Being at the Poetry Slam was inspiring and humbling all at the same time. Inspiring because of the beautiful words which we were hearing on a regular basis. Humbling due to the level of competition. Every day I would see people walking on the street whom I had seen on HBO's Def Poetry Jam or who definitely should be, and they were in the competition like everyone else. "Oh look there is Taylor Mali peeing!" or "Oh look there's Mayda Del Valle walking down the street!" (Actually, Taylor was competing but Mayda was not)
For me personally, poetry has been more of a hobby, but other folks were definitely thinking about it as a career move. And so they had the hunger and the hustle which comes with that. Given all those factors, I feel good about how our team did. We were in the middle of the pack in terms of overall rankings but we were also invited to perform one of our pieces at a showcase. InshaAllah, we'll do better next year,
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