Sarah Kay performs "Useless Bay"

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  • Опубліковано 16 лип 2024
  • Sarah Kay performs "Useless Bay" at the Sheen Center for Thought & Culture in New York. Sarah Kay is a poet from New York City who is perhaps best known for her talk at the 2011 TED conference, which has been viewed over nine million times online. Sarah has been invited to share her work on such diverse stages as the Malthouse Theater in Melbourne, Australia; The Royal Danish Theater in Copenhagen, Denmark, the United Nations and Carnegie Hall in New York City, among hundreds of other venues around the world. She is the founder & co-director of Project VOICE, and the author of three books of poetry: No Matter the Wreckage (Write Bloody, 2014), B (Hachette Books, 2015), and The Type (Hachette Books, 2016).
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  • @rahrah304
    @rahrah304 8 років тому +583

    Her mind is beautiful... I wish I had a way with words like she does.

    • @afraibnatparsha9827
      @afraibnatparsha9827 3 роки тому +1

      Finding someone's mind beautiful is such a nice compliment... 💚

    • @inga_nobanda
      @inga_nobanda 2 роки тому

      Right🙈

    • @jeffthibodeaux6137
      @jeffthibodeaux6137 2 роки тому +2

      What's better is if you have a way with words like you do. Your voice is important, it doesn't deserve to be compared.

    • @naomigaotingwe8201
      @naomigaotingwe8201 Рік тому

      Same🤧

  • @reshauribe
    @reshauribe 8 років тому +272

    Not sure if it's because I've heard too many of her poems .... But it really broke my heart to hear she's heart broken. Such wonderful woman she seems to be. Hope she heals well and soon.

  • @JensaMaiNali
    @JensaMaiNali 8 років тому +422

    'Let the sunset not be my time running out but only the hour of the day'

    • @cosmicmells
      @cosmicmells 8 років тому +1

      +Jensa M Favorite line!!

    • @Metanoia10
      @Metanoia10 7 років тому +2

      Jensaaa uniqlo now selling a shirt with that line on it. She partnered with them for poetry on clothing. My fav line

    • @kaitlynkeegan5936
      @kaitlynkeegan5936 6 років тому +1

      Jensaaa I have that on a t shirt , it was a birthday gift from my friend who's name is also sara

    • @sergeantnick99
      @sergeantnick99 5 років тому

      i scrolled down and saw this just as she started to say it. it was almost scary

  • @embersofficial9567
    @embersofficial9567 8 років тому +207

    "Let the young men be just young men and not my heart forever swinging, let the water be just water and not the vast loneliness..."

    • @aditibisht22
      @aditibisht22 4 роки тому

      haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

  • @zaria_xo
    @zaria_xo 8 років тому +232

    I would listen to her read a shopping list. Her voice is so relaxing

  • @dob1997
    @dob1997 8 років тому +82

    sarah just captures everything im feeling. i find a video with her poem and every time its exactly the poem i need to hear. its exactly how im feeling. i wish there was a way to say thank you for the words this stranger has given me which meant as much to her ❤ but anyway thank you. thank you thank you thank you. id never find these words on my own

  • @dellahw
    @dellahw 8 років тому +89

    I liked the turning point in this poem. That line 'he has moved into someone else's body', so deft. The entire ending 👌🏾

    • @darlene8130
      @darlene8130 7 років тому

      dellahw did he die?

    • @harshitajajani6656
      @harshitajajani6656 7 років тому +3

      Darlene nope, he found pleasure and joy with another girl

    • @darlene8130
      @darlene8130 7 років тому +1

      Harshita Jajani that's so sad...

  • @danalulu13
    @danalulu13 8 років тому +39

    a new vid from sarah! my heart just leapt. and yes I also find metaphors in everything. a dimple of a workmate, or a faucet not turned off properly or the flower in the middle of the road. I always find patterns of people's behaviors or conversations or reasons. And yes it is hard, to try to understand something, or someone, and only fail to do so. Sometimes a message in the middle of the night is just a message. Sometimes a song sang together was just a song. Sometimes shared hobbies are just shared hobbies.

  • @martinwettig4108
    @martinwettig4108 8 років тому +16

    Dear Sarah, you're still the thoughtful beautiful guardian angel of every feeling soul.
    Thank you for your honesty.

  • @risummary8424
    @risummary8424 6 років тому +12

    when she said "let the sunset not be my time running our but only the hour of the day" I FELT THAT

  • @jovitasor5403
    @jovitasor5403 8 місяців тому +1

    I listen to this at least twice a year. It’s my favorite poem of hers.

  • @deborahmarina2514
    @deborahmarina2514 7 років тому +5

    I've always loved poetry since I was a little girl. Only 6 years old and writing poems about love, poems about nature, and about family. Now 16, my passion for it had drifted since then, until I found Sarah Key. The way your mind finds the perfect words and the way your voice carries them out is magical. Really makes me want to write again about the deeper meanings that already roam my mind all day. Thank you for being the great poet that you are and for being my new idol. Really hope you read this all though the chances are low. Thank you.
    (Btw I'm from Puerto Rico! Haha)

    • @deborahmarina2514
      @deborahmarina2514 3 роки тому

      @Mariana Fraher I didn't expect this at all but it made my day for sure. THANKS 💕

  • @xsarkasmosx
    @xsarkasmosx 8 років тому +10

    I can't stop coming back to this and listening again. She has such a nice cadence.

  • @9thgalaxy778
    @9thgalaxy778 6 років тому +7

    This poem really resonates with me, because she describes so beautifully the "poet's curse".

  • @CarissaWyles
    @CarissaWyles 7 років тому +5

    She speaks to my heart and seems to read my mind. Thank you for being so inspiring Sarah Kay.

  • @devikakapoor9281
    @devikakapoor9281 8 років тому +32

    Let this poem, be just a poem... Sarah Kay is perfection.

  • @BELLACOXPOET
    @BELLACOXPOET 6 років тому +2

    I come back to this poem so so often. Sarah, if you ever read this, know that your words touch me so deeply and i am so thankful that you write. Your mind seems to work a lot like mine and that is comforting xx

  • @tamayagarner1542
    @tamayagarner1542 8 років тому +2

    You are so great! I love that you look at images and moments of life in your very special way Sarah!.

  • @pamelamilley3079
    @pamelamilley3079 5 років тому +3

    Sarah, your words, tumbra , illumination inspire me. I was brought up with Ogden Nash, A.A. Milne, The Dr. Sues, Shakespeare, and late at night I write, not for anybody else but for me, and I hear your voice and it is inspiring.
    .

  • @katherinevelasquez6326
    @katherinevelasquez6326 8 років тому +2

    She always leaves me speechless. I love her poetry so much.

  • @madelynlewis8902
    @madelynlewis8902 5 років тому +2

    one of my forever favorite poems. so, so lovely.

  • @DeFawk
    @DeFawk 8 років тому +2

    Yet another piece which I can painfully relate to. Kudos to you, Sarah Kay. You're my heroine ♡

  • @faatimahfarhad1523
    @faatimahfarhad1523 5 років тому +1

    I've listened to it so so many times and it still breaks my heart. You're such a gift Sarah kaye ❤❤❤

  • @bizziegrace
    @bizziegrace 5 років тому +1

    gOD. THIS POEM YALL. it's one of those poems that make you feel sorrow for lives you've never lived. possibilities you could have had. it makes you think of all those people who promised you forever and you believed them, only to find yourself alone at the end of it all. and i love every bit of it.

  • @abiodunjimoh7432
    @abiodunjimoh7432 2 роки тому

    Sarah Kay's poems are always different from anything I have heard before, they're truer; they're fuller; they are more honest. They are parts of the poems that completely refers to me but I couldn't put in words ordinarily...
    Sarah, you are really phenomenal.

  • @abdulmujeebquick4452
    @abdulmujeebquick4452 8 років тому

    Listening to Sarah Kay grabs you in and makes you feel like just for once, nothing else matters, and the world is all beautiful. 💓💓💓💓

  • @fudge54
    @fudge54 8 років тому +4

    Wow. This is beautiful. I can relate so much to this. There are too many times where I wish I could just live without giving life too much meaning, when it would be easier just to let it be.

  • @gabbyc1717
    @gabbyc1717 4 роки тому +1

    This spoke to me. I love her poetry so much.

  • @igisingorsomething
    @igisingorsomething 5 років тому

    Her voice is so calming, i listen to it endlessly.

  • @ninjagato5785
    @ninjagato5785 8 років тому +1

    YES! Oh Sarah Kay, you're work is so beautiful and your words are magic!

  • @scarletheart2766
    @scarletheart2766 4 роки тому +2

    “Let the sunset not be my time running out but only the hour of the day” -this got me.

  • @tanyasingleton836
    @tanyasingleton836 7 років тому

    Love love love your work xx

  • @noturchannel2022
    @noturchannel2022 8 років тому

    just saw your show last wednesday, wishing you performed this. i love you

  • @silenceofadam
    @silenceofadam 4 роки тому

    This one brought tears.

  • @christinevictoria3527
    @christinevictoria3527 8 років тому +1

    She knows exactly how to touch my heart...

  • @elle0elle
    @elle0elle 7 років тому

    i always come back to this poem.

  • @Francesca-bm5yt
    @Francesca-bm5yt 7 років тому

    Oh… break my heart and let tears fall from my eyes, will ya? Gosh. She's really good ❤️

  • @tricemurphy8045
    @tricemurphy8045 Місяць тому

    I love listening to you. It's like I'm reading a book thank you 😊

  • @_crislaz_
    @_crislaz_ 5 років тому +1

    She is so talented!

  • @woledipo-ayeni5591
    @woledipo-ayeni5591 8 років тому +4

    So good, so good.

  • @keefeqt101
    @keefeqt101 8 років тому +1

    Such an amazing poet! I aspire to be like her :)

  • @stuartvolker5804
    @stuartvolker5804 7 років тому

    she is so good at inspiring other people like me great her heart great her passion for she is magnificent

  • @joyces5415
    @joyces5415 7 років тому

    I keep coming back here

  • @miaka183
    @miaka183 8 років тому

    This is so beautiful.

  • @kyramckenzie7556
    @kyramckenzie7556 5 років тому +1

    Love it🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @piersonjeanmarc
    @piersonjeanmarc 7 років тому +1

    Whoa! Real flowing energy here! Meaningful stream...

  • @Mistersocksssssss
    @Mistersocksssssss 6 років тому +1

    I love her

  • @x0mi07
    @x0mi07 7 років тому

    My heart hurt so much for this poem I can't even.

  • @imanelkhoumsi8048
    @imanelkhoumsi8048 8 років тому +2

    I wish I could be sa good with words. hers just go through the heart

  • @Saharious30
    @Saharious30 8 років тому +1

    new after so long

  • @2320RG
    @2320RG 5 років тому

    shes amazing with words

  • @scribbledjoy
    @scribbledjoy 8 років тому +6

    Oh God that was heartbreaking.

  • @pufachilipeper
    @pufachilipeper 7 років тому

    aaaaaand crying

  • @Zariieer
    @Zariieer 7 років тому

    Love it

  • @solarspeaks8289
    @solarspeaks8289 8 років тому

    I love Sarah

  • @jemsantojemsanto7522
    @jemsantojemsanto7522 8 років тому

    Please come to Santa Cruz, CA!

  • @Vprolife100
    @Vprolife100 8 років тому

    Yo la amo.

  • @joshaunacollier1945
    @joshaunacollier1945 2 роки тому

    Thinking you finally found love and realizing he talk to everyone as if they are his life long love is deathly hearth breaking. When he moved on so quickly made me give up on love mentally. People come and go and sometimes leave a imprint so deep... u call it me but its really it...🤫😏

  • @dissonanceofcircles5451
    @dissonanceofcircles5451 3 роки тому +1

    Relentless weight of meaning. I like that alot.

  • @RyanHodge444
    @RyanHodge444 8 років тому

    My idol.

  • @lyndaharris5233
    @lyndaharris5233 2 роки тому

    There is always a reason that they are called your ex they were meant to be there so that God can bring to you someone beautifully made to love just you. I'm sorry that he hurt you. You have a beautiful way of communicating ones life sounds better than I could have said it. Thank you

  • @ma.theresailagan5038
    @ma.theresailagan5038 6 років тому +4

    "I have come here to hide from my sorrow."

  • @purpleishfluid
    @purpleishfluid 8 років тому +3

    This is like a caress to my brain

  • @songsandpoetry4356
    @songsandpoetry4356 7 років тому +1

    someone i can listen to all the time!!!!

  • @XMrCerealX
    @XMrCerealX 8 років тому +5

    I cried a little the first time

  • @lilliagz6332
    @lilliagz6332 7 років тому

    👏👍💕

  • @Cristicute
    @Cristicute 8 років тому +13

    how to not love her?

  • @rileylindhardt754
    @rileylindhardt754 7 років тому

    This... this one struck me.

  • @MrzUnkown975
    @MrzUnkown975 8 років тому +2

    Your poems give me life

  • @farhanfahim8017
    @farhanfahim8017 5 місяців тому

    Call each thing by its right name

  • @fromscratchauntybindy9743
    @fromscratchauntybindy9743 8 років тому

    Wow, way to tug the heartstrings, hugs to you

  • @isasalmeron8852
    @isasalmeron8852 8 років тому +5

    how does she know my life story...

  • @CalebLemondStarvingArt
    @CalebLemondStarvingArt 8 років тому

    fuck.... she is so good

  • @zainabalmas4317
    @zainabalmas4317 10 місяців тому

    and here i am back again ...........

  • @louisonpatureau4028
    @louisonpatureau4028 2 роки тому

    Hey... Today, it would have been useful if someone had told me this wasn't a metaphor... I was with a group of people. We all had a marker, each a different color. Mine was dark blue, the girl next to me had a red one, and the boy I liked had a yellow one. I said: "Hey, the three of us make the primary colors". But then, I looked at the girl next to him: his girl best friend. She had a light blue marker.

  • @nourkahhouli2240
    @nourkahhouli2240 5 років тому

    plz which one of her poems include a wonderful metaphor abt nuclear bomb ?

  • @ashisreallytired9006
    @ashisreallytired9006 5 років тому

    I also do the thing where I give everything an hidden meaning and it's kind of frustrating sometimes

  • @swapnihapuarachchi1383
    @swapnihapuarachchi1383 4 роки тому

    I know how her mind works... my mind works that way... they say its a gift but....

  • @alicemoon8864
    @alicemoon8864 8 років тому

    OMG that like me to a T somedays

  • @andrescastillo4289
    @andrescastillo4289 4 роки тому

    Hello, I want to show my friends this poem, but they don't really understand that much of English. So, I want to do the transcription of the subs to spanish, may I?

  • @rioswes5504
    @rioswes5504 3 роки тому +1

    Sometimes i don't understand her poems Who in the right mind would breakup with her

  • @SXHQQSSS
    @SXHQQSSS 4 роки тому

    As usual TOUCHED!!!

  • @aasthasubedi8309
    @aasthasubedi8309 8 років тому

    owo! 💕

  • @jadesham9401
    @jadesham9401 7 років тому +1

    man, i've never related so hard... except my metaphors aren't quite as beautiful.

  • @siyatshangela5455
    @siyatshangela5455 5 років тому

    " a pack of young men "

  • @jcuch
    @jcuch 5 років тому

    l am madly in love with you

  • @laurenquin84
    @laurenquin84 8 років тому

    how to be you

  • @shyamalganguly3598
    @shyamalganguly3598 2 роки тому

    Wonderful recitation as if it was her own story!!

  • @kamoolski
    @kamoolski 7 років тому +8

    Who is this man who left her. He's wrong

  • @hal7ter
    @hal7ter 8 років тому +1

    I cannot see the big deal about jumping off a rock ledge.

  • @rizzierapada2684
    @rizzierapada2684 Рік тому

    this poem has gotten me through so many heartbreaks 🤍