Poetry Readings

Wow, Tracey! You have that real Southern-Southern accent! My family tells me that I have a "wicked Southern drawl" now, but yours... that is what a Southern drawl really is. That was super fun! With your pronunciation, it felt like a totally different poem then it does when I read it to myself. Love it!

I've never heard that Dickinson poem read with an accent like yours either. That made me smile! I had my husband listen to it too. So cool.

As for my reading... I have a whole lot of matter-of-factness in my poems in general I think. I'm not a super emotional type of person. I actually had to hold in some of the snarky sarcasm in the "permanently changing lives" part... because it's super sarcastic but doesn't sound great that way. Anyway, I thought the final line was funnier all abrupt. The reader expects more, just like the girl in the poem, but... there's not. Bam! Closed book.