Performance Poetry: Randy Hall

I loved the class speaker yesterday! I thought he made everyone in the class a little less nervous to read in front of people later on this semester. Personally, I don't feel and never felt nervous to read my poems in public, however Randy Hall did make me more intrigued and excited to read in front of people. I enjoyed learning about all the option a reader has in order for him or her to make there poetry more entertaining. I thought that Randy was also well prepared for our class because his presentation made everyone more comfortable. The little hints that he gave to make a reader more prepared were so useful too.
When he had all of us stand up and do certain exercises to show us how to prevent passing out from being so nervous I found these techniques were important to know. I felt a lot of the tips he gave us we can use in the future for any type of public speaking. As he began to tell us how we should respect our poems and every line in our poems it made me look at publicly reading our poems in a different way. I feel as if my approach to reading my poems for people has totally changed in such a way that I feel more prepared and excited. I hope people feel the same way and are as excited as I am.