Rhiannon McGavin - "Smile"

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  • @nala3055
    @nala30557 жыл бұрын

    "it only takes one more muscle than smiling to punch someone in the teeth" i am so using this

  • @f.a.m.3436

    @f.a.m.3436

    5 жыл бұрын

    Dont worry you arent the only one 😂

  • @edwardfights4900

    @edwardfights4900

    3 жыл бұрын

    This quote is probably older than you are

  • @edwardfights4900

    @edwardfights4900

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@nala3055 yeah I remember it from AIM profiles lol

  • @vidhitiwari21
    @vidhitiwari217 жыл бұрын

    "don't tell sad girls to smile cause its not your mouth"

  • @abigailwalker4285

    @abigailwalker4285

    5 жыл бұрын

    I love Natsu!!! And this poem

  • @jadefrances3292
    @jadefrances32927 жыл бұрын

    'I'll bite you, and smile red' 🙌

  • @cameronhoward6083

    @cameronhoward6083

    3 жыл бұрын

    Psycho ass words

  • @Musiclover-qh2mv
    @Musiclover-qh2mv7 жыл бұрын

    This girl Rhiannon McGavin is so bad ass she is so awesome

  • @edbates2574

    @edbates2574

    3 жыл бұрын

    hi can you pls subcribe tu my yotube channel i will tell you the nameme. its cplled timwonsadventures.

  • @rebeccaa.245
    @rebeccaa.2455 жыл бұрын

    She has a very distinct voice, I always recognise it no matter what poem she performs

  • @tutanida74
    @tutanida747 жыл бұрын

    she in the 9TH GRADE!! damn she has the perspective of a 30 year old

  • @princessmenen9064

    @princessmenen9064

    6 жыл бұрын

    It's already tells you what girls are going through in life without saying a thing

  • @lailayas

    @lailayas

    5 жыл бұрын

    She's 21 rn

  • @cameronrhanna

    @cameronrhanna

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Prajakta It literally does. No baby is mature. Maybe some children are emotionally mature but not many, and they're not physically mature. Maturity comes with age.

  • @audreaj2655

    @audreaj2655

    4 жыл бұрын

    ​@@cameronrhanna I disagree. Maturity comes with life experience, and some individuals have plenty of life altering, life shattering, and life ending experiences before their childhood can even be savored, even if for a mere moment. Age is the length of time one has lived, or survived, whereas maturity is more indicative of the life one has experienced.

  • @cameronrhanna

    @cameronrhanna

    4 жыл бұрын

    ​@@audreaj2655 There's definitely more to it than my original statement and life experiences count for a lot but I'm going to hold fast to the claim that age matters. Young people often lack experience and perspective but I think there's more to maturity than worldliness. It's about emotional and philosophical balance as well, about knowing your importance and your insignificance simultaneously and having a worldview that can accommodate unpleasant realities without discounting the upside of existence (among other things). I think reflection on the life experiences is required and takes time, and I'm not sure that you can have finished reflecting before you're an adult because things change so quickly in youth. I think you've got to let your thoughts settle down and your worldview solidify before you can really consider yourself mature. Maturity in part means stability which is antithetical to youth and growth.

  • @eise.
    @eise.6 жыл бұрын

    I was told by a random man to smile just hours after my dad passed away. I was so caught off guard that anyone would point out the state of my face that I didn't speak up. I just smiled. To this day it still bothers me.

  • @btensionfree
    @btensionfree5 жыл бұрын

    and if you really want a sad girl to smile, then you hold her, until you’re drenched in perfume from the gardens you planted in her heart so that every time her wounds reopen she bleeds bouquets, My God...I love YOU for this

  • @CheyenneEllzey
    @CheyenneEllzey7 жыл бұрын

    Okay, but does anyone else see the Luna Lovegood look alike? No just me okay.

  • @cari1596

    @cari1596

    7 жыл бұрын

    Cheyenne Ellzey I WAS THINKING THAT TOO

  • @CheyenneEllzey

    @CheyenneEllzey

    7 жыл бұрын

    cariiangela I was just sitting in the hallway waiting on class to start trying to figure out who her doppelgänger was and then my friend luna text me and it dawned on me. Luna freaking lovegood

  • @aarushi8606

    @aarushi8606

    7 жыл бұрын

    maybe 😉

  • @jaydenkeefe8405

    @jaydenkeefe8405

    7 жыл бұрын

    That's why I clicked on this video. I thought it was her

  • @heshayousaf9702

    @heshayousaf9702

    6 жыл бұрын

    holy crap. i thought i was alone.

  • @kennedymariahcox
    @kennedymariahcox7 жыл бұрын

    don't tell sad girls to smile.

  • @glitterbug5678
    @glitterbug56784 жыл бұрын

    Lots of comments about the ending line but not nearly enough appreciation for the way she dragged out "smile sweetheart". I can literally hear the men from the street in my head as she says it. That overly cheery almost expectant tone. The way she reads it is perfect woth the added contempt for the statement.

  • @elisamoniz2581
    @elisamoniz25817 жыл бұрын

    slam poetry is what I turn to no.matter what struggles I have

  • @momomonster5555

    @momomonster5555

    6 жыл бұрын

    elisa moniz seriously I watch slam poetry all the time it's a help!😂❤️

  • @elisamoniz2581

    @elisamoniz2581

    6 жыл бұрын

    Momo Monster yeah me too, I actually also write slam poems and read them at shelters and cafes

  • @RhiannaAngelSkye99

    @RhiannaAngelSkye99

    6 жыл бұрын

    elisa moniz Can I hear them some time?

  • @ooimadork1780

    @ooimadork1780

    6 жыл бұрын

    How about God?

  • @thetongueofangels1882

    @thetongueofangels1882

    5 жыл бұрын

    I turn to God.

  • @TheKitkat4000
    @TheKitkat40007 жыл бұрын

    Rhiannon rings like a bell through the night and wouldn't you love to love her?

  • @stephanierogers6190

    @stephanierogers6190

    7 жыл бұрын

    KatieKat takes to the sky like a bird in flight and who will be her lover

  • @TheKitkat4000

    @TheKitkat4000

    7 жыл бұрын

    stephanie rogers ❤❤ all your life you've never seen a woman taken by the wind...

  • @koffinkiss

    @koffinkiss

    7 жыл бұрын

    KatieKat would you stay if she promised you heaven?

  • @TheKitkat4000

    @TheKitkat4000

    7 жыл бұрын

    Morrigan Miller will you ever win?

  • @samthompson7812

    @samthompson7812

    7 жыл бұрын

    KatieKat and will you ever win.

  • @jackiecelsky7994
    @jackiecelsky79947 жыл бұрын

    "I'll bite you and smile red"

  • @StreetPigeon_
    @StreetPigeon_7 жыл бұрын

    Why isn't she more popular??? This is amazing!

  • @harrylipscombe8699

    @harrylipscombe8699

    6 жыл бұрын

    cause she's shit

  • @educationstation6141

    @educationstation6141

    5 жыл бұрын

    Harry Lipscombe I would like to know your opinion and reasoning for it in why you think “she’s shit”

  • @nickhohl3468

    @nickhohl3468

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@educationstation6141 she's sexist, and blames the way she feels on random strangers for no good reason, just that they got a penis.

  • @cameronrhanna

    @cameronrhanna

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@nickhohl3468 She's also got a dismal perspective generally. Everything is about victimization. If it's not female victimization then it's Jewish victimization and if it's not that then she's putting herself in the shoes of a black person. This Smile poem kind of encapsulates it. Smiling is helpful not just socially but emotionally. If you can smile and laugh at things that might otherwise pain you then you're basically bulletproof, instead she's assaulted by someone just making the suggestion. It's not a healthy way to live and she's not a happy person. She is "deep" and clever, though, so I guess that's some consolation.

  • @aletheiaverite

    @aletheiaverite

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@nickhohl3468 oh god

  • @SistaSista179
    @SistaSista1797 жыл бұрын

    "So that every Tim her wounds re-open,she bleeds bouquets " 💐

  • @elifbilgeyavuz2976
    @elifbilgeyavuz29767 жыл бұрын

    omg "ill bite you, and smile red." love it!

  • @CrimsonDevotion
    @CrimsonDevotionАй бұрын

    "If you come any closer, I'll bite you and smile red" I love it 😅

  • @ooimadork1780
    @ooimadork17806 жыл бұрын

    "And if you really want a sad girl to smile then you hold her. Until you're drenched in perfume from the gardens you planted in her heart, so that every time her wounds reopen she bleeds bouquets..."

  • @ooimadork1780

    @ooimadork1780

    6 жыл бұрын

    To be homset I never pay attention until a poet mention the action to bleed.

  • @whitneyross1673
    @whitneyross16735 жыл бұрын

    “don’t tell sad girls to smile she might have a good reason to be sad”

  • @sakayla37too
    @sakayla37too7 жыл бұрын

    Jesus Christ she is so well spoken

  • @kaylagonzalo6733

    @kaylagonzalo6733

    7 жыл бұрын

    Kayla very

  • @emmalewis3701
    @emmalewis37015 жыл бұрын

    We watched this in my english class recently and I could not believe the responses from my peers. I thought we had evolved more as a civilization but when I heard the boys saying she was 'Too agressive' i was on the brink of tears because I dont know if they can even grasp the fear in this situation. I dont know if they know that most of the girls in this classroom, their 8th grade peers, have gone through this exact situation and more. It just really disgusts me how people still blame the other side.

  • @SweetasSugar42
    @SweetasSugar425 жыл бұрын

    Rhiannon McGavin is what got me into spoken word. I just won 1st place in a poetry competition at an arts festival. I'm so happy. Spoken word originally let me feel sad or angry but now it just makes me happy.

  • @valariemoses2129
    @valariemoses21296 жыл бұрын

    My mother would always tell me don’t let anybody tell you to smile. I have lived by that since then

  • @reallybrandy
    @reallybrandy3 жыл бұрын

    I keep coming back to this poem

  • @annikasparrow5678
    @annikasparrow56786 жыл бұрын

    gahhhhhh well now I know my night is going to be sleepless because I am gonna listen to everything this girl has ever made

  • @grace3706
    @grace37067 жыл бұрын

    👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏Don't tell sad girls to smile.

  • @allenlumar4856
    @allenlumar48563 жыл бұрын

    I have been scowering the internet for their poems and omg I am absolutely in love with every part of their mindset.

  • @kaitlynchaffin710
    @kaitlynchaffin7104 жыл бұрын

    I've watched this so many times it pops up in my recommendations every two weeks 😂

  • @tabithalehnert5873
    @tabithalehnert58736 жыл бұрын

    I have this entire poem memorized.

  • @tishaworung3585
    @tishaworung35857 жыл бұрын

    I love Rhiannon so much! I've watched this, like, 20 times

  • @whodoyouvoodoo3024
    @whodoyouvoodoo30243 жыл бұрын

    WOW!! I'm 37 and you touched my scattered, broken, loving, confused, abused heart. Thank you, mama. Thank you.

  • @laurenb3417
    @laurenb34176 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful poem I come back to when I feel like I am always too sad.

  • @selenealyce8438
    @selenealyce84386 жыл бұрын

    w o r d s / / People don’t give girls enough credit. I’m in the ninth grade and the last time I studied a uniquely female narrative was in 6th grade. I’m in the ninth grade now, and it might not seem like a lot, three years, but... it is. Difference between 12 & 15, difference between girl and.... we’re reading to kill a mockingbird now, and I was walking home one day, thinking about how Dills hair was described as duckfluff or how scout viewed reading as breathing or what I’d help my mom make for dinner when... I guess I was frowning a little.. deep in thought... a man, a grown man, told me to, “smile sweetheart!” Strange right? Telling some stranger to look happy? You know it only takes one more muscle than smiling to punch someone in the teeth... blood’s better than tears anyway, action over thought, thoughts left lingering wriggling through viral veins and organs when trying to fight something you know is bigger than you, the cudgel that has bludgeoned countless before because if there’s no struggle then you lose the cold and broken hallelujah of.... well at least you fought back..... don’t tell sad girls to smile. Don’t tell sad girls to smile because she might be the type that gets cut by hipbones, don’t tell sad girls to smile because she might still be trying to scrub someone else’s sin from her skin, hot water, holy water, it always flows under the bridge eventually. And the dead can only feel cold so if she can feel the burning water then maybe maybe don’t tell sad girls to smile because she does it for herself or someone she feels comfortable with, not some slack jawed nice guy who doesn’t find a frown appealing, she might have a good reason to be sad so don’t you tell me to smile! it’s not your mouth. it’s not yours to kiss to consume, to find comfort in when the windows rattle in the storm or your heart rattles in your rib cage like seeds in the dry earth, unable to grow without a little water, and sunshine and tenderness, and if you really want a sad girl to smile, then you hold her, until you’re drenched in perfume from the gardens you planted in her heart so that every time her wounds reopen she bleeds bouquets, but I’m not yours to hold, and if you keep walking around telling sad girls to smile, no one will ever want to be, and if you come any. closer, I’ll bite you, and smile red.

  • @damagedlips5934

    @damagedlips5934

    6 жыл бұрын

    Selene Makara thank you so much ♥🌻

  • @selenealyce8438

    @selenealyce8438

    6 жыл бұрын

    you're welcome.

  • @sparrowwestlake7267

    @sparrowwestlake7267

    4 жыл бұрын

    elli alyce Thanks. Have a good day. ❤️

  • @shraddhabondar7370

    @shraddhabondar7370

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks a lot mann!! :)

  • @nayjashah7368
    @nayjashah73684 жыл бұрын

    The smile red part was so badass!!

  • @KpopLoverSince2011
    @KpopLoverSince20117 жыл бұрын

    this girl's words are so damn amazing . she's so clever and has a way with words and she's funny ( her other poem Biology ) she's got style

  • @xxZenalAxx8936
    @xxZenalAxx89363 жыл бұрын

    She's a senior 😳 Time goes by fast

  • @madismiles247
    @madismiles2477 жыл бұрын

    love everything she does

  • @gabehowell9270
    @gabehowell92707 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful...Beautiful...Beautiful!!!!!!

  • @vcelkaMaja12
    @vcelkaMaja123 жыл бұрын

    At first listening it got under my skin so deeply. I used to hear it when I was saddest, and it just hurt me more. Thank you, especially for "red smile" and "one more muscle to punch".

  • @mckenziejo1223
    @mckenziejo12236 жыл бұрын

    Came back to this because yesterday a stranger asked "Do you ever smile?" And I whipped my head around him and smiled like a pyscho with crazy wide eyes. He took a step back and I kept giggling throughout the day thinking of this poem.

  • @snakkatacc3271
    @snakkatacc32716 жыл бұрын

    *smillllleeee sweetheeeeaarrrtttt*

  • @kileyjo8154
    @kileyjo81547 жыл бұрын

    This. Is. So. Important. To. Me.

  • @elliewhitewood
    @elliewhitewood3 жыл бұрын

    Best sentence in the whole thing "It only takes one more muscle than smiling, to punch someone in the teeth." It couldn't have been put better.

  • @cindykehus6677
    @cindykehus66773 жыл бұрын

    Wow. I'm pretty much blown away. Thank you, Rhiannon.

  • @allisonselman9175
    @allisonselman91757 жыл бұрын

    My favorite of her performances of this poem.

  • @karina-mj3pp
    @karina-mj3pp7 жыл бұрын

    I've watched this so many times I learnt all the lines by heart!

  • @katiecorbett392
    @katiecorbett3927 жыл бұрын

    God I love this girl

  • @kendylshaughnessy9961
    @kendylshaughnessy99615 жыл бұрын

    Finally someone understands how freaking annoying it is to be told to smile

  • @yessacruz3283
    @yessacruz32833 жыл бұрын

    I still get chills when I listen to this

  • @hannahboyajieff2612
    @hannahboyajieff26125 жыл бұрын

    this is the best thing that i’ve ever seen ever

  • @alysoup4dasoul502
    @alysoup4dasoul5026 жыл бұрын

    I love Rhiannon so muchhhh

  • @poet2681
    @poet26813 жыл бұрын

    I love this! The last line in particular had me inner cheering .

  • @riverscloud8832
    @riverscloud88325 жыл бұрын

    She has such a lovely voice! ❤️

  • @sleepless-cc4mo
    @sleepless-cc4mo7 жыл бұрын

    i love her voice

  • @nicholasmartello4110
    @nicholasmartello41103 жыл бұрын

    "If you want a sad girl to smile; You hold her... Until you reek of the perfume from the gardens you planted in her heart - So when her wounds reopen; she bleeds bouquets." Fuck that is just beautiful.

  • @xghostee
    @xghostee5 жыл бұрын

    "I'll bite you, and smile red." Yes.. Just yes.

  • @miafine2584
    @miafine25847 жыл бұрын

    So incredible! Thank you for sharing Rhiannon

  • @anobodyreally6849
    @anobodyreally68496 жыл бұрын

    The performance it’s self is perfect let alone the words !!

  • @ch10120
    @ch10120 Жыл бұрын

    There is so much power and beauty and her words and her performance!

  • @bebejolie8187
    @bebejolie81872 жыл бұрын

    Oh, this is so good. I will cherish this and spit parts of it at people who try to mold me into what they want to see

  • @Itsafairy.13
    @Itsafairy.1317 күн бұрын

    I wish I discovered this beautiful piece earlier.

  • @almas3660
    @almas36602 жыл бұрын

    This made me cry. So incredible thank you

  • @laysdreyfuse6309
    @laysdreyfuse63096 жыл бұрын

    I couldn't agree anymore. She is preaching. Ahhh

  • @emmaparker850
    @emmaparker8507 жыл бұрын

    completely off topic but you sound so much like sabrina carpenter its unbelievable. but this is breath taking, amazing job ♥️

  • @nothankyou.9179

    @nothankyou.9179

    6 жыл бұрын

    emma parker omgg Same thought!!

  • @jaden1321
    @jaden13215 жыл бұрын

    what a queen

  • @nadhaashraf5080
    @nadhaashraf50804 жыл бұрын

    GOOSEBUMPS !😭

  • @isabelvandenameele497
    @isabelvandenameele4976 жыл бұрын

    my all time favourite poem

  • @ChristyZacharias
    @ChristyZacharias5 жыл бұрын

    This is why I love poems

  • @sukanya3411
    @sukanya34112 жыл бұрын

    Gives me Anne with an E vibes and I love it

  • @calirorrer6552
    @calirorrer65526 жыл бұрын

    I love this girl

  • @miseciara
    @miseciara3 жыл бұрын

    that last line...! yesss

  • @estherellwood7395
    @estherellwood73956 жыл бұрын

    I absolutely loved this

  • @alyssaholmes4448
    @alyssaholmes44485 жыл бұрын

    I got to perform this for my freshman english class after researching her and oml this is amazing. I can quote this poem almost word for word

  • @drowsyana
    @drowsyana6 жыл бұрын

    AWW BABY RAI i always come back to this video when i need it💓

  • @addie_kay5536
    @addie_kay55367 жыл бұрын

    She's so damn amazing

  • @Bella-oj7vx
    @Bella-oj7vx4 жыл бұрын

    People don’t give girls enough credit I’m in the ninth grade now and the last time I studied a uniquely female narrative was in sixth grade. That might not seem like a lot three years but it is Difference between 12 and 15 between girl and- We are reading to kill a mockingbird now and I was walking home one day thinking about how dills hair was described as duck fluff or how scout viewed reading as breathing or what I’d help my mom make for dinner when I guess I was frowning a little deep in thought Someone a man A grown man told me to “smile sweetheart” strange right telling some stranger to look happy you know it only takes one more muscle than smiling to punch someone in the teeth Bloods better than tears Anyway action over thought Thoughts left lingering Wriggling through vital veins and organs when you try to fight something you know is bigger than you The cudgel which has bludgeoned countless before because if there’s no struggle then you lose then you lose the Cold And broken hallelujah of well at least you fought back Don’t tell sad girls to smile Because she might be the type who gets cut by hit bones Don’t tell sad girls to smile because she might still be trying to scrub someone’s else’s sin from her skin hot water holy water it all flows under the same bridge eventually And the dead can only feel cold so if she can feel the burning water then maybe Maybe don’t tell sad girls to smile because she does it for her self or someone she feels comfortable with not some slack-jawed fish eyed nice guy who doesn’t find a frown appealing She might have a good reason to be sad so don’t you tell me to smile It’s not your mouth It is not yours to kiss to consume to find comfort in when the windows rattle in a storm or your heart rattled in your rib cage Like seeds in the dry earth unable to grow without a little water and sunshine and tenderness And if you really want a sad girl to smile then you hold her until your drenches in perfume From the gardens you planted in her heart So that every time her wounds reopen she bleeds bouquets But I’m not yours to hold and if you keep going around telling sad girls to smile no one will ever want to be and if you come any closer I’ll bite you and smile red

  • @LollyisaWolly
    @LollyisaWolly3 жыл бұрын

    love this!

  • @abigailseaforth-leslie4439
    @abigailseaforth-leslie44397 жыл бұрын

    MOOD RN

  • @towhomitmayconcern7402
    @towhomitmayconcern74027 жыл бұрын

    that was awesome. no words.

  • @mariaaisen7112
    @mariaaisen71126 жыл бұрын

    Doesn't she look like Luna Lovegood? Or is it just me?

  • @ayhamshaheed7740

    @ayhamshaheed7740

    3 жыл бұрын

    yeah I can see that

  • @emmareno8869
    @emmareno88694 жыл бұрын

    this is so beautiful omg...

  • @rhiannonsilva6293
    @rhiannonsilva62936 жыл бұрын

    i liked her a lot then i found out what her name was and i love her even more

  • @shalarogers1144
    @shalarogers11447 жыл бұрын

    gave me chills..

  • @janazionhorton6081
    @janazionhorton60814 жыл бұрын

    "I'll bite you, and smile red"

  • @meganparson7249
    @meganparson72496 жыл бұрын

    This is everything 💔😓

  • @rhiannonpinnick4481
    @rhiannonpinnick4481 Жыл бұрын

    I read this poem and Art Class by her and won in both categories in my school speech contest. Her work inspires me so much and im so glad I found these poems because they really keep me going. I hope she gains the popularity she deserves

  • @jezelle7420
    @jezelle74205 жыл бұрын

    i love her.

  • @nadjariamaylor7306
    @nadjariamaylor73067 жыл бұрын

    i love this

  • @ZoosheeStudio
    @ZoosheeStudio2 жыл бұрын

    I think we should stop telling other people what to do. As a man I am constantly being asked if I'm angry, because I don't smile as much as everyone else. Why is everyone afraid of me because I'm not smiling 24/7. I have feelings too. I can feel sadness too. I can hurt deep inside and not want hide from the world. Leave us alone!

  • @stacycampbell8652
    @stacycampbell86526 жыл бұрын

    Outstanding! Well done poet!

  • @iluvmystinkydogxo1507
    @iluvmystinkydogxo15077 жыл бұрын

    This is amazing

  • @DravenBloodmoon
    @DravenBloodmoon6 жыл бұрын

    Don't tell sad people to smile, the pain of sadness runs through the veins of both men and woman.

  • @tishaworung3585
    @tishaworung35857 жыл бұрын

    hosestly I love this poem so fucking much.

  • @taylorashley5136
    @taylorashley51366 жыл бұрын

    kids in my class tell me to smile. And in my mind I'm like, "Shut up! I don't need to! just leave me be!" ;-;

  • @zainabmejja9936
    @zainabmejja99366 жыл бұрын

    LMAO. I love her.

  • @brixs_xxx4665
    @brixs_xxx46657 жыл бұрын

    ooooo queen preach

  • @lilyjo3248
    @lilyjo32486 жыл бұрын

    I love this

  • @jennifersackley5480
    @jennifersackley5480 Жыл бұрын

    Man how does she write so deep? I wish I could.

  • @ajulian2323
    @ajulian23236 жыл бұрын

    Amazing artist ❤❤❤

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