I have seen the best of you, and the worst of you, and I choose both. — Sarah Kay Best Copy Share Image
When words become a poem, it makes sense to me, but I don't know how to explain to someone why the words… — Sarah Kay Know how Copy Share Image
I think you can perform any poem. But what I believe is that the best examples of spoken word poetry I've ever… — Sarah Kay Able Copy Share Image
If you know what you're looking for, the illustrations might give you a tip about what is coming in that section. But… — Sarah Kay Education Copy Share Image
Women don't have to be defined by others. We have the power to define ourselves: by telling our own stories, in our… — Sarah Kay Define Copy Share Image
Poetry is like pooping. If there is a poem inside of you, it has to come out. Sometimes it can be really… — Sarah Kay Difficult Copy Share Image
“When they bombed Hiroshima, the explosion formed a mini-supernova, so every living animal, human or plant that received direct contact with the… — Sarah Kay Change the world Copy Share Image
Poetry is like a puzzle-solving strategy for me. I like to poem my way through tricky questions and ideas. That's about the… — Sarah Kay Consistent Copy Share Image
“But I have seen the best of you and the worst of you, and I choose both. I want to share every… — Sarah Kay Hold my hand Copy Share Image
I love books that create worlds for me that I don't want to leave. I recently lost my entire life to Haruki… — Sarah Kay Book Copy Share Image
The first spoken word poem I ever wrote was when I was 14 and I wrote it because I was accidentally signed… — Sarah Kay Firsts Copy Share Image
“In New York, when a tree dies, nobody mourns that it was cut down in its prime. Nobody counts the rings, notifies… — Sarah Kay Loved ones Copy Share Image
Spoken word poetry is the art of performance poetry. I tell people it involves creating poetry that doesn't just want to sit… — Sarah Kay About Copy Share Image
“He will never marry her, the translator tells me, after we have been driving in the dark for a few minutes. Yes,… — Sarah Kay Copy Share Image
I want [my daughter] to look at the world through the underside of a glass-bottom boat, to look through a microscope at… — Sarah Kay Boat Copy Share Image
Is there a word for the moment you win tug-of-war? When the weight gives, and all that extra rope comes hurtling towards… — Sarah Kay Ends Copy Share Image
“My world was the size of a crayon box, and it took every colour to draw her” — Sarah Kay Colour Copy Share Image
I have always liked coming home and sharing what has happened that day with my loved ones. I like comparing notes. I… — Sarah Kay Always Copy Share Image
One of my highest priorities as an educator is to be as inclusive as possible. — Sarah Kay Educator Copy Share Image
Our day-to-day lives are pretty chaotic. So in terms of the writing part, you have to get pretty disciplined about finding quiet… — Sarah Kay Art Copy Share Image
“Sure, I know where most things are but give me enough time and I can lose anything.” — Sarah Kay Enough time Copy Share Image
“She makes tea by hand. Nettles, slippery elm, turmeric, cinnamon - my mother is a recipe for warm throats and belly laughs.… — Sarah Kay Mother Copy Share Image
“There was no secret I did not tell him, there was no moment we did not share. We didn't grow up, we… — Sarah Kay Time Copy Share Image