Kevin Kantor - "I'm Sure" @WANPOETRY

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  • Опубліковано 11 жов 2024
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 29

  • @lorenzoabrick5188
    @lorenzoabrick5188 6 років тому +45

    When a man is raped, he is asked "How dare he be so weak?"
    When a woman is raped, she is asked, "How dare she be so woman?"
    This is depressingly true

  • @marrinf332
    @marrinf332 5 років тому +31

    I met Kevin after a show they performed and I just blurted our “you helped me through a thing that happened to me!” And we kind of just stared at each other for a second and then they smiled. It was such a small but validating moment in my life💜💜💜

  • @nicolegil19
    @nicolegil19 8 років тому +58

    My favorite poet.

  • @MusicalStormTrooper
    @MusicalStormTrooper 7 років тому +31

    THIS IS SO IMPORTANT!! Everyone needs to watch this.
    This poem is so raw and real and vulnerable and enlightening and important

  • @BWMacky
    @BWMacky 2 роки тому +1

    Kevin is an incredible poet, and I love his recitals. I love how he's not afraid to share the truth of his life, and that he is unapologetic. Hands down my favourite poet, bar none.

  • @processesofbecoming2516
    @processesofbecoming2516 6 років тому +18

    I listen to this when I don’t have a name for the things that have happened to me. Since, even though our traumas are different, I feel the same way about them most days. Thank you for this, it gives me a way to look back at my own past, understand it a little better, and feel not so alone.
    I hope someone gives you that.

  • @jomay78
    @jomay78 8 років тому +31

    This is extraordinary.

  • @vmoncur9846
    @vmoncur9846 7 років тому +19

    i love this
    so
    much

  • @harrietk1048
    @harrietk1048 6 років тому +3

    When ever i feel down or like I'm being swallowed by own demons somehow i find myself coming back to this poem nd Kevin Kantor nd the emotions this poem invokes in me nd end up feeling better❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @maryhawkins3970
    @maryhawkins3970 4 роки тому +2

    I’ve been told a lot of the same things. This made me feel less alone. Thank you. Your poem is amazing.

  • @katyanker
    @katyanker 8 років тому +11

    Incredibly well done. My favourite poet and unfortunately very accurate.

  • @harrietk1048
    @harrietk1048 7 років тому +2

    the level of emotion in this poem is SO REAL

  • @TenaGordon
    @TenaGordon 8 років тому +16

    deep. intersectional. i hope u recover kevin

  • @ingelabjorklund178
    @ingelabjorklund178 7 років тому +5

    Heartbreakingly overwhelming ! Thank you for sharing !

  • @hagarfadali9229
    @hagarfadali9229 7 років тому +4

    I LOVE THEM SO MUCH

  • @shyamalakini4320
    @shyamalakini4320 6 років тому +2

    Beautiful!

  • @TricksterPrince
    @TricksterPrince 8 років тому +3

    One of my favorite poets. So good.

  • @rosereggie5901
    @rosereggie5901 6 років тому

    Amazing poem, should be posted everywhere.

  • @muzikwithoutfrontiers1486
    @muzikwithoutfrontiers1486 7 років тому +1

    it made me cry... it was great.

  • @harrietk1048
    @harrietk1048 6 років тому

    I have listened to this poem more times than I can count and every time I listen the amount of emotion nd talent leaves me awestruck...EVERY FUCKING TIME❗❗❗❗❤💜💛💙💚❤❤❤❤❤

  • @realperson806
    @realperson806 7 років тому +2

    MY GODDDD

  • @despinadrosinos7621
    @despinadrosinos7621 Рік тому

    "And I am sure that *man* and *woman* is not all that a body can be."
    I am non-binary, multigender and genderfluid; I just wanted to say thank you so much for including my own experience here and making me feel like there is a place for me.

  • @sabrycarb26
    @sabrycarb26 7 років тому +1

    OH. MY. GOD

  • @animefan1939
    @animefan1939 8 років тому +1

    This is so amazing

  • @blueturtle3623
    @blueturtle3623 6 років тому +8

    Weird question...Kevin uses gender neutral pronouns, but here writes about being a male survivor...I understand maybe they used male pronouns when writing this, and has since changed. But maybe they didn't. I'm wondering... would they still be a "male survivor" in terms of describing whatever happened? Does this question even make sense....

    • @madisongrace7675
      @madisongrace7675 4 роки тому +1

      Interesting question! So, Kevin is nonbinary and there are plenty of nonbinary people who still consider themselves male, even if they don't use descriptors like "boy" or "man". So, as they aren't transitioning, I believe, they still use the term male survivor.

  • @BekahStogner
    @BekahStogner 8 років тому +5

    my favorite poet.