"Give us corners and we will show you kingdoms" That line is absolutely incredible, had to replay it just to feel it over and over. Talk about black excellence. Damn, love it.
As if we were not becoming, before they suggested it. As if, we were not already good. As if our excellence could be confined to their american dream". My fav line, 😍😍 I want to meet him
he's my all time fave. I love him and I love his voice. I love his emotion and I love his words. I love his strength and I love hearing his weakness in his cadence. he is beautiful and his words are beautiful. his emotion is beautiful and so is his heart. keep on Joseph Capehart. keep on.
Every time I watch one of these videos, I understand a little more. I used to live in the ghettos of D.C. and I never understood why I walked down the street and got dirty looks for being white. But now I understand a little more...
Hi Button Poetry, I was wondering if you would be publishing the rest of the first Button Poetry Live. The reason why is because I was planning on perhaps performing Blythe Baird's second or third round for a competition. Do I wait for you to post that round, or should I ask Blythe herself for permission?
I really enjoyed this poem, usually I find that poems about race and ethnicity, although very powerful and moving, some times covey the tone that all white people look down apon other ethnicities, or that all white people are racists or grew up with privilege. But I find that this one can convey that same power without it seeming like it's antagonizing all white people, but rather shows how his own ethnicity is oppressed and faces many hardships can still prosper. I'm still kinda new to poetry so maybe I'm just interpreting the other poems wrong, I hope I don't offend anyone with this and if I do I apologize.
+lachell071393 I liked the other ones too. They're very powerful and you can really feel the emotion when read and that's really the reason why I enjoy poetry so much. But some times I feel like they prosonify the white race as all being privileged and racist in some way or another. Personally I feel like us as the human race should work more on judging each other less if we ever really want to have equally, and I feel this poem made the point that even though he was raised different and went through different situations compared to people of different ethnicities that he was still equal. I think that's the approach we as people should be moving towards. But again I'm still fairly new to poetry so I could be misinterpreting the other poems. And if I offend anyone with this I'm very sorry I didn't mean to.
+Jackson Raine I understand what you're saying but you don't seem to understand that ALL white people have white privlege and we as a society cannot begin to see everyone as equal until racism (with that privlege) and so many other issues are acknowleged. You cant just skip the reality of white supremacy and go straight to seeing everyone as equal. Those uncomfortable things have to talked about in order to fix them so that a shift can then be made.
+Jackson Raine I'm sorry does claiming that a person benefits from white privlege have the potential to get the shot the way that calling a person a terrorist and illegal or a criminal does? Our society is built on the idea of whit supremacy. Honestly I can't explain all this to you on a youtube comment thread and even if I could I don't think you would listen.
+lachell071393 it may not, but that doesn't mean it's not a sterotype. And yes the majority of North America was built on thr back on white supremacy. But an ethnicity holding supremacy over another isn't a thing, it's an idea but no ethnicity is superior to the others. They can live in a society where there is injustices like own own sadly. But no race holds supremacy and believing so is only further building up walls between us, segregating us even more. We need to work together to build a world that has buried the myth that one ethnicity is superior to another so deep in the ground it can never claw it's way back out.
"Born waist deep in quick sand, told to pull ourselves out of it without shedding any blood."
I love Joseph's poetry so so much. His voice makes it much more powerful too.
"Give us corners and we will show you kingdoms"
That line is absolutely incredible, had to replay it just to feel it over and over.
Talk about black excellence. Damn, love it.
When he said my name, I couldn’t move! That was powerful!
"...and that was our SUPER POWER- learning far too much far too quickly." Speaking as a Black person, this is so painfully true.
His words are beautiful. His voice is beautiful. He is beautiful.
"that year I learned not to love anything that looks like me"
all to common for minorities living in a white world, too real
As if we were not becoming, before they suggested it. As if, we were not already good. As if our excellence could be confined to their american dream". My fav line, 😍😍 I want to meet him
this is a man I'm desperate to meet.
He spoke at my school today. Thank you for doing this. You're making a difference.
I can follow this plight so well, so vividly. This is a masterpiece. Reminds me of childhood, of home. Keep writing.
he's my all time fave. I love him and I love his voice. I love his emotion and I love his words. I love his strength and I love hearing his weakness in his cadence. he is beautiful and his words are beautiful. his emotion is beautiful and so is his heart. keep on Joseph Capehart. keep on.
The pain in this man's poem echoes through the Black experience of a false love that has yet to be imagined. God bless!
Wow this is beautiful... everyone needs to hear this
this reminds me so much of home
truly beautiful... you can feel the pain in his voice
Every time I watch one of these videos, I understand a little more. I used to live in the ghettos of D.C. and I never understood why I walked down the street and got dirty looks for being white. But now I understand a little more...
I love his work so much.
this is deep melanin bro
So passionate, so good ❤
A new favorite of mine
Hauntingly beautiful
This is so beautiful.
We would come home covered in dirt and magic.
love this guy
he needs a book
this is insanely wonderful
I love this
wow such powerful words
Nice delivery...'snap, snap'
Yes.
this is beautiful, he is beautiful. i'm sorry.
I feel this
amazing
All the snaps
I hope he publishes a book
Hi Button Poetry, I was wondering if you would be publishing the rest of the first Button Poetry Live. The reason why is because I was planning on perhaps performing Blythe Baird's second or third round for a competition. Do I wait for you to post that round, or should I ask Blythe herself for permission?
Regardless of our plans for posting, you'd need the permission of an artist to use their writing. Hope that helps!
when you realize during the live stream you called him Miles at least 10 times .....
I really enjoyed this poem, usually I find that poems about race and ethnicity, although very powerful and moving, some times covey the tone that all white people look down apon other ethnicities, or that all white people are racists or grew up with privilege. But I find that this one can convey that same power without it seeming like it's antagonizing all white people, but rather shows how his own ethnicity is oppressed and faces many hardships can still prosper.
I'm still kinda new to poetry so maybe I'm just interpreting the other poems wrong, I hope I don't offend anyone with this and if I do I apologize.
You like this becaue it didn't make you uncomfortable...
+lachell071393 I liked the other ones too. They're very powerful and you can really feel the emotion when read and that's really the reason why I enjoy poetry so much. But some times I feel like they prosonify the white race as all being privileged and racist in some way or another. Personally I feel like us as the human race should work more on judging each other less if we ever really want to have equally, and I feel this poem made the point that even though he was raised different and went through different situations compared to people of different ethnicities that he was still equal. I think that's the approach we as people should be moving towards.
But again I'm still fairly new to poetry so I could be misinterpreting the other poems. And if I offend anyone with this I'm very sorry I didn't mean to.
+Jackson Raine I understand what you're saying but you don't seem to understand that ALL white people have white privlege and we as a society cannot begin to see everyone as equal until racism (with that privlege) and so many other issues are acknowleged. You cant just skip the reality of white supremacy and go straight to seeing everyone as equal. Those uncomfortable things have to talked about in order to fix them so that a shift can then be made.
+Jackson Raine I'm sorry does claiming that a person benefits from white privlege have the potential to get the shot the way that calling a person a terrorist and illegal or a criminal does? Our society is built on the idea of whit supremacy. Honestly I can't explain all this to you on a youtube comment thread and even if I could I don't think you would listen.
+lachell071393 it may not, but that doesn't mean it's not a sterotype. And yes the majority of North America was built on thr back on white supremacy. But an ethnicity holding supremacy over another isn't a thing, it's an idea but no ethnicity is superior to the others. They can live in a society where there is injustices like own own sadly. But no race holds supremacy and believing so is only further building up walls between us, segregating us even more. We need to work together to build a world that has buried the myth that one ethnicity is superior to another so deep in the ground it can never claw it's way back out.