Spark in Motion | Amit and Ami Majmudar | TEDxHilliard

I’m a poet your poet I speak sparks

I’m a poet your poet I speak sparks tongue touches roof of mouth tongue

tongue touches roof of mouth tongue

tongue touches roof of mouth tongue touches teeth voice touches heart to

touches teeth voice touches heart to

touches teeth voice touches heart to make at great heat art like a hundred

make at great heat art like a hundred

make at great heat art like a hundred arc welders lowered to a hundred ears at

arc welders lowered to a hundred ears at

arc welders lowered to a hundred ears at every contact point an embryonic star

every contact point an embryonic star

every contact point an embryonic star composed entirely of spoken sparse

composed entirely of spoken sparse

composed entirely of spoken sparse roadside flares around the wreck black

roadside flares around the wreck black

roadside flares around the wreck black stone night sky set with star stuff

stone night sky set with star stuff

stone night sky set with star stuff flecks Firefly at evening in a summer

flecks Firefly at evening in a summer

flecks Firefly at evening in a summer park flashlight shaken searchlight

park flashlight shaken searchlight

park flashlight shaken searchlight swinging at the coming dark take them

swinging at the coming dark take them

swinging at the coming dark take them all but leave a spark and I will

all but leave a spark and I will

all but leave a spark and I will recreate for you the fire in its

recreate for you the fire in its

recreate for you the fire in its entirety the conflagration hole the

entirety the conflagration hole the

entirety the conflagration hole the blaze and Gandhi’s lowered eyes the

blaze and Gandhi’s lowered eyes the

blaze and Gandhi’s lowered eyes the blaze and Martin Luther King Jr’s soul

blaze and Martin Luther King Jr’s soul

blaze and Martin Luther King Jr’s soul for if truth is a fire and facts are

for if truth is a fire and facts are

for if truth is a fire and facts are flames then the seed of them both is the

flames then the seed of them both is the

flames then the seed of them both is the same a spark the spark we dare to speak

same a spark the spark we dare to speak

same a spark the spark we dare to speak the spark we dare to bury in the pit of

the spark we dare to bury in the pit of

the spark we dare to bury in the pit of despair to grow a fruit tree a fire

despair to grow a fruit tree a fire

despair to grow a fruit tree a fire fruit tree for the pit of that fruit is

fruit tree for the pit of that fruit is

fruit tree for the pit of that fruit is American hope if a spark is a point then

American hope if a spark is a point then

American hope if a spark is a point then the point of this evening so close to

the point of this evening so close to

the point of this evening so close to threat level midnight is an encounter

threat level midnight is an encounter

threat level midnight is an encounter that will contour us into a shape of

that will contour us into a shape of

that will contour us into a shape of fire that redefines our blind spots

fire that redefines our blind spots

fire that redefines our blind spots we must control-alt-delete who we are

we must control-alt-delete who we are

we must control-alt-delete who we are and become as children and challenge

and become as children and challenge

and become as children and challenge ourselves to dream of a soul strummed at

ourselves to dream of a soul strummed at

ourselves to dream of a soul strummed at the speed of life when we translate the

the speed of life when we translate the

the speed of life when we translate the message of another’s pain what we mine

message of another’s pain what we mine

message of another’s pain what we mine is a new cure for our own if every spark

is a new cure for our own if every spark

is a new cure for our own if every spark is a potential perspective let us coach

is a potential perspective let us coach

is a potential perspective let us coach ourselves so that inside empowers out

ourselves so that inside empowers out

ourselves so that inside empowers out let us enrich ourselves with this

let us enrich ourselves with this

let us enrich ourselves with this invisible currency poetry I came here to

invisible currency poetry I came here to

invisible currency poetry I came here to speak the varieties of fire match head

speak the varieties of fire match head

speak the varieties of fire match head meeting strikes trip in a lover’s tryst

meeting strikes trip in a lover’s tryst

meeting strikes trip in a lover’s tryst poetry sparked by wild worded bliss

poetry sparked by wild worded bliss

poetry sparked by wild worded bliss desire sparked by a napalm kiss what’s

desire sparked by a napalm kiss what’s

desire sparked by a napalm kiss what’s this cinematic kinetic a crackle of

this cinematic kinetic a crackle of

this cinematic kinetic a crackle of static throwing off sparks with every

static throwing off sparks with every

static throwing off sparks with every shiver of the anklets and now the rhythm

shiver of the anklets and now the rhythm

shiver of the anklets and now the rhythm and now the rhyme and now the footwork

and now the rhyme and now the footwork

and now the rhyme and now the footwork keeping time a spark or flame that’s

keeping time a spark or flame that’s

keeping time a spark or flame that’s worth the name though on a wick or in a

worth the name though on a wick or in a

worth the name though on a wick or in a brain the well contained is never tame

brain the well contained is never tame

brain the well contained is never tame and in the engine of a plane or in a

and in the engine of a plane or in a

and in the engine of a plane or in a voice box is the same the spark that

voice box is the same the spark that

voice box is the same the spark that whispered to you burn the dream that

whispered to you burn the dream that

whispered to you burn the dream that refused to be ash in the urn the fuse

refused to be ash in the urn the fuse

refused to be ash in the urn the fuse that is dreaming the season will turn

that is dreaming the season will turn

that is dreaming the season will turn explodes in the body of dance the body

explodes in the body of dance the body

explodes in the body of dance the body that these words romance for art alone

that these words romance for art alone

that these words romance for art alone is where the sparks at home and here

is where the sparks at home and here

is where the sparks at home and here upon this stage tonight the dance is the

upon this stage tonight the dance is the

upon this stage tonight the dance is the wife of the poem now watch her ignite