Slam poets use language and their voices to create unique poems that are packed with emotion. Slam poets are able to capture you from the beginning and attack you with their anger, their sadness, their love and their passion. They make you feel exactly how they feel. Slam poetry opens your eyes to problems that are bigger than you and shares an idea of what life is like outside of your world.
In "If I Should Have A Daughter", Sarah Kay raises many points about how people walk with armor and pretend life is easy. It's not. When she has a daughter she will strive to make sure that there is no veil of a fake reality over her eyes. The way she sees the world is exactly how it will be. She won't go diving into life expecting only positive outcomes but she'll know that she has to work for what she wants.
Pretty. To some it's the hair, the clothes, the make-up... Who cares if you're a decent human being right? Katie Makkai's, "Pretty", explores the obsessiveness of being "pretty" on the outside and how no one attempts to see what's on the inside. "Pretty" is a mask.
