Witty poet, Harry Baker, makes his TED Talk debut in Exeter, Devon, England. After winning the 2012 Poetry Slam World Cup in Paris, he has gone on to perform at slam poetry events around the U.K. and internationally.
I discovered Harry during my daily routine of watching TED Talks, and was already laughing 30 seconds in. I enjoy the emotion he evokes in his poems, and how I don’t know when to expect his sly humor. His awkward personality adds to the charm, too!
In the first poem, called “59”, Harry happily shares the love story of two prime numbers. It may sound odd (excuse the pun), but I’m sure you’ll have a smile on your face by the end.
“…distinctiveness made them better.”
In “Paper People”, the poem that won Harry the Poetry Slam World Cup, he delves into issues that surround our lives, and how we must learn to overcome them:
“You see, people have potential to be powerful. Just because the people in power tend to pretend to be victims, we don’t need to succumb to that system. And a paper population is no different.”
Finally, what happens when Little Miss Sunshine turns the Sunshine Kid’s world upside down? Find out in the last poem, “The Sunshine Kid”. It will warm your heart in every way possible!
“All the darkness in the world cannot put out the light from a single candle, so how the hell can they handle your light? Only you can choose to dim it, and the sky is the limit, so silence the critics by burning.”
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Best wishes,
Kandace 🙂