You Didn’t Know Me. I thought our love was eternal I thought our love was forever then I had a dream where you no longer knew me you told me – that you’d recognize me if I was a blooming flower or a graceful tree or a crystal clear refrain from a beloved song of long ago I was a blooming flower you didn’t notice my beauty I was a graceful tree you just kept on walking by I was a crystal clear refrain but you no longer knew the words Would you perhaps recognize me as a different blooming flower? As another graceful tree?
As a crystal clear refrain of a new song? I became a chrysanthemum you were searching for a rose I was an apple tree you were gazing at a birch I was a sweet old song you heard a pulsating beat You made me into a wilting daisy a weeping willow an old-fashioned love song and left me behind as you went on your way How will you recognize me when in my dream you don’t even know me? Like this: Like Loading... I live in Riga, Latvia. Schooled. This poem is inspired by my time at MSU as well as that of my friends and colleagues. I’ve learned that difference can be a tangible obstacle. Yet, on the other side of the fear of the unfamiliar, there are great things. I dedicate myself to celebrating what makes each of us different and using that difference as a tool to create, educate and travel the world.
—William T. Langford IV MSU alumnus, 2011 Michigan State University alumnus William T. Langford IV—aka Will the Poet—recently returned to his alma mater to participate in a video shoot of his spoken-word poem “Schooled,” which “focuses on the experiences of difference, alienation, community and fraternity that are part and parcel of undertaking an education at a large American university.” Life is good here in Nyeri, Kenya. Let me back up. I graduated from Michigan State University with a heart full of hope. My studies brought me to my current work in the village of Thunguma and the Children and Youth Empowerment Center. —Will. One Hot Minute with Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai. Spoken Word: "Poem for Sean Bell" Kelly Tsai (3X Def Poet) Words with Poet Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai. HBO Interview: "East of Main Street: Asians Aloud" Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai (3x HBO Def Poet)
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