This type of piece could have been considered a promotional advertisement for Mr. Powers project, "A Love Letter." However, this perception became a distorted opinion once he spoke about what the project truly meant to him. He became vulnerable allowing the audience to genuinely get to know more about himself. Within a few minutes he described how this form of art became personal to him, but more than anything grew into a positive outlet. He's driven to empower others within his community, pouring love into them through his art. To show his pride in his community. "Why does it have to be words? What about the people who can't read," was a line that stuck out to me. It symbolized how sincere he on his quest to incorporating his community within his art, to represent them as a whole.

Beside his heart felt emotions, I loved how the different sounds were embedded within the piece. Especially the opening sound, "Doors are closing." I honestly felt like I was on the platform about to get onto Septa. Even afterwards I could still hear the train, as he spoke, but it wasn't distracting. It was more like his pieces theme song, as he traveled on the train tracks of pride. The community being involved, also gave flare to this piece. My favorite would've been the little girl. Although she wasn't very clear, she was adorable. There one could see that the paintings were created for various age ranges.

I enjoyed the piece. One suggestion I have would be to include a description of at least one of the paintings, so that I could've connected more with it. Also, to show what the end result was, within the mist of confusion to what he considered represented the community. That alone would've reeled me in even more. Overall, I believe it was stringed together very well. Something I'd expect from my Radio Mentor: Yowei Shaw!
Keep striving for the Best.

The beginning of the piece lacked emotion. I felt like it was being read off a paper. I know that poets tend to have awkward pauses, but I personally disliked that. It’s originally used to build up anticipation, for a twist, answer, or surprise, but there wasn’t any. The pace tended to be too fast at times, which seemed jumbled words together. Towards the end, however, I felt Marks pain and began to feel for him. Losing loved ones at a young age is a traumatic experience, especially if they were close. He reveals his pain to the audience with the lines:
“My soul has been leaking through my eyes,” and “I was turned into blank page in a story called
Life.”
Those lines were my favorite within the poem, along with how he cleverly applied parts of some family games to life. Overall, the poem was constructed very well. The figurative language was very known. Your writing technique was strong. The presentation on the other hand wasn’t executed within the same boundaries.
Tips: Slow down a bit when reciting. I know all the words are itching to come out, but if you let them out all at once other words start forming. You want to take your audience on a journey. Not only should they hear how you feel, but they should in theory jump into your skin. You want them to feel your sadness, rage, and emptiness. Once you’ve transferred those emotions through the air waves, you’ll surely have them sitting in your palm, waiting for what’s to come.
By the way, don't let money dictate your worth, because I'll tell you now talent has no price.

Gay Rights have been sliced in half, giving the raw opinions of three people. Two people with contrasting ideas are interviewed on the topic of the gay community participating in marriage. A Priest tells his religious side and a person in a same sex- relationship does so as well. This pulls the story in a fair perspective, weighing both sides.
Father Adam discusses on the sole topic of sex. He says that the purpose of marriage is to reproduce, which from a religious stand point is logical. What is not, however, is the restriction on the body of Christ being distributed. That boiled my blood a bit, but what had me jumping up saying, “Hallelujah,” was the statement made by the interviewer about premature sex in teenagers. I found myself siding with her completely, because it isn’t fair that a prejudice exists on homosexuals receiving the host because of suspected sex, but not sex-raged teenagers. You can’t just label homosexuals as having premarital sex. If God created men and women equal, why is their sexual preference a factor?
The other interviewed person was the producer's aunt. She expressed how troubling it was growing up. It seemed like she was wearing a ‘Scarlet Letter’ and it was 1800 the way people treated her. They spoke with brutal words, like stones thrown at her, as if she was a ruthless criminal; casting her out of their lives. The church, which is supposed to be a sanctuary, even turned its back on her.
I respect this type of investigation, because the investigator was not biased. She just gave her opinions and facts. What beautifully tied everything together was her powerful quote by James Baldwin.

This true story is powerful. The pace is so fast that it almost sounds, like a rap. I kind of wish it slowed down a bit, so I could join the persona on their journey. Diction was a strong element, but words should have been annunciate more to sweep emotion into the audience, or at least given a dramatic pause, for effect. Especially in the end when he revealed who the persona actually was.
I to, am a poet, for that reason I feel indifferent to rhyme. Personally I feel that it takes away from imagery and forces unnecessary lines. I believe if you wrote free verse poetry your delivery would be more dynamic, because then you could describe moments without worrying if they rhyme. Anyway, that's just one way to look at it, but if rhyming is your style, I completely support it. I’m just opening up a tool box of other useful methods. My favorite thing was how you told your story, yet found a way to stitch in advice for others, as well as for yourself in the third person. In all your piece was distinctively unique and you should be proud.