WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.950 align:middle line:90% [APPLAUSE] 00:00:03.950 --> 00:00:04.980 align:middle line:90% Thank you so much. 00:00:04.980 --> 00:00:07.647 align:middle line:84% That was a stunning introduction. 00:00:07.647 --> 00:00:08.480 align:middle line:90% It was so beautiful. 00:00:08.480 --> 00:00:12.060 align:middle line:84% It's just so lovely to be read that way and to be understood. 00:00:12.060 --> 00:00:15.320 align:middle line:84% And I would get weepy, but I'm Jamaican and we don't do that. 00:00:15.320 --> 00:00:18.430 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:00:18.430 --> 00:00:20.780 align:middle line:84% So I have a cold or I'm getting over a cold, 00:00:20.780 --> 00:00:21.860 align:middle line:90% and then I'm traveling. 00:00:21.860 --> 00:00:23.940 align:middle line:84% So it's like my body chose the perfect time. 00:00:23.940 --> 00:00:26.513 align:middle line:84% It's like, you know what, let's just do this now. 00:00:26.513 --> 00:00:28.680 align:middle line:84% And apparently, it's like allergy season everywhere. 00:00:28.680 --> 00:00:31.697 align:middle line:84% So this is happening, it's going to be-- there's a lot of water, 00:00:31.697 --> 00:00:32.780 align:middle line:90% there'll be some coughing. 00:00:32.780 --> 00:00:33.863 align:middle line:90% It's just going to happen. 00:00:33.863 --> 00:00:36.917 align:middle line:90% 00:00:36.917 --> 00:00:38.250 align:middle line:90% Thank you so much for having me. 00:00:38.250 --> 00:00:40.430 align:middle line:84% I'm so-- I'm looking at this audience, 00:00:40.430 --> 00:00:42.530 align:middle line:84% and I'm just so excited and moved 00:00:42.530 --> 00:00:46.700 align:middle line:84% that there are so many people who want to hear poetry. 00:00:46.700 --> 00:00:49.125 align:middle line:84% And it's so great to have a book. 00:00:49.125 --> 00:00:51.500 align:middle line:84% And one of the things I didn't expect about having a book 00:00:51.500 --> 00:00:53.420 align:middle line:84% is that I would get to leave New York, 00:00:53.420 --> 00:00:56.420 align:middle line:84% and go places, and meet people who've read the book, 00:00:56.420 --> 00:00:59.930 align:middle line:84% and talk about it, and read poetry, and share that. 00:00:59.930 --> 00:01:02.910 align:middle line:84% So I'm honored and so privileged to be here. 00:01:02.910 --> 00:01:05.900 align:middle line:90% Thank you so much. 00:01:05.900 --> 00:01:07.970 align:middle line:84% And thank you so much for all the organizing that 00:01:07.970 --> 00:01:09.440 align:middle line:90% went into this as well. 00:01:09.440 --> 00:01:12.020 align:middle line:84% Hannah, you are-- as an administrator, 00:01:12.020 --> 00:01:13.670 align:middle line:90% I just feel close to you. 00:01:13.670 --> 00:01:18.500 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:01:18.500 --> 00:01:20.780 align:middle line:84% So I'll read a few poems from the book. 00:01:20.780 --> 00:01:22.640 align:middle line:84% And then, I will read a few new ones 00:01:22.640 --> 00:01:25.430 align:middle line:84% as well because I want to share something new with you guys. 00:01:25.430 --> 00:01:27.410 align:middle line:90% But I'll start with the book. 00:01:27.410 --> 00:01:30.050 align:middle line:90% "Tender." 00:01:30.050 --> 00:01:32.300 align:middle line:90% Dear patriot. 00:01:32.300 --> 00:01:34.850 align:middle line:90% Dear catastrophe. 00:01:34.850 --> 00:01:38.450 align:middle line:84% None of this means what we thought it did. 00:01:38.450 --> 00:01:40.310 align:middle line:90% Dear fragments. 00:01:40.310 --> 00:01:42.710 align:middle line:90% Dear displacement. 00:01:42.710 --> 00:01:45.840 align:middle line:90% Dear broken skin. 00:01:45.840 --> 00:01:48.980 align:middle line:90% I am in over my head. 00:01:48.980 --> 00:01:51.230 align:middle line:90% Dear prisoner. 00:01:51.230 --> 00:01:54.440 align:middle line:90% Dear, dear wounded. 00:01:54.440 --> 00:01:57.470 align:middle line:90% You have earned our respect. 00:01:57.470 --> 00:02:01.370 align:middle line:90% Dear glad hands, curbed dog. 00:02:01.370 --> 00:02:04.370 align:middle line:90% Dear perfect object. 00:02:04.370 --> 00:02:07.280 align:middle line:90% The same night awaits us. 00:02:07.280 --> 00:02:09.560 align:middle line:90% Dear put upon. 00:02:09.560 --> 00:02:13.730 align:middle line:84% The day folds over and begins again. 00:02:13.730 --> 00:02:15.740 align:middle line:90% Dear bad animal. 00:02:15.740 --> 00:02:18.440 align:middle line:90% Dear caged thing. 00:02:18.440 --> 00:02:21.400 align:middle line:90% There was something about you. 00:02:21.400 --> 00:02:22.000 align:middle line:90%