Krysten Hill's Dynamic Performance

Krysten Hill’s dynamic performance of her original poetry was inspiring. Before watching Hill perform her poetry, I thought poetry was a whole bunch of rhyming words jotted down on a piece of paper. Hill has completely changed my definition and feelings about poetry. While watching and listening to Hill’s poems, I was transported back in time to when the poems were taking place. When Hill read her poem about her mother I could picture the hospital room and a woman struggling with her decision to put her daughter up for adoption. Her choice of descriptions made the poems moving. While watching Hill perform, I did not see or hear many emotions, but when carefully listening a floodgate of emotions was opened. Her word choice was impeccable, which

allowed the reader to truly have her experiences. One of my favorite parts of her performance was the short descriptions of the poems she gave before or after each poem. These descriptions allowed me to have a greater understanding of the poem because literature is so subjective. These reflections allowed me to gain a little knowledge about what Hill was thinking about when she wrote that particular poem. Hill’s poetry gave me another prospective on life and the challenges that other people face. Her poems exposed the challenges that children who are adopted face and how they wonder what their parents were like. Krysten Hill is a poet that I wish I could write like and would love to listen to again.