Justin's Blog

       As I was browsing for modern poets on teachlivingpoets.com, I came across Richard Williams and became immediately attached to his poetry and videos (literally binge watched his videos for quite some time).     Born in St Louis, Missouri, Richard Williams, more commonly known by "Prince EA (EA standing for Earth)," is mainly recognized as a singer, motivational speaker, and a youtuber. Inspired by Canibus and Immortal Technique, he set out to start a small music career around 2005, and now he has over six million subscribers on YouTube. He focuses on brining a sense of unity to his followers and community, expressing a wide range of emotions with the goal to connect and evolve altogether.      What I like the most about him is how optimistic, powerful, inspiring, and easy to understand his videos are. Although he is not completely recognized as a poet, the way his voice carries through and the arrangement of the words really speak ...

I am a firm believer that words, despite how high the diction is or how beautifully they are arranged, cannot truly capture human emotion to the fullest degree. I remember during the pandemic, when I had a lot of available time to myself to self-reflect, one of my favorite daily routines was to walk over to the park near my house, sit on the bench or the swings, and just think and reflect on everything component of my life- my behaviors, decision, interactions, future, etc. I, like many of you, had a lot of emotions and thoughts circulating in my brain, and I tried to write what I was thinking, what made me so stressed at the moment, on notes through my phone, but when I tried to put these thoughts into words, it was practically impossible. I had few successful attempts in the sense that I was able to coherently describe my feelings into words, but when I read back upon what I wrote, they still are far from perfect to truly capture how I feel.  To be honest, I like poetry... actual...