"The Arts" Fixers Of The World....

The arts are the surface of our brains used as inspiration, for the real time problems faced by the world and our generation. "The arts" are a simple passing time for us to think, imagine and dream. Most of the time not the fixers of the problems. The arts are seen as a waste of time because of how many people fail in their lives. The talented once spend their lives without any struggles, the dreamers stuck in the clouds  face the consequences of reality."Welcome to the real world", she said to me Condescendingly Take a seat Take your life" by John Mayer explains that life is not going forever to be a dream.   Life is not fair, people need to open their eyes and see that war, hate and life will never be changed by the art. They might be the inspiration but not the fixers of the world. We need inspiration to make them disappear, for the world to be perfect again. If

it ever was! The sound of the proclamation are screaming out loud from the minds of the young. 

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world" 

Nelson Mandela 

                                                     "Don't Forget To Remember Me"

18 years have come and gone
For momma they flew by
But for me they drug on and on
We were loading up that Chevy
Both tryin' not to cry
Momma kept on talking
Putting off good-bye
Then she took my hand and said
'Baby don't forget

Before you hit the highway
You better stop for gas
There's a 50 in the ashtray
In case you run short on cash
Here's a map and here's a Bible
If you ever lose your way

Just one more thing before you leave
Don't forget to remember me'

This downtown apartment sure makes me miss home
And those bills there on the counter
Keep telling me I'm on my own
And just like every Sunday I called momma up last night
And even when it's not, I tell her everything's alright
Before we hung up I said
'Hey momma, don't forget to tell my baby sister I'll see her in the fall
And tell Memaw that I miss her
Yeah, I should give her a call
And make sure you tell Daddy that I'm still his little girl
Yeah, I still feel like I'm where I'm supposed to be
Don't forget to remember me'

Tonight I find myself kneeling by the bed to pray
I haven't done this in a while
So I don't know what to say but
'Lord I feel so small sometimes in this big ol' place
Yeah, I know there are more important things,
But don't forget to remember me
But don't forget to remember me'

                                                                    "No Such Thing"

"Welcome to the real world", she said to me
Condescendingly
Take a seat
Take your life
Plot it out in black and white
Well I never lived the dreams of the prom kings
And the drama queens
I'd like to think the best of me
Is still hiding
Up my sleeve

They love to tell you
Stay inside the lines
But something's better
On the other side

I wanna run through the halls of my high school
I wanna scream at the
Top of my lungs
I just found out there's no such thing as the real world
Just a lie you've got to rise above

So the good boys and girls take the so called right track
Faded white hats
Grabbing credits
Maybe transfers
They read all the books but they can't find the answers
And all of our parents
They're getting older
I wonder if they've wished for anything better
While in their memories
Tiny tragedies

They love to tell you
Stay inside the lines
But something's better
On the other side

I wanna run through the halls of my high school
I wanna scream at the
Top of my lungs
I just found out there's no such thing as the real world
Just a lie you got to rise above

I am invincible
As long as I'm alive

I wanna run through the halls of my high school
I wanna scream at the
Top of my lungs
I just found out there's no such thing as the real world
Just a lie you've got to rise above

I just can't wait til my 10 year reunion
I'm gonna bust down the double doors
And when I stand on these tables before you
You will know what all this time was for

Slam Poetry Scavenger Hunt

Andrea Gibson  

      Andrea is from Colorado, a  award-winning poet and activist. By reading her poems most of them reflect on gender norms, politics, social reform and people's struggles. The real issues she talks about come from her emotions and perspectives on them. Everyone of her poems have a theme and a purpose, they also target someone or something. Her perspective in life and the events that surrounds them, open the eyes of the people to see the truth.

Molina Speaks  

   Molina is a  poet, performance artist and recording artist respected by many. Most of his poems speak of the troubles people face every day, mostly of his culture. He expresses the struggles his family has gone through being in a new world full of different ideas and cultures that made them feel like outsiders. When reading is poems you can tell he uses cultural aspects to demonstrate his ideas and get his opinions across. 

Eric Darby 

      Eric is most known for his poems and performances, that have taken him into performing in big stages with one of the biggest slam poets. He takes the most simple things and makes arguments for them. Thing no one would think could be so meaningful, for example a dream. He takes them and makes poems that reflect him self and others ideas and opinions. Eric makes points by using facts to state his emotions and feelings.