Tonight, I’ve spent my time looking over old poems and reading them out loud. There’s no real audience, unless you want to count me reading them for me.
I like hearing the words sounded out, and when I come across a poem I’m particularly fond of I’m often try to read it out loud.
I think a big part of me misses the crowd, the audience. I miss being before a large group of people, reading my shit out loud. There’s a lot to reading poems out loud, in public. I miss feeling prophetic, I miss being the one to dictate the terms and the solutions. I miss being the center of attention.
