Bianca Phipps - Almosts
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I always wondered why she ended the poem the way she did. And then I realized, "Te Amo, Daniel. Sleep well" is made up of 5 words. Those are her 5 farewell words to him.
i could worship you
I hate you for making me cry because of this poem once again
I noticed that 5 is a common theme is this poem. 'Even now 5 years later' '5 easy words that would have shattered our worlds' and then her 5 word goodbye.
and she was also talking about the english language often, and how it would fail sometimes. so ending it with a phrase that’s only 5 words in spanish is genius.
I dont mean to be offtopic but does someone know a method to log back into an Instagram account..?
I was stupid forgot the password. I appreciate any help you can give me
my heart dropped when she said "you never told me you were dying" and the fact that this is about a personal experience makes it more heartbreaking.
Does she mention it was from personal experience? Ive always wanted to know
'Words can only help you if you speak them.'
"And I am sorry, but I only ALMOST found it." is where I absolutely lost it.
Me too 😭😭😭
"Malignant is the cause of almost. Because you were in the brink of something beautiful...but you fell too far. I am so sorry..I wasn't there to catch you." I'm not crying.
"Almost tells failed potential" The power beneath these words are unreal.
I have never felt so at ease as the day you called me "precocious." I
have never feared big words, only those who refuse to use them, and the
syllables rolled off your tongue like honey. I was hooked. Language
became our vein of communication, and I know everyone uses language to
communicate, but ours was different, as if between the letters and the
syllables there was a secret message only we could decipher. My days
were filled with the sound of your voice, and your nights were littered
with the loops of my handwriting. We exchanged out favourite words; mine
being "illuminated" and yours being "caddywhompus."; and our least
favourites, mine "moist," and yours "almost." And when I asked you why,
you said that almost held failed potential. That it represented our
ability to be just not good enough. That we had come to the brink of
something beautiful, but fell short so many times, we crafted a word for
it. But even we, with our supposed mastery of the English language,
were not immune to the shortcomings of our vocabularies. Words can only
help you if you speak them. I never told you that I loved you. You never
told me you were dying. Five easy words that would have shattered our
worlds: "I love you, I think." "I have a brain tumour." You know, still,
to this day, I don't know all the details, because medical jargon has
never fit right in my mouth, and even now, five years later, it still
feels like an invasion of your privacy, but I do know I have pored over
our conversations, searching for the secret message you certainly tried
to send me, and I'm sorry, but I only ALMOST found it. Salt water is not
good for paper and my tears warped your words. After some serious
consideration, I decided to change my least favourite words, because
while "moist" is gross, "malignant" is malicious. Malignant is
uncontrollable , means a phone call and the phrase, "He didn't wake up."
Malignant is messy, and unfair, and a thief. Malignant means I never
got to say goodbye. Malignant is the cause of almost. Because you WERE
on the brink of something beautiful, but you couldn't quite reach it,
and you fell too far. I am so sorry I wasn't there to catch you. I hope
your heaven is a library, and I hope it is void of almosts. Te amo,
Daniel. Sleep well.
Aria Mortenson thank you!
Thanks
Thanks you❤️ the real mvp here
i got chills when she said "you never told me you were dying"
This poem is so underrated, I am so in love with the way Bianca presents this.
My absolute favourite line is "salt water is not good for paper and my tears warped your words" 😍
That's what I say. This is one of my faves and that line stuck out to me a lot.
+Bethany Brazier Same. it's amazing.
My favourite line is, "I hope your Heaven is a library and that it's void of almosts."
Ah, it's just so so beautiful. I just couldn't love another poem any more.
Nine years later and I am still in awe of this ❤️
I have never felt so at ease as the day you called me precocious. I have never feared big words, only those that refuse to use them and the syllables rolled off your tongue like honey. I was hooked. Language became our vein of communication, and I know that everybody uses language to communicate, but ours was different. As if in between the letters and the syllables there is a secret message only we could decipher. My days were filled with the sound of your voice and your nights were littered with the loops of my handwriting.
We exchanged our favorite words. Mine being illuminated and yours being catawampus. And our least favorites; mine: moist and yours: almost. And when I asked you why, you said it was because almost held failed potential; that it represented our ability to be just not good enough; that we had come to the brink of something beautiful but fell short so many times we crafted a word for it.
But even we, with our supposed mastery of the English language were not immune to the shortcomings of our vocabularies. Words can only help you if you speak them. I never told you that I loved you. You never told me that you were dying. Five easy words that would've shattered our worlds: I love you I think, I have a brain tumor.
You know, still to this day I don't know all the details because medical jargons never fit right in my mouth and even now, five years later it feels like an invasion of your privacy. But I do know, I have pored over our conversations, searching for the secret message you certainly tried to send me and I am sorry. But I only almost found it. Salt water is not good for paper and my tears warped your words.
After some serious consideration, I've decided to change my least favorite word. Because while moist is gross, malignant is malicious. Malignant is uncontrollable, means a phone call in a phrase that he didn't wake up. Malignant is messy and unfair and a thief. Malignant means I never got to say goodbye, malignant is the cause of almost. Because you were on the brink of something beautiful but you couldn't quite reach it and you fell too far. I am so sorry I wasn't there to catch you.
I hope your heaven is a library and I hope it is void of almosts. Te amo, Daniel. Sleep well.
thank you
thank you
I have a question (and excuse me for my ignorance): what is the difference between a poem like this and a prose? I mean, it looks like a prose just structured in verses. I sincerely want to know :)
The verse structure and the rhythm is what makes it poetry- Taking a glance at Shakespeare's monologues might give some of the same hints, only a little less modernized. If you listen, it all kind of has a beat to it, and it doesn't sound the same if you just read it in the way you might speak normally.
Prose is almost the opposite. Prose has no structure, it's just ordinary language, it's speaking the way people speak.
This is my favorite slam poem. I come back to this poem every time I need inspiration. I'm performing for the first time today and this is my piece. Thank you Bianca for creating work as wonderful as this.
I come back to this poem regularly, and after all this time it still strikes my heart and makes me cry. Your words are so very beautiful, even if the experience you speak of broke your heart. I hope you are doing well, Bianca.
I sent this to my boyfriend, and he said in response, "I love this, it tells a story of how an i love you is never too early, and always too late."
I come to this video , every so often and it always gets me every single time
When she says "malignant is malicious", gives me goose gimps every time. So good!
There are only a few slam poems that I can listen to over and over again and still get chills every single time, but this is one of them. The way she speaks is beautiful and she's honestly one of my favorite slam poets even though there's only a few that I can find.
"I am so sorry I wasn't there to catch you."
Please love try again
So touching. I'm in tears watching this.
I was not prepared for that absolute cesspool of emotion that brought through.
God, I try not to cry every time I watch this but I always lose it at "words can only help you if you speak them. I never told you that I loved you. You never told me you were dying." :(
My eyes are moist now....
I almost cried now
Seriously, Bianca is my favorite poet; Everything she does is a masterpiece.
Just cutting some onions, dont mind me!
when she said "te amo, Daniel", I literally started crying. seriously, tears are coming out of my eyes right now. I wish I were kidding.
I'm not crying
nu-uh, not crying at all
i think there is some dust in my eyes!
My eyes are just sweaty from like... working out and stuff.
I have a twig in my eye.
lyly656 Or a branch
Khaleesi OR THE WHOLE FREAKING TREE.
Dear GOD, I swear I can hear my heart breaking.
she was one of my favorite poets from the whole competition!
"I love you, I think."
I have always loved your poem it really made my life at the time more full. I loved the way you make a person really feel connected to you. You are a beautiful.
Love your na Bolala
As if "almost" wasn't painful enough - I will never hear these words the same again. And I believe ultimately, this is what I love about poetry the most.
Thank you.
I think this is the world's most amazing poem
i have listened to this poem so many times and it never fails to make me cry
“i never told you that i loved you. you never told me that you were dying.” I SOB
My absolute favorite spoken word ever. Thank you to the insanely talented writer.
So incredible...what a love they shared. Language can be such an intimate cerebral experience.
That crack on her voice when she said "Sleep well"
I will never get bored of this poem, just perfect and powerful.
always my favorite poem
I'll admit it. I am definitely crying, and this poem is worth ever tear. Beautiful, so so beautiful.
One of the best poems of all time regardless of how sad it is
i have no words for how much i love this.
Chills and tears and chills and tears wow all the snaps
Six years later and I still filter back to these gems...🙏🏻💗
"I only ALMOST found it."
I'm so in love with this poem.
Watching it every day,
still can't hold back the tears.
This means so much to me
I know every single word
Thank you for changing my life into a better and helping me getting through rough times
What. the fuck.
This was incredible.
I got chills.
I've been listening to poems now on youtube for almost two hours straight, and the emotions felt through this one were... brutally honest.
I have heard this so many times the past year since I stumbled upon it and it never fails to get a tear out of me. She delivers it so beautifully
This is my all time favourite poem!!! It is flawless!!!!
How could you not love this poem !!!! Omg
I can't fathom then depth of her pain but a great extent of it is extremely tangible, to the point that it made me shed a tear or two.
there is something in this poem that moves me every single time i hear it
The most beautiful farewell letter ever...
you done made me cry
This brought tears to my eyes.
I have watched this piece over and over again. And everytime it manages to touch something. Her way with words is brilliant.
I've watched this countless times, over the last five years. And it still brings me to tears nearly every fucking time. Beautiful
In tears
"I never got to say goodbye."
I understand that. I wish I had gotten the chance to say goodbye. R.I.P Blaze. I miss you.
"Words can only help you if you speak them" OOOHHH
i remembered discovering this when I was just 17, which was 4 years ago. it still hurts
I cry every time. every . time
I ALMOST held in the tears... Beautiful and heart wrenching.
I cry every time I watch this... and I have watched this quite a lot...
My God that was... I have no word for it. I am definitely not almost in tears right now.
Goosebumps!
Give love. Accept love. We love you Bianca!!
How is she so strong and not crying:(
"words can only help of you speak them" that hit
I found myself rewatching this performance for the hundredth time and crying for the hundredth time. One of my favorite poems😭😭
UGHHHHHHH...... RIGHT AT THE END. TEARS.. FLOWING. everywhere!
this is one of my favorite poems on this channel
My heart shattered.
“Because you were on the brink of something beautiful ,but you couldn’t quite reach it” oh gawd ,it’s splendid 😍😍😍
This is the most amazing, beautiful well written and spoke poem. I really feel bad for saying I loved it so much. It is just so amazing.
This was incredible
DAMN. It's been awhile since a poem brought me to tears but this one did. Chills everywhere.
''Te amo Daniel, sleep well'' .. HELL YEAH :)
gosh that was so sad and beautiful, i have tears in my eyes
I cried !!
I watch this every so often. I love this poem too much.
This is really nice and one of my favorites, it's meaning just makes you tear up... The way it's presented is so good and just wow
I think this is the most lovely thing I've ever seen. I started watching these videos to practice my English and never really expected that I would fall in love with poetry. Simply amazing!
okay okay I was slightly crying throughout this but when she said "AND I'M SORRY" I just burst into tears.
Been trying to find this poem. It still sticks in my brain. Beautiful
Will always be my favorite
Right in the feels
This is phenomenal, Bianca. Wow.
This made me teary-eyed. Oh god, malignant.
Wonderfully written, beautifully performed. A haunting modern elegy. I love this. I've watched it so many times over the last few years and it never fails to shake me.
I almost didn't cry....but these ninja onions are making my eyes moist...
when she said ,,malignant is malicious" is when i started crying. still haven't stopped.
I literally just got chills throughout my entire body.
I've lost count of how many times I watched this
a poem has never made me cry, but this one hit a spot i didn't know i even had
"Words can only help you if you speak them."
I'm not crying, you're crying.
Im not crying. My eyes are sweaty
"on the brink of something beautiful" "void of almosts"
I first watched this 2 years ago and I just cannot explain how much I love this poem. Such an amazing and powerful piece 😍
i literally cry every time.
This is an amazing poem, full of pure emotion and eloquent words. I am near tears.
I, wholeheartedly, adore this piece