Poetry

Happy Birthday, G!

From PBS NewsHour’s ‘Brief But Spectacular Series’ aired on August 10, 2017

G Yamazawa, Poet & Rapper, and teacher, said of the following piece, “I wanted to acknowledge this place in my life that i felt Iike I was proud of myself and all the things I’ve done up to this point”:

I think I’m starting

To rhyme more

‘Cause I want my life

To start connecting

‘Cause, see, I’ve learned

How to learn, so

Now I’m learning

How to teach

‘Cause I done learn how

To practice

Whatever I preach

Boy, I grew from a grain

Into a beach

And I knew

For the game

I’m playing for keeps

So whatever I say I say

What I mean

So whatever I speak

I’m able to reach

A place that bleeds

And a place that burns

And a place that knows

I got a lot

More to learn.

G Yamazawa

Shouts to Durham