveEngineer@PerspectiveEngineer6 жыл бұрын

    • @@PerspectiveEngineer what??

      @mcat789@mcat7892 жыл бұрын

    • You do too...let me think and I promise to do it fast....because you are me and I am you and God is here at last....running through my veins like the drugs in my neighborhood cause so much pain and these tears swell up in my eyes....for there's poetry in you for there is here in I

      @amodeomusic5519@amodeomusic5519 Жыл бұрын

  • 4:06 "a h-a-t-e-r is just a person with their h-e-a-r-t all jumbled up" just beautiful

    @thenepalikid1984@thenepalikid1984 Жыл бұрын

  • I admire the passion that he shows The words he sings out loud; and Tender movements of ten Fingers - up and down, outwards and above The tree-leaf sleeves and tree-trunk shoes.

    @AnNguyenNgocMinh@AnNguyenNgocMinh25 күн бұрын

  • My heart is crying, hands applauding, head is nodding and face is smiling right now!! Love this gentleman's message :)

    @Becsnel@Becsnel7 жыл бұрын

    • Your heart is crying like hungry children with nothing to eat, head in rhythm like Friday night feet...smile stretched thin like not enough bread...poems inside you keep our mouths fed

      @amodeomusic5519@amodeomusic5519 Жыл бұрын

  • This Audience too quiet... I'd have been reacting and stomping, clicking and everything!!!!!! Yesss for this man1!1! Yes Pages!!!!

    @JazzieTotz@JazzieTotz3 жыл бұрын

  • That's seriously one of my favorite TED talks of all time

    @cecilehamrioui4404@cecilehamrioui44046 жыл бұрын

    • I 💕 his speech.

      @ZikoreanPoetry121@ZikoreanPoetry1212 жыл бұрын

    • I can't sit through most of them, but I had no problem watching this whole video.

      @Villista619@Villista6192 жыл бұрын

    • Ditto sis

      @Scars.Into.Stars.thefirethekey@Scars.Into.Stars.thefirethekey Жыл бұрын

  • “Ain’t much God left in this world , but treat the world like there is plenty God left in you”😩

    @najahrenee8336@najahrenee83362 жыл бұрын

    • WOW 😮

      @lamarharris9642@lamarharris96422 жыл бұрын

  • I believe poets are born to slay a verse. A poet's talent comes natural, not commercialized. But that's just me.

    @ingerrogers5261@ingerrogers5261 Жыл бұрын

  • Possibly the most underrated Ted Talk

    @shreyankamc@shreyankamc3 жыл бұрын

  • This is the best spoken word performance I have ever heard 🤧😩🥲

    @Chhaaytje@Chhaaytje3 жыл бұрын

  • 'Those that cant show love need it the most'

    @itsda_littlethings@itsda_littlethings Жыл бұрын

  • “200 ways to say love” this mans words hold so much strength. Seamless transitions from what was to what is to what he wishes to come.

    @KPRSThePeanutButterPoet@KPRSThePeanutButterPoet3 жыл бұрын

  • I’m an actor, singer, dancer and an author I’ve written several poetry books but…DAMN I loooooove to hear spoken word and I would love to be as great as him 😊

    @RaheimFender@RaheimFender2 жыл бұрын

    • That’s huge respect ✊🏿 Bruh.ZUMBRO SURELY DESERVES I.T.ANCESTORS SPOKE THROUGH GOD.

      @lamarharris9642@lamarharris96422 жыл бұрын

  • listening to this help me gain my poems to a high level instead of hold my words in

    @d-libertyd-town1676@d-libertyd-town16766 жыл бұрын

    • III CAN RELATE FAMILY.

      @lamarharris9642@lamarharris96422 жыл бұрын

  • His name is Pages. And he writes. Wonderfully.!! He is amazing

    @jacobinatangiuushona@jacobinatangiuushona4 жыл бұрын

    • Thanks

      @lamarharris9642@lamarharris96422 жыл бұрын

  • This is really good slam poetry, proud to be a Cameroonian. Thanks for posting.

    @mbulleglan7191@mbulleglan71916 жыл бұрын

  • This young man is brilliant!

    @williamburton7266@williamburton72664 жыл бұрын

  • So much metaphor, culture, vibe, spirit. Thank you, Pages, for your art, your journey, and your awareness.

    @creativeraven2222@creativeraven22222 жыл бұрын

  • Thanks god she's alive and well to see that you made it.... She must be a great mother

    @rikodewaner@rikodewaner Жыл бұрын

  • I always thought I wrote from the heart; I will release more honesty in my writings after hearing this, thank you TED Talks! and Mr. Matam

    @apoet4u@apoet4u3 жыл бұрын

  • Wow, wow, wow…. you can feel the appreciation for all of life’s lessons in his tone, you can feel the vibrations that resonate in his bones, and in all the colorful language, you can find healing in his voice alone. Glad I found this. ✊🏿💕🌞

    @arteyess@arteyess2 жыл бұрын

  • He is a BEEEAAAST‼💞

    @phelishalevi4018@phelishalevi40184 жыл бұрын

  • Good god, this is powerful. One of the best Ted Talks I've ever seen.

    @authorlyndaabernathy9502@authorlyndaabernathy95022 жыл бұрын

  • Omg, you had me bawling. “Oh, America, show us your papers!” 😭👏🏻👏🏻

    @awoman9750@awoman9750 Жыл бұрын

  • Wow! I am so inspired after watching this. Thank you, Pages Matam!

    @staceyc.9156@staceyc.9156 Жыл бұрын

  • Stunning artistic performance.

    @LaurenceBotha@LaurenceBotha3 күн бұрын

  • Very eloquent. He never bored a second

    @Ieltsfluency@Ieltsfluency2 жыл бұрын

  • My Lord, this Pages is the absolute king! This is one of my favorite Ted Talks. The way he weaves and threads words, themes, mores....... Brilliant! Moving! Touching! Teaching! Inspirational! Poignant!

    @katieydiddkatieydidd7269@katieydiddkatieydidd72692 жыл бұрын

  • That right there... so good. Spoken from the hearth, well done sir. "°"

    @Allencek@Allencek7 жыл бұрын

  • "200 dialects. 200 ways to say love, family...."

    @deborahrebello9715@deborahrebello97155 жыл бұрын

  • the forked poet capable of many different avenues of the storytelling gene

    @TheKingdomhearts99@TheKingdomhearts994 жыл бұрын

  • I am.humbled.and grateful to you for this fantastic poem about me.

    @helenepieume1345@helenepieume13452 жыл бұрын

  • What a beautiful soul

    @dontforgettostretch2@dontforgettostretch22 жыл бұрын

  • I absolutely love this man's mind

    @apexuious@apexuious Жыл бұрын

  • Enjoyed your poems. And your unique word choices enhanced the poems emotional impact and kept me engaged throughout. I’m a poet specializing in Japanese forms: haiku, tanka, haibun, kyoka, senryu. I hope you don’t mind me sharing a tanka and my haiku, a tribute poem to Bashō’s frog with commentary by the late AHA founder and poet Jane Reichhold who considered my Basho haiku among her top 10 haiku of all time. What an honor. Here’s the Bashō poem and commentary: Bashō’s frog four hundred years of ripples At first the idea of picking only 10 of my favorite haiku seemed a rather daunting task. How could I review all the haiku I have read in my life and decide that there were only 10 that were outstanding? Then realized I was already getting a steady stream of excellent haiku day by day through the AHA forum. The puns and write-offs based on Basho's most famous haiku are so numerous I would have said that nothing new could be said with this method, but here Al Fogel proved me wrong. Perhaps part of my delight in this haiku lies in the fact that I agree with him. Here he is saying one thing about realism-ripples are on a pond after a frog jumps in, but because it refers back to Basho and his famous haiku, he is also saying something about the haiku and authors who have followed him. We, and our work, are just ripples while Basho holds the honor of inventing the idea of the sound of a frog leaping is the sound of water As haiku spreads around the world, making ripples in more and larger ponds, its ripples are wider-including us all. But his last word reminds us all that we are ripples and our lives ephemeral. It will be the frogs that will remain. ~~ And my tanka: returning home from a Jackson Pollock exhibition I smear my face with paint and morph into art ~~ -All love in isolation from Miami Beach, Florida, Al

    @BUKCOLLECTOR@BUKCOLLECTOR2 жыл бұрын

    • Beautiful

      @LaurenceBotha@LaurenceBotha3 күн бұрын

  • That is powerful! Incredible! 🤩

    @AmilaD@AmilaD5 ай бұрын

  • Wow. Just Wow. 👏👏👏

    @shreyasingh2471@shreyasingh2471 Жыл бұрын

  • There's so much truth in what he's saying.

    @lynn1464@lynn1464 Жыл бұрын

  • Wow this is incredible. More people need to see this.

    @jeffpape6519@jeffpape65194 жыл бұрын

  • The best of the best!!! Raw talent! I hear you, bro!

    @stephie7015@stephie7015 Жыл бұрын

  • Awesome. Listend to many times. Taught me do much about poetry I strive to embrace.

    @joygrey3718@joygrey37183 жыл бұрын

  • This is probably the 100th time I come back to watch this!

    @sythura11@sythura112 жыл бұрын

  • Poetry master. So beautiful

    @elka7339@elka73396 жыл бұрын

  • Great Poem!

    @Jetthrone1@Jetthrone16 ай бұрын

  • Beautiful from beginning to end! Wow

    @Luv_Sug@Luv_Sug6 жыл бұрын

  • Fantstic style, noticing the gradual shift in between the public speaking and the slam!

    @emileg.8888@emileg.88883 жыл бұрын

  • Awesome, I can't stop watching

    @chuksjerahmeel1355@chuksjerahmeel13552 жыл бұрын

  • This is absolutely breathtaking and I am soooo happy I heard it

    @ashleybelot9467@ashleybelot94676 жыл бұрын

  • Thank you. I paused this at 11:07 and wrote the first poem I've written in months. I appreciate the beautiful inspo.

    @authenticallyspeaking6529@authenticallyspeaking65299 ай бұрын

  • simply amazing!

    @welterdelis@welterdelis6 жыл бұрын

  • Still one of my favorite poems

    @kishamathurin4489@kishamathurin44893 жыл бұрын

  • I am trying to learn how to write a poem . And his speech made me cry.

    @mikiamartin1270@mikiamartin1270 Жыл бұрын

  • how does this only have 2,000 views??

    @paulamicaela1301@paulamicaela13016 жыл бұрын

    • People find other things more interesting nowadays!

      @jonipuig2634@jonipuig26346 жыл бұрын

    • The difference a year makes......

      @seyiadeniji3547@seyiadeniji35475 жыл бұрын

    • because it sucks I'm only here for school

      @vadekitch3n465@vadekitch3n4653 жыл бұрын

    • @@seyiadeniji3547 the diff 3 makes it has 73,000 views now

      @LoganRaymond@LoganRaymond3 жыл бұрын

    • ERA OF THE SLEEP 🛌 WITH THEIR EYES 👀 WIDE-OPEN.

      @lamarharris9642@lamarharris96422 жыл бұрын

  • Beautiful spoken word

    @AliaAir@AliaAir2 жыл бұрын

  • "The backwash of a dream" wow this was FIRE

    @user-xd9yt3hf4u@user-xd9yt3hf4u4 ай бұрын

  • He's incredible. I'm blessed to be able to hear and learn from him. Thank you!

    @woogie872@woogie872 Жыл бұрын

  • I Love this wow, what a poet, salute.

    @moonlightzanelengubane713@moonlightzanelengubane7134 ай бұрын

  • Yaaaas! Snap! Snap! Thank you brother!

    @metabutch@metabutch4 жыл бұрын

  • This was so immersive I forgot to put it on my tv because I couldn’t stop watching. I’ll watch this often. Absolutely beautiful work and I feel so inspired.

    @mirandabroxson7891@mirandabroxson7891 Жыл бұрын

  • This was amazing. Thank you for posting/sharing.

    @cntrygal2007@cntrygal20077 жыл бұрын

  • this was amazing!!!! so inspiring!!

    @Snicolemidlifeliving@Snicolemidlifeliving3 жыл бұрын

  • I don’t get tired of this. The more I watch it the more I want to hear it.

    @ericagrant3197@ericagrant3197 Жыл бұрын

  • Inspiring... I wish to be a spoken word artist one of these days.

    @godwinuzonna7947@godwinuzonna79472 жыл бұрын

  • Wow he’s amazing 🙏🏼🙌

    @viva_me_lotz2love320@viva_me_lotz2love320 Жыл бұрын

    • He sure is

      @lynn1464@lynn1464 Жыл бұрын

  • OMG this guy is amazing!!!!!!🤩

    @notg8528@notg85284 жыл бұрын

  • wow i admire the strong passion for poetry.

    @Riselead_initiative@Riselead_initiative2 жыл бұрын

  • Thank you Mr Matam!

    @coryhunt3412@coryhunt34125 жыл бұрын

  • he was so poetic sometimes that he decided to lighten the mood in fear of swirling the peoples minds

    @jonathan-ug4ht@jonathan-ug4ht2 жыл бұрын

  • Now I know exactly what I want in a man.....no hay palabras

    @arianamartinez3845@arianamartinez3845 Жыл бұрын

  • This is amazing

    @yfoog@yfoog6 жыл бұрын

  • 👌🏾Simply incredible💯

    @3RDEYELOVE@3RDEYELOVE2 жыл бұрын

  • Just Phenomenal

    @jokerllyourchancetoblowll1632@jokerllyourchancetoblowll16325 жыл бұрын

  • OMG!! …Loved This! Loved the natural teaching and ministering flow. Powerful message.

    @Pedayahu@Pedayahu Жыл бұрын

  • this is art

    @jeevanmariadsilva@jeevanmariadsilva2 жыл бұрын

  • Beautiful

    @godwin_njoroge@godwin_njoroge7 жыл бұрын

  • Incredible story.

    @rawrhymes7677@rawrhymes76773 жыл бұрын

  • This is gorgeous

    @estheredem744@estheredem7445 жыл бұрын

  • He was excellent

    @tonimitchell209@tonimitchell2096 жыл бұрын

  • Wow!!!!! Aye! He is so good!

    @oluwafemiii@oluwafemiii3 жыл бұрын

  • Amazing ❤

    @queenbriilove548@queenbriilove5485 жыл бұрын

  • This deserves way more likes.

    @zainabqutub1291@zainabqutub12916 жыл бұрын

  • ❤❤❤ thiiiiiiiiisss!!

    @victorialeigh8744@victorialeigh87446 жыл бұрын

  • It’s really inspirational ❤

    @toluwalopeayodele676@toluwalopeayodele676 Жыл бұрын

  • gorgeous and brilliant and thank you so much

    @paradoxinmotion@paradoxinmotion Жыл бұрын

  • This man is amazing with his art 👌🏾💯

    @nattyogli9317@nattyogli9317 Жыл бұрын

  • Great performance 👏👏👏👏

    @basudhapatel5092@basudhapatel50923 жыл бұрын

  • 6 years later this is my time to hear this wonderful spoken word...wow

    @marshellbrown9641@marshellbrown9641 Жыл бұрын

  • “There ain’t much God left in this world but treat this world like there is plenty of God left in you.” Wow.

    @victoriasmees5625@victoriasmees56252 жыл бұрын

  • Beautiful!!

    @cheyennechrisp@cheyennechrisp Жыл бұрын

  • I love this!

    @rebekahcobbin2707@rebekahcobbin27072 жыл бұрын

  • Bravo !

    @pswagner@pswagner5 жыл бұрын

  • Great!

    @imranniloy@imranniloy2 жыл бұрын

  • Pay attention........Pages is the best‼️‼️‼️

    @felicehd@felicehd4 жыл бұрын

  • this was amazing

    @carsonaustin8785@carsonaustin8785 Жыл бұрын

  • beautiful

    @saraguerrero2432@saraguerrero24323 жыл бұрын

  • Well...🤌🤌🥰 Love your Mom!

    @PoetryMattersProject@PoetryMattersProject Жыл бұрын

  • thank you

    @anissarenaii6437@anissarenaii64376 жыл бұрын

  • Fabulous

    @DatNaturalGold@DatNaturalGold2 ай бұрын
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