You're the first person that explained performance poetry in a way that I can relate to it. You inspired me. It's given me the confidence to start today. I love your examples. You're awesome 😀

@NoWaterRiver

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I'm sure your own poetry performances will be great!

@andiemadeghe3153

4 жыл бұрын

Same

@bernadettelewis8927

2 жыл бұрын

Yes

@josephmushibwe737

2 жыл бұрын

Nicely explained, am asking if you can be my Coach.

Thanks Britney Spears 😂💕

@adheenagopi

7 жыл бұрын

Hana 하나 I also thought the same

@vanessamalusay5499

5 жыл бұрын

Hahaha

@poeticasm5472

4 жыл бұрын

Same😂😂😂😂

@54n413

4 жыл бұрын

Shoot she looks just like herrrr I--

@felicita7608

4 жыл бұрын

🤣

Top Tip: Score your poem. Create a roadmap for your performance 1. Highlight juicy words 2. Note ideas for gestures 3. Mark the text for pacing (e.g. speed up, slow down or pause 4. Make natural choices for movement and voice Thank you!

@shivanipandey8208

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Another tip is to film yourself to see how others would see you perform. :3 I do it every time i have to present to people.

@NoWaterRiver

10 жыл бұрын

Yup, that's a great tip!

@nikunjmajithia1113

8 жыл бұрын

+NoWaterRiver Hi thanks for the video I'm doing a poem on Mandalay by ruphard kipling my performance is on April 18th and 20th, I have memorized and i have couple of gestures and pauses, can you please check if i have about the right idea (Medium Paced volume throughout the poem with medium pace unless it’s a particular part(mentioned below)By the old Moulmein Pagoda, lookin' eastward to the sea,-breath and 2 second pause after each comma where indicated a pause. There's a Burma girl a-settin', and I know she thinks o' me; For the wind is in the palm-trees, and the temple-bells they say: "Come you back, you British soldier; come you back to Mandalay!"-long pause, big gesture of wide arms on air to exggrate. Come you back to Mandalay, Where the old Flotilla lay: Can't you 'ear their paddles chunkin' from Rangoon to Mandalay?-long pause On the road to Mandalay, Where the flyin'-fishes play, An' the dawn comes up like thunder outer China 'crost the Bay!-long pause 'Er petticoat was yaller an' 'er little cap was green,-pause(this part of the stanza has a slower pace) An' 'er name was Supi-yaw-lat -- jes' the same as Theebaw's Queen,-pause An' I seed her first a-smokin' of a whackin' white cheroot,- long pause to bring effect. An' a-wastin' Christian kisses on an 'eathen idol's foot:-pause Bloomin' idol made o'mud -- Wot they called the Great Gawd Budd -- Plucky lot she cared for idols when I kissed 'er where she stud!-long pause On the road to Mandalay . . . (medium paced again) When the mist was on the rice-fields an' the sun was droppin' slow,-pause She'd git 'er little banjo an' she'd sing "Kulla-lo-lo!"-pause With 'er arm upon my shoulder an' 'er cheek agin' my cheek We useter watch the steamers an' the hathis pilin' teak.-Long Pause Elephints a-pilin' teak-do big wide arm gestures, to represent elephants. In the sludgy, squdgy creek. Where the silence 'ung that 'eavy you was 'arf afraid to speak!-long pause On the road to Mandalay . . . (this stanza has a slower pace and gets slower as it goes on and on) But that's all shove be'ind me -- long ago an' fur away, An' there ain't no 'busses runnin' from the Bank to Mandalay;-pause An' I'm learnin' 'ere in London what the ten-year soldier tells: "If you've 'eard the East a-callin', you won't never 'eed naught else.”-long pause do a drinking beer gesture, as he is desperate for remembering Mandalay No! you won't 'eed nothin' else But them spicy garlic smells, An' the sunshine an' the palm-trees an'(pause for effect) the tinkly temple-bells; On the road to Mandalay . . . (fast pace to emphasise his anger on where he is currently living compared to Mandalay) I am sick o' wastin' leather on these gritty pavin'-stones, -pause An' the blasted Henglish drizzle wakes the fever in my bones;-pause Tho' I walks with fifty 'ousemaids outer Chelsea to the Strand, An' they talks a lot o' lovin', but wot do they understa Beefy face an' grubby 'and -- Law! wot do they understand?-Pause I've a neater, sweeter maiden in a cleaner, greener land!-Do a sad type of facial expression(trying to cry)(the pace slows down a bit) On the road to Mandalay . . . Ship me somewheres east of Suez, where the best is like the worst, Where there aren't no Ten Commandments an' a man can raise a thirst; For the temple-bells are callin', an' it's there that I would be - (fast paced) By the old Moulmein Pagoda, looking lazy at the sea;-long pause after the long speech in this particular stanza On the road to Mandalay, Where the old Flotilla lay, With our sick beneath the awnings when we went to Mandalay!-long pause On the road to Mandalay, Where the flyin'-fishes play, An' the dawn comes up like thunder outer China 'crost the Bay!

@nikunjmajithia1113

8 жыл бұрын

+NoWaterRiver sorry for the long message please take your time to read when you get time and i agree with the tips but will they be enough to help me perform this poem or do i look up more tips.

@reneelatulippe1759

8 жыл бұрын

+Nikunj Majithia It looks like you're on the right track with your poem! Just be sure your "long pauses" aren't TOO long and your slower pace isn't TOO slow. When it comes to pacing, you really need to put yourself into the character and speak as he would naturally (for example, you have a good idea to speed up in the stanza in which he's angry), but think also about modulating the volume of your voice -- when to raise it, when to whisper, and so on. You'll be great! Let me know how it goes! :)

@nikunjmajithia1113

8 жыл бұрын

+Renee LaTulippe Thanks for the feedback

who had to watch this for school?

@jellypals1344

3 ай бұрын

Yuppp

@nimoliban319

2 ай бұрын

Me in 2024

@user-pe3cs1qh2o

Ай бұрын

Me in 2024

I have a competition on Sunday and it includes reciting a poem! My teacher forgot to teach us how because of my class's problems, so I am glad to have found this! Thank you!

@NoWaterRiver

4 жыл бұрын

Hooray! I'm glad you found the video helpful. Best of luck at your competition!

@kalumprasannaHW

Жыл бұрын

I thought only srilankan teachers are like that..

Make a condifedence ,make a sweet voice,find the pace this are the few things that we have to learn in poem

You'll be fine! :) I hope the video tips helped you!

@brylevillaguardia3047

4 жыл бұрын

NoWaterRiver Thank you so much! ❤

@PRINCE_SPEAKS

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lor @nowaterriver

I'm going to perform after 3 days in front of a large number of people. 💔 My first time standing in front of an audience will be a poem 😫 RIP lol

@eliaghazal

5 жыл бұрын

How did it gooo

@kikidouloveme1504

5 жыл бұрын

Mine's today:(

@marial5271

5 жыл бұрын

Mine is tomorrow!

@yashranjan

5 жыл бұрын

Me too

@mihaelavulk5759

5 жыл бұрын

I m going to perform in 10 hour to a large nb of ppl and I know a... See what happens in the next episode

I just love poetry. It develops romance and prudence in one.

It is SO hard for me to read anything in front of my peers without talking like an auctioneer 😂. I have a dramatic poetry presentation tomorrow and I'm really fearing talking like fricken roadrunner on crack... And it's a slow sorrow poem so shits gonna get weird if I'm doing that crap 😂

@alvindueck8227

7 жыл бұрын

that random thugpug a roadrunner on crack with a slow sorrowful poem. musta been interesting lol

@allianahalmodovar8147

3 жыл бұрын

Hi, 5 years ago..

@b5fremdet

Ай бұрын

Hi, 8 years ago..

It seems unreal that a video from ten years ago could have helped me in such a way. Thank you very much.

@NoWaterRiver

Жыл бұрын

That's because poetry is timeless, of course! :)

Anyone from the future (I mean 2021)

@simege3367

4 жыл бұрын

I totally agree. What an wesome video 😎

@pinkcherry9695

4 жыл бұрын

I'm from 2039. Hello :D

@ashhartv5878

4 жыл бұрын

I’m from 2020

@NotYourBarbieGirl

4 жыл бұрын

SANDEEP SABARI yep! Even more into the future, 2020!!!

@bxbygirll9835

4 жыл бұрын

2020 hey

A lot of rappers should watch this, thanks

@EllionicoJohn

5 жыл бұрын

Lol

@rsatriadirja7345

5 жыл бұрын

there is not break at all 😂

@jobinajohnson8110

4 жыл бұрын

@@rsatriadirja7345 poetry and rapping is different, cant compare apples and oranges

I won 1st place on my poem and I have to read it tomorrow at school I'm scared lol and I need expression.🤐😥😣

@NoWaterRiver

5 жыл бұрын

I'm sure you did great!

@sharminnusrat1922

5 жыл бұрын

Poetry by heart?

You see, I love making poems, but often times I get lack of vocabularies and some excitement and suprises to it. Once, a classmate of mine commented on the post I've shared regarding about writers and poetries. He just said if our school would have a contest in Poems and other writings, he'll be gladly to see my work. It got me startled because, I just made this as my hobby and passion but I dont know. Im messed up. I think I cant sleep tonight thinking about that. Im just not used to participating on events.

I gotta do this for my public speaking class tomorrow thank you ❤🙏

@NoWaterRiver

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome! I hope it went well!

Tips Score your poem Pace (handle line breaks) Good diction Natural movements Be natural have fun (language and voice is poetry) Edit: I tried it and it worked amazingly I won 2nd prize in the district level competition ♥️

Thank you so much ❤. I love poetry and this could do of greaf help as I'm about to walk in my first big moment. Thank you a lot.

I have a real huge poetry competition and thank you so much for this! It helped me a lot!

@NoWaterRiver

2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful! I hope your competition went well!

Thank you! Funny and clear video. I neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeded all this for my classwork. Thanks again! 💕💕💕

@NoWaterRiver

4 жыл бұрын

Yay! Glad you found it helpful!

thank you for ur tips !! they were very hlpful !! :)

I love the quirky comments that you put in the brackets! Great tips with fun!

@NoWaterRiver

4 жыл бұрын

Ha! Thank you!

This was incredibly helpful. Thank you so much for sharing!

@NoWaterRiver

5 жыл бұрын

So glad you found the content useful, Kathrin!

Poetry is a hard thing to read After your teaching you make me more confident to my performance

After I saw the clips, I realized my performance is plain. Good thing I search for a proper way of performing poem. So thank you so much! I learned a lot and this will help me on my performance!

You're awesome. Thank you for the tips, they help me in my project. :)

@NoWaterRiver

4 жыл бұрын

Great!! So glad you found it helpful!

I learned many things from the video and loved all the points you told in the Video.

Love this, thank you so much. 😊

@NoWaterRiver

3 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

Thank you so much for explaining how to perform during poetry . I will do a performance 🎭 soon along side a poet. I love the way you explained how natural the performance should be and how to hold my hands. You are appreciated 🙏🏽

@NoWaterRiver

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I hope your performance went well -- and that you continue performing poetry!

Wow u r amazing i loved the way you were explaining

I love the way you speak! It has a slight trans Atlantic style to it that harkens back to the time of Old Hollywood. ❤️

@NoWaterRiver

4 жыл бұрын

Oh, thank you! I guess I have to give credit my theater voice & speech professor! 😄

Thanks, it saved my life

This is so awesome, I signed up for poetry night at my University, and am nervous as hell as I have to read my own poetry in front of a bunch of people (as you can tell I'm not very good on stage) and this is going to help a bunch! :) Thanks!

Thank you so much for advice

Ha, this is great! Thanks :)

Glad you found it helpful, Madhura! Good luck with your poetry performance!

I’m going to have to perform on Monday and hope fully this helps me perform may every one please pray for me 🤷🏼‍♀️♥️

this was wonderful! Thank you.

Wow! I am a beginner, meaning this is the first time I decided to act on my desire to perform poetry. This video was exactly what I was looking for. I'll keep coming back to it! Thank you! :)

Very helpful tips; thank you 😃

Thanks for the tips.I have a concert in s few days

Been using this with my students for years and still loving it!

@NoWaterRiver

Жыл бұрын

Oh, how wonderful!! Thank you so much for letting me know. I love that I can help! :)

Ima do a big ol' poetry recitation competition once school gets back in. Very helpful, thank you!

@NoWaterRiver

2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful! I hope it went well!

Thank you so much for this video I was really looking for this kind of video ❤️❤️❤️😘😘☑️☑️

great

Hi, Saray. I'm so pleased you found the tips useful. For your poem in English, concentrate on Tip #3: Use Good Diction. Be sure you have the correct pronunciations down, and then enunciate, enunciate, enunciate. Which poem are you doing?

gorgeous poetry reading....

Thank you!!!!! Loved!!! Serendipity!!! 🥰🥰🥰

@NoWaterRiver

Жыл бұрын

Yay!! So glad you liked it!

WOnderful tips.....I am going to an open mic next week, and hope if I get the nerve to share some of my poems. This was timely for me, thanks Renee.

@reneelatulippe1759

8 жыл бұрын

+Damon Dean Awesome, Damon! Let me know how it goes!

this will help me in my project thanks!!!

Thank you so much for this 💗

My teacher always gives me full marks for my poem content but when I give the poem irl as a speech, I look so awkward because I never know what to do with my body language movements. All the poems I write are about depression, how do I “be natural” lmfao- 😭

@NoWaterRiver

2 жыл бұрын

I wrote lots of poems like this when I was in school. The important thing is to be honest when you recite them. Don't try to "act" like anything or anyone -- just be yourself and keep it really simple. Let the words speak for themselves. Perhaps you are speaking more of your comfort or confidence level with public speaking? If so, see if your teacher will let you use a podium so you have a place to rest your hands and you will feel "protected" with the podium in front of you. But then you'll need to get away from that eventually ... in which case, give your hands something simple to do, like the hold the paper with your poem written on it.

Great fun!

Thank you souch for this tips, I had a homework to recite a poem, but I felt like my technique is lacking and you really helped me

@NoWaterRiver

4 жыл бұрын

Yay! I hope your recitation went well. :)

Thank you so much for your guidance

This is indeed very helpful, thank you!

Love your poetry recitation part🥰

@NoWaterRiver

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! :)

This is very helpful 😁thanks

Very detailed. You're awesome.

@NoWaterRiver

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Tshepi!

Very clear & helpful tips. Thank you💐

@NoWaterRiver

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome! I'm so glad you found the video useful! :)

Yeah, they did. Thanks a lot! :)

This was wow

Thank you so much! This really motivates me! I have a poetry competition coming up! THX a TON! :)

@NoWaterRiver

3 жыл бұрын

How did it go??

Amazing 🤩🤩

Thank you! Good luck with your teaching!

Poetry is a combination of thoughts,ideas, reflections, images, emotions,sentiments; sounds, signs and symbols. Poetry poetical, poetry prosaic. The alphabet of poetry, how to script it? Poetry stylistic, linguistic. Poetry mythical, poetry symbolical. The poet a singer of heart or a lyric-writer?

@NoWaterRiver

4 жыл бұрын

All of the above! :)

One of the best explenation about reading poetry. Thank you lot

@NoWaterRiver

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much -- I'm glad you found it helpful! :)

That's wonderful, Arron! I'm so glad you found the video useful. Keep writing!

She has really done me a favor because I have a competition and I hope I will win because of her

hi i love this video it helps with homework, THANKS!! Good 2021🌈

Great ideas. Liked them.

Thank you so much for the tips! I have been joining solo verse speaking for 6 years now and last year I got second and this year I hope to win the first position. So I'm trying my best for it! The competition is in mid-Nov , so I'm freaking out nonetheless.

@theicestar1

7 жыл бұрын

Maliha xoxo I've got a competition today

Thanks for your juicy tips.I'm having a poetry competition,and I am not nervous,but mom daid that I should recite it with feelings since I am also a poet.Your video gave me confidence.Thank you.

@NoWaterRiver

Жыл бұрын

You're very welcome! I hope it went great!

I have language arts homework because of you

@NoWaterRiver

4 жыл бұрын

Ha! I'm glad I could help. :D

@bobjerry7178

4 жыл бұрын

NoWaterRiver It’s not funny you fucking bitch “:D”

@haniiio6831

4 жыл бұрын

bob jerry you need to calm down buddy

Thanks your tips are precise and to the point

Hi Renee I loved your video so much, I have wrote my first poem, about a journey my with my dog Oberon we we run a group called Constant Canine companions on Facebook and weebly I called it the butterfly effect a lot of people came to our rescue and the first year is coming up on the 15th of Feb 2016 and I plan to recite it and found your video inspiring

@reneelatulippe1759

8 жыл бұрын

+Arrmand Adams I'm so glad you found the tips helpful, Arrmand! I hope your poem recital went well. Keep up the great work you do with animals!

Thank you this video helped me with the exam I am going to participate in 🙏🏻❤️

My small village in Dorset, England (Hardy country - 2nd favourite poet after Kipling) has a thriving poetry reading society that has been going for something like 12 years. All manner of types of poems, and styles of reading, and the only one of your tips I wholeheartedly endorse is No. 5: Be natural, have fun. If you do that, you have poetry reading cracked! (I have been reading Jabberwocky for 65 years - that is FUN!)

@Pippins666

8 ай бұрын

but the question remains - is a hard g or a soft g in gyre & gimble? The jury is hung on that one

@NoWaterRiver

3 ай бұрын

@@Pippins666 That's a good question -- I probably said them wrong. Ah well, I will try to carry on!

This was different, but quite helpful.

NICE! THIS IS WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR, THE ONE THAT I ALWAYS ADORE.

thanks this helped so much with my homework

What do you do when your voice is dark and not emotive?

@dineomagolego2269

4 жыл бұрын

I'm no perfectionist or anything. But with that kind of voice it needs a cool and calm collected poem with meaning at a slow pace (potraying and illistrating a lot of emotion. Be one with the poem). Or a poem filled with a lot of drammatic effect in which enables and need you to play with the constancy of your voice tone. All in all find a spot in which your voice speaks of you boldly.

@tommarvoloriddle3500

3 жыл бұрын

@@dineomagolego2269 yes i agree

Im going to have a contest tomorrow and I feel nervous thanks for the tips!

@Chirp-chirp

5 жыл бұрын

same!

@stefaniskurteska9756

4 жыл бұрын

Me too

Thanks!

Day after tomorrow. Wish me luck! Thanks for the helpful video, really helped me. 💞

@NoWaterRiver

4 жыл бұрын

How did it go??

@Anna78767

4 жыл бұрын

@@NoWaterRiver I won first place! Thank you so much! 🖤🖤

@NoWaterRiver

4 жыл бұрын

@@Anna78767 WOW!!!!!!! That's fantastic! Congratulations! You made my night!

@ammunandana862

2 жыл бұрын

@@Anna78767 congratss❤️

thank you so much! i will surely win my poetry competition

Wonderfully illuminating and...entertaining.

i am in love with your content new subby!!!!

Thanks for this great advice

Thank you 😊

I have a poetry competition coming up. This video helps a lot!

@NoWaterRiver

9 ай бұрын

Good luck!

I'm joining a poem recital and I'm noting all of these !! ♡♡

@NoWaterRiver

Жыл бұрын

Wonderful! I hope it helped!

Great tips!Thanks

@NoWaterRiver

4 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

Lovely explanation

Beautiful!

@NoWaterRiver

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@PoetryETrain

Жыл бұрын

@@NoWaterRiver You are welcome...

I needed something to help get my 10th graders interested in performing Walt Whitman poems, and this looks like it will fit the bill. So, thanks!

@NoWaterRiver

2 жыл бұрын

@William Kloezeman Oh, what a great project! When I taught 9th and 10th grades, I would hold a Poetry Café in class once a month. I'd arrange the chairs in a circle around the room (though the kids usually sat on the floor), dim the lights, and light candles (probably can't do that anymore!). Then the kids would go to the "stage" one at a time and read or recite a poem of their choice, either their own or by someone else. Reluctant kids were often excited that I considered lyrics as poetry and allowed them to recite those as well (keeping it clean). It was during one of these Poetry Cafés that a shy 9th grader who confided to me that he didn't feel he belonged in the school recited from memory Dickinson's "I'm Nobody---who are you?" and was thrilled to receive an enthusiastic round of applause. It remains a highlight of my short teaching career.

Good points. I think that scoring the poem is a good idea but I do not think one must not feel they stick to their first impressions, rigidly. I find my delivery changes the more I work on a poem. I see and feel things that I did not catch at first glance. My pacing and emphasis often changes as my insight into the words grows.

@NoWaterRiver

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely -- I agree with you 100%. The scoring provides a preliminary road map to help you navigate the poem ... and then you need to make it natural, all your own, adding your own emotional response to it. Great comment -- thank you!

Very helpful! Thank you.

@NoWaterRiver

3 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome! 😊

@marisolandchris

3 жыл бұрын

@@NoWaterRiver kzread.info/dash/bejne/i2qsu9KDaMuqodo.html I hope you enjoy. THANK YOU, AGAIN FOR ALL OF YOUR GUIDANCE!

@NoWaterRiver

2 жыл бұрын

@@marisolandchris I just saw this link now! Your reading of Birches is fantastic, and I love the idea of walking through woods as your recite poems. I watched all of them. Are you also an actor? I subscribed to you under my other channel name, Lyrical Language Lab. Bravo!

@marisolandchris

2 жыл бұрын

@@NoWaterRiver Oh my goodness! Im very honored to learn you liked it. The wonderful guidance in your video helps me every time I revisit it. No actor here; just a Dad using his secret love of poetry to introduce my kids to the arts. I ?think? I'm a few weeks away from getting Robert Frost's Mending Wall down.I truly appreciate your reminder of being natural; it truly changes the feel of every sentence. Best regards, Christopher and Bonita

Thank you:)