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And that was thanks to a girl in a hoodie. Step two was the moment I said, "I will. I will continue. 这要感谢那个连帽衫的女孩。第二阶段时我说，“我会，我会继续。

I love spoken word. I will keep coming back week after week." 我爱上口语诗。我会每周回来表演。”

And step three began when I realized I didn't have to write indignant poems, if that's not what I was. 第三阶段开始时，我意识到我不必写些愤青的诗，如果这表达的不是真的我。

There were things that were specific to me, and the more that I focused on those things, the weirder¹ my poetry got, but the more that it felt like mine. 有些事对我来说是很独特的，我更关注这些事，我的诗歌就更离奇怪诞，但这也更像是我自己。

It's not just the adage² "Write what you know." 这不只是一句格言“写你所知的，”

It's about gathering³ up all of the knowledge and experience you've collected up to now to help you dive into the things you don't know. 而这是有关集合所有知识和体验，到现在你已收集到的一切来帮助你深入了解你所不知道的东西。

I use poetry to help me work through what I don't understand, but I show up to each new poem with a backpack full of everywhere else that I've been. 我用诗歌帮助我经历我所不理解的事，但我展示每一首新诗，它是用我已去过其他地方的一打故事来写的。

When I got to university, I met a fellow poet who shared my belief in the magic of spoken-word poetry. 我在大学时，我遇见同校诗人，他和我坚信口语诗的神奇。

And actually, Phil Kaye and I coincidentally also share the same last name. 而且，我和菲尔·凯巧合也同姓。

When I was in high school I had created Project V.O.I.C.E. as a way to encourage my friends to do spoken word with me. 在高中我已创建V.O.I.C.E.计划，它是鼓励我的朋友和我一起创作口语诗的一种方式。

But Phil and I decided⁴ to reinvent Project V.O.I.C.E., this time changing the mission to using spoken-word poetry as a way to entertain, educate and inspire. 但我和菲尔决定彻底改造V.O.I.C.E.计划--这次改变它的使命为：用口语诗作为一种娱乐，教育和激励的方式。

We stayed full-time⁵ students, but in between we traveled, performing and teaching nine-year-olds to MFA candidates, 我们还是全日制学生，但中间我们旅行，表演和传授给9岁到美术硕士的任何申请人，

from California to Indiana to India to a public high school just up the street from campus. 他们来自从加州到印地安那州，到印度，到公立高中，到校园刚刚注册的街角等。

 

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