Fingers interlocked like a beautiful accordion of flesh or a zipper of prayer — Sarah Kay Accordions Copy Share Image
You can be an artist, work hard for your work and also share while trying to create community with other artists. — Sarah Kay Art Copy Share Image
Ever since I was little, I’ve loved making hand-made cards and presents and arts & crafts for people. — Sarah Kay Art Copy Share Image
One of my highest priorities as an educator is to be as inclusive as possible. — Sarah Kay Educator Copy Share Image
I think there is a human instinct to tell stories, no matter who you are or where you live. — Sarah Kay Humans 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
Hands learn more than minds do, hands learn how to hold other hands... — Sarah Kay Hands Copy Share Image
“I love you as much as the ocean kisses the shore no matter how many times it is sent away.” — Sarah Kay Falling 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
I write poetry to figure things out. Any time I’m trying to wrap my head around something, poetry is like a puzzle-solving… — Sarah Kay Figures Copy Share Image
“What is it about immortality? With the right sword and shield, we think we can fend off anger, fear, and hatred. If… — Sarah Kay Death Copy Share Image
If I should have a daughter… I’m gonna paint the solar system on the backs of her hands so she has to… — Sarah Kay Children 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
“Remember that good things come in three's. And so do bad things. And always apologize when you've done something wrong. But don't… — Sarah Kay Apologise 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 Secret Copy Share Image
I have always been more comfortable with daredevil acts than with the everyday nuances of life. Let me jump out of a… — Sarah Kay Across Copy Share Image
I don't remember the first poem that I wrote because I've been creating poems since I was around 2 or 3. I… — Sarah Kay Creating Copy Share Image
Sometimes the only way I know how to work through something is by writing a poem. And sometimes I get to the… — Sarah Kay About Copy Share Image
My first spoken word poem, packed with all the wisdom of a 14-year-old, was about the injustice of being seen as unfeminine.… — Sarah Kay About Copy Share Image
“Maybe Love stays. Maybe Love can’t. Maybe Love shouldn’t. Love arrives exactly when Love is supposed to and Love leaves exactly when… — Sarah Kay Love Copy Share Image
They'll be days like this" my momma said. When you open your hands to catch, and wind up with only blisters and… — Sarah Kay Blisters Copy Share Image
My falling in love with spoken word poetry definitely came out of that time period where all the adults around me were… — Sarah Kay Adults 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
Think it's so unfair when people think that you're not a "real artist" unless you're getting paid for it…I personally know so… — Sarah Kay Art Copy Share Image
“It does not matter how long we have been kept in cages. It does not matter how strong your gravity is. We… — Sarah Kay Cages Copy Share Image
It does not matter how strong your gravity is, we were always meant to fly. — Sarah Kay Doe Copy Share Image
I have seen the best of you, and the worst of you, and I choose both. — Sarah Kay Best Copy Share Image
“Once, she fell off of a ladder when I was three. She says all she was worried about was my face as… — Sarah Kay Mother Copy Share Image
“I didn't tell him that even after a crash, a key still fits the ignition. There just isn't anything left to drive.” — Sarah Kay Crash Copy Share Image
“There is a girl who still writes you; she doesn’t know how not to.” — Sarah Kay Girl Copy Share Image
If I should have a daughter, instead of "Mom," she's going to call me "Point B." — Sarah Kay Call me Copy Share Image
“You are a woman. Skin and bones, veins and nerves, hair and sweat. You are not made of metaphors. Not apologies, not… — Sarah Kay Metaphors Copy Share Image
To me, having the courage to tell your own story goes hand in hand with having the curiosity and humility to listen… — Sarah Kay Courage Copy Share Image
Part of what I try to do in schools is take poetry off of a pedestal and make it a little more… — Sarah Kay Approachable Copy Share Image
“When I hear what I have written out loud, the cliches hang in the air between us like bad breath” — Sarah Kay Bad breath Copy Share Image
“Her dress is the colour of marmalade, she chirps songs that have no words” — Sarah Kay Marmalade Copy Share Image
I fell in love with poetry through storytelling, so my poetry tends to be fairly narrative. I like characters, I like having… — Sarah Kay Character Copy Share Image
“Practice does not make perfect. Practice makes permanent. Repeat the same mistakes over and over, and you don't get any closer to… — Sarah Kay Carnegie hall Copy Share Image
If I should have a daughter, instead of Mom, she’s gonna call me Point B, because that way she knows that no… — Sarah Kay Call me Copy Share Image
“Some nights, I wake up knowing he is anxious. He is across the world in another woman's arms and the years have… — Sarah Kay Another woman Copy Share Image
