Get ready to experience a roller coaster ride of emotions when you hear Princeton University student Patrick Roche recite his powerful and affecting spoken word poem "21" at the 2014 College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational in Boulder, Colo. The video, posted by Button Poetry, covers a spectrum of intense topics, including addiction, abuse, sexuality and growing up in a home with an alcoholic father. Employing a poetic device that counts down the years and progresses in reverse, the poem contains...
This Spoken Word Poem Powerfully Expresses The Pain Of Growing Up Around Addiction
The Huffington Post - 5 May 2014 23:45
Get ready to experience a roller coaster ride of emotions when you hear Princeton University student Patrick Roche recite his powerful and affecting spoken word poem "21" at the 2014 College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational in Boulder, Colo. The video, posted by Button Poetry, covers a spectrum of intense topics, including addiction, abuse, sexuality and growing up in a home with an alcoholic father. Employing a poetic device that counts down the years and progresses in reverse, the poem contains...
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