The interviewee means this in the context of teaching. Although, in performing poetry, for the “work to go into the world”, I believe the poet has to construct an identity through the said performance. At Homegrown poetry, Kareem Parkins-Brown references his hometown (North-West London) in his poem ‘Responding to the Artist Impression’. In this, he responds to the government’s failure to gentrify the area. Therefore, Parkins-Brown shows he relates to the world through performance, which influenced my understanding of how important performance this is in the spoken word
The interviewee means this in the context of teaching. Although, in performing poetry, for the “work to go into the world”, I believe the poet has to construct an identity through the said performance. At Homegrown poetry, Kareem Parkins-Brown references his hometown (North-West London) in his poem ‘Responding to the Artist Impression’. In this, he responds to the government’s failure to gentrify the area. Therefore, Parkins-Brown shows he relates to the world through performance, which influenced my understanding of how important performance this is in the spoken word