Still gives me chills

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Dope

Cool I can now say "Bullshit" in sign language. Rives Rocks!!

yep. he can get it

i really wish someone would take this video and add captions. it would be nice to share with my deaf teacher...

Actually, I take that back... I just tried them, and they are completely incorrect. :/

There are subtitles! At the bottom right of the screen were it says "CC," you can select subtitles. :)

I have probably watched this 20 times over the last few years and I weep every time.

No words. I'm out. No need for words anyway, for a def jam.

would be great if this were subtitled for our Deaf friends

i just learned Bullshit lol

Beautiful and funny

41 people heard this, but didn't listen.

Awesome Rives, Awesome needed message.

Talant. I have goose-bumps.

Kone 2012!!!

I forgot how beautiful this poem was

Love love love

I'm nearing tears... wow

How could somebody NOT like this poem though?

this is awesome =D -Anthony Moran

im stalking this man...trying to find all his poems...he's awesomee!!

Love everything this guy does. Check him out on TED. Only wish I could find more.

And I mean this in the most poetic sense, what a baller.

I love this poem, love it.

sticky icky icky♥

Deaf poetry jams.

"The silence in my house was deafening." WOW!!

This is my cousin. Forreal. Not making it up. He's awesome as a person and a poet. Thanks for loving him, you guys!

@Hogie506 And the beatboxer. What's that cat's name?

Rives is a sexy sausage.

This poem is so inspirational. Rives really helped me become a slam poet, haha. If you like slam, you should check out my channel!

that last part is what really got me....powerful

Is there ANY way that this is published in print somewhere? It's beautiful! I've been competing with this poem on my high school speech team and it's always been received very well--I need a published print version to be able to bring it to this year's Nationals. I absolutely love Rives!

i literally tear at this. Deep poetry.

fucking powerful shit

Can you hear me now? NO!!! hha okay this was dope

this is so good man

@ummaryam86 haha omg yess that was the best i showed all my friends the sign

His poetry almost always makes me want to cry. I love poets who are able to do that.

lol! he's so cute!

i loved it through and through!!!

this is pretty terrible ASL, but I love the poem

"last night i dreamt i was little again i could hear back then but the silence in my house was deafening" that has to be one of the most intriguing things ive ever heard

@juno0890 no!

@xenophile2 so his signging is correct? I'm learning ASL so I'm unsure... lol

such conviction on his passion makes me respect him

@xenophile2 I sent the rest to your inbox

@xenophile2 'last night I dreamed that I was little again and I could hear back then, but the silence in my house was deafening.' Some of the kids only write about being deaf others make a joke, some make a mention and other chose to bypass the subject all together. Much like the poets on this stage with gender or skin color so you get goofy haiku like 'homework is bullshit and inspires nothing out of me but vomit' and poems like