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Cristin OrsquoKeefe Aptowicz
Slam Poet
11 26 78 ndash Present Day
Cristin OrsquoKeefe Aptowicz
bull Cristin OrsquoKeefe Aptowicz was born on November 26 1978 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania
bull She graduated from Central High School of Philadelphia in 1996
bull She received her Bachelor of Fine
Arts degree in Dramatic Writing
from New York University in 2000
bull In 1998 Cristin OrsquoKeefe Aptowicz co-founded the NYC-Urbana Poetry Slam series
bull She also began working as an editor on the
ldquoAdultrdquo section for Aboutcom
bull At the same time in 2000 she was
the founding cafeacute manager for the
Bowery Poetry Club
bull She has won multiple slam poetrywriting awards since high school
bull Cristin OrsquoKeefe Aptowicz also became a rights manager at the Artists Rights Society
bull In 2013 she received the Amy
Clampitt Residency in
Lenox Massachusetts
bull In 2011 she was awarded the National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Poetry
bull Cristin OrsquoKeefe Aptowicz is one of
the few slam poets to win the
NEA grant and the only slam poet to
receive the Amy Clampitt
Residency award
The residency takes place in the former residence
of poet Amy Clampitt and provides an established or emerging poet or literary
scholar with the rare gift of extended time and a
reasonable stipend so that he or she
may substantially furtherhis or her creative work
Cristin OrsquoKeefe Aptowicz
THINGS WE DIDNrsquoT TALK ABOUTThe boy found hanging on the golf course
The boy with the bruises whorsquod arriveto school coatless in the middle of the winter
The man with the red face and the thick stutterwho cleaned up our vomit in grade school
The veteran who spoke to the seventh gradeconfessed how scared hersquod been and wept
The cousin who disappeared completely after she refused to eat anything but olives
The mother who was a drunk The fatherwho told us all he was an undercover copand thatrsquos why he had the gun The boywho got shot The boy who got cancer
in both legs his angry dad his frail sistersWhy we never got any responses to our get well
soon cards the mute teachers continuing their lessons plans What happened to that hungry black dog whorsquod bolt
through to school yard the onethat refused to stay leashed
TPCASTT-ing
THINGS WE DIDNrsquoT TALK ABOUT
The boy found hanging on the golf courseThe boy with the bruises whorsquod arrive
to school coatless in the middle of the winterThe man with the red face and the thick stutter
who cleaned up our vomit in grade schoolThe veteran who spoke to the seventh gradeconfessed how scared hersquod been and wept
The cousin who disappeared completely after she refused to eat anything but olives
The mother who was a drunk The fatherwho told us all he was an undercover copand thatrsquos why he had the gun The boywho got shot The boy who got cancer
in both legs his angry dad his frail sistersWhy we never got any responses to our get well
soon cards the mute teachers continuing their lessons plans What happened to that hungry black dog whorsquod bolt
through to school yard the onethat refused to stay leashed
TITLE- a list of things people donrsquot mention PARAPHRASE-
~the boy found hanging on the golf course~the poor boy who was abused~The suffering man stuck to cleaning up after everyone~the traumatized veteran~the cousin who became anorexic and died from malnutrition ~the drunk mom~the father who tried to cover up the reason for having a gun~the boy who was shot~the boy who got cancer his dad became depressed and angry while his sisters became neglected~teachers having to go on knowing they lost a child and that is why there was no responses to the Get Well cards~the missing dog
This diction adds a sense of depression and being miserable for the reader Also the way that the poem is very
blunt makes everything stronger and adds to a solemn feel when reading the poem
ATTITUDETONE- gloomy depressing miserable
SHIFT- The shifts in this poem are at every period Every sentence is a shift into a new topic or idea
TITLE- not only a list of things people donrsquot mention but also a list of things people wonrsquot and in a way canrsquot mention
THEME- There are things in this life in which everyone is aware of yet canrsquot and doesnrsquot talk about
-What I Learned-
bull When TPCASTTing Cristin OrsquoKeefe Aptowiczrsquos poetry I learned more about ldquoslamrdquo poetry rather than poetry with extensive symbolism and metaphors
bull I learned how to better distinguish shifts in a poem
bull I learned that some poets are very blunt and straightforward in their poetry rather than confusing and complicated
- Cristin OrsquoKeefe Aptowicz
- Slide 2
- Slide 3
- Slide 4
- Slide 5
- Slide 6
- Slide 7
- -What I Learned-
-
Cristin OrsquoKeefe Aptowicz
bull Cristin OrsquoKeefe Aptowicz was born on November 26 1978 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania
bull She graduated from Central High School of Philadelphia in 1996
bull She received her Bachelor of Fine
Arts degree in Dramatic Writing
from New York University in 2000
bull In 1998 Cristin OrsquoKeefe Aptowicz co-founded the NYC-Urbana Poetry Slam series
bull She also began working as an editor on the
ldquoAdultrdquo section for Aboutcom
bull At the same time in 2000 she was
the founding cafeacute manager for the
Bowery Poetry Club
bull She has won multiple slam poetrywriting awards since high school
bull Cristin OrsquoKeefe Aptowicz also became a rights manager at the Artists Rights Society
bull In 2013 she received the Amy
Clampitt Residency in
Lenox Massachusetts
bull In 2011 she was awarded the National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Poetry
bull Cristin OrsquoKeefe Aptowicz is one of
the few slam poets to win the
NEA grant and the only slam poet to
receive the Amy Clampitt
Residency award
The residency takes place in the former residence
of poet Amy Clampitt and provides an established or emerging poet or literary
scholar with the rare gift of extended time and a
reasonable stipend so that he or she
may substantially furtherhis or her creative work
Cristin OrsquoKeefe Aptowicz
THINGS WE DIDNrsquoT TALK ABOUTThe boy found hanging on the golf course
The boy with the bruises whorsquod arriveto school coatless in the middle of the winter
The man with the red face and the thick stutterwho cleaned up our vomit in grade school
The veteran who spoke to the seventh gradeconfessed how scared hersquod been and wept
The cousin who disappeared completely after she refused to eat anything but olives
The mother who was a drunk The fatherwho told us all he was an undercover copand thatrsquos why he had the gun The boywho got shot The boy who got cancer
in both legs his angry dad his frail sistersWhy we never got any responses to our get well
soon cards the mute teachers continuing their lessons plans What happened to that hungry black dog whorsquod bolt
through to school yard the onethat refused to stay leashed
TPCASTT-ing
THINGS WE DIDNrsquoT TALK ABOUT
The boy found hanging on the golf courseThe boy with the bruises whorsquod arrive
to school coatless in the middle of the winterThe man with the red face and the thick stutter
who cleaned up our vomit in grade schoolThe veteran who spoke to the seventh gradeconfessed how scared hersquod been and wept
The cousin who disappeared completely after she refused to eat anything but olives
The mother who was a drunk The fatherwho told us all he was an undercover copand thatrsquos why he had the gun The boywho got shot The boy who got cancer
in both legs his angry dad his frail sistersWhy we never got any responses to our get well
soon cards the mute teachers continuing their lessons plans What happened to that hungry black dog whorsquod bolt
through to school yard the onethat refused to stay leashed
TITLE- a list of things people donrsquot mention PARAPHRASE-
~the boy found hanging on the golf course~the poor boy who was abused~The suffering man stuck to cleaning up after everyone~the traumatized veteran~the cousin who became anorexic and died from malnutrition ~the drunk mom~the father who tried to cover up the reason for having a gun~the boy who was shot~the boy who got cancer his dad became depressed and angry while his sisters became neglected~teachers having to go on knowing they lost a child and that is why there was no responses to the Get Well cards~the missing dog
This diction adds a sense of depression and being miserable for the reader Also the way that the poem is very
blunt makes everything stronger and adds to a solemn feel when reading the poem
ATTITUDETONE- gloomy depressing miserable
SHIFT- The shifts in this poem are at every period Every sentence is a shift into a new topic or idea
TITLE- not only a list of things people donrsquot mention but also a list of things people wonrsquot and in a way canrsquot mention
THEME- There are things in this life in which everyone is aware of yet canrsquot and doesnrsquot talk about
-What I Learned-
bull When TPCASTTing Cristin OrsquoKeefe Aptowiczrsquos poetry I learned more about ldquoslamrdquo poetry rather than poetry with extensive symbolism and metaphors
bull I learned how to better distinguish shifts in a poem
bull I learned that some poets are very blunt and straightforward in their poetry rather than confusing and complicated
- Cristin OrsquoKeefe Aptowicz
- Slide 2
- Slide 3
- Slide 4
- Slide 5
- Slide 6
- Slide 7
- -What I Learned-
-
bull She has won multiple slam poetrywriting awards since high school
bull Cristin OrsquoKeefe Aptowicz also became a rights manager at the Artists Rights Society
bull In 2013 she received the Amy
Clampitt Residency in
Lenox Massachusetts
bull In 2011 she was awarded the National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Poetry
bull Cristin OrsquoKeefe Aptowicz is one of
the few slam poets to win the
NEA grant and the only slam poet to
receive the Amy Clampitt
Residency award
The residency takes place in the former residence
of poet Amy Clampitt and provides an established or emerging poet or literary
scholar with the rare gift of extended time and a
reasonable stipend so that he or she
may substantially furtherhis or her creative work
Cristin OrsquoKeefe Aptowicz
THINGS WE DIDNrsquoT TALK ABOUTThe boy found hanging on the golf course
The boy with the bruises whorsquod arriveto school coatless in the middle of the winter
The man with the red face and the thick stutterwho cleaned up our vomit in grade school
The veteran who spoke to the seventh gradeconfessed how scared hersquod been and wept
The cousin who disappeared completely after she refused to eat anything but olives
The mother who was a drunk The fatherwho told us all he was an undercover copand thatrsquos why he had the gun The boywho got shot The boy who got cancer
in both legs his angry dad his frail sistersWhy we never got any responses to our get well
soon cards the mute teachers continuing their lessons plans What happened to that hungry black dog whorsquod bolt
through to school yard the onethat refused to stay leashed
TPCASTT-ing
THINGS WE DIDNrsquoT TALK ABOUT
The boy found hanging on the golf courseThe boy with the bruises whorsquod arrive
to school coatless in the middle of the winterThe man with the red face and the thick stutter
who cleaned up our vomit in grade schoolThe veteran who spoke to the seventh gradeconfessed how scared hersquod been and wept
The cousin who disappeared completely after she refused to eat anything but olives
The mother who was a drunk The fatherwho told us all he was an undercover copand thatrsquos why he had the gun The boywho got shot The boy who got cancer
in both legs his angry dad his frail sistersWhy we never got any responses to our get well
soon cards the mute teachers continuing their lessons plans What happened to that hungry black dog whorsquod bolt
through to school yard the onethat refused to stay leashed
TITLE- a list of things people donrsquot mention PARAPHRASE-
~the boy found hanging on the golf course~the poor boy who was abused~The suffering man stuck to cleaning up after everyone~the traumatized veteran~the cousin who became anorexic and died from malnutrition ~the drunk mom~the father who tried to cover up the reason for having a gun~the boy who was shot~the boy who got cancer his dad became depressed and angry while his sisters became neglected~teachers having to go on knowing they lost a child and that is why there was no responses to the Get Well cards~the missing dog
This diction adds a sense of depression and being miserable for the reader Also the way that the poem is very
blunt makes everything stronger and adds to a solemn feel when reading the poem
ATTITUDETONE- gloomy depressing miserable
SHIFT- The shifts in this poem are at every period Every sentence is a shift into a new topic or idea
TITLE- not only a list of things people donrsquot mention but also a list of things people wonrsquot and in a way canrsquot mention
THEME- There are things in this life in which everyone is aware of yet canrsquot and doesnrsquot talk about
-What I Learned-
bull When TPCASTTing Cristin OrsquoKeefe Aptowiczrsquos poetry I learned more about ldquoslamrdquo poetry rather than poetry with extensive symbolism and metaphors
bull I learned how to better distinguish shifts in a poem
bull I learned that some poets are very blunt and straightforward in their poetry rather than confusing and complicated
- Cristin OrsquoKeefe Aptowicz
- Slide 2
- Slide 3
- Slide 4
- Slide 5
- Slide 6
- Slide 7
- -What I Learned-
-
THINGS WE DIDNrsquoT TALK ABOUTThe boy found hanging on the golf course
The boy with the bruises whorsquod arriveto school coatless in the middle of the winter
The man with the red face and the thick stutterwho cleaned up our vomit in grade school
The veteran who spoke to the seventh gradeconfessed how scared hersquod been and wept
The cousin who disappeared completely after she refused to eat anything but olives
The mother who was a drunk The fatherwho told us all he was an undercover copand thatrsquos why he had the gun The boywho got shot The boy who got cancer
in both legs his angry dad his frail sistersWhy we never got any responses to our get well
soon cards the mute teachers continuing their lessons plans What happened to that hungry black dog whorsquod bolt
through to school yard the onethat refused to stay leashed
TPCASTT-ing
THINGS WE DIDNrsquoT TALK ABOUT
The boy found hanging on the golf courseThe boy with the bruises whorsquod arrive
to school coatless in the middle of the winterThe man with the red face and the thick stutter
who cleaned up our vomit in grade schoolThe veteran who spoke to the seventh gradeconfessed how scared hersquod been and wept
The cousin who disappeared completely after she refused to eat anything but olives
The mother who was a drunk The fatherwho told us all he was an undercover copand thatrsquos why he had the gun The boywho got shot The boy who got cancer
in both legs his angry dad his frail sistersWhy we never got any responses to our get well
soon cards the mute teachers continuing their lessons plans What happened to that hungry black dog whorsquod bolt
through to school yard the onethat refused to stay leashed
TITLE- a list of things people donrsquot mention PARAPHRASE-
~the boy found hanging on the golf course~the poor boy who was abused~The suffering man stuck to cleaning up after everyone~the traumatized veteran~the cousin who became anorexic and died from malnutrition ~the drunk mom~the father who tried to cover up the reason for having a gun~the boy who was shot~the boy who got cancer his dad became depressed and angry while his sisters became neglected~teachers having to go on knowing they lost a child and that is why there was no responses to the Get Well cards~the missing dog
This diction adds a sense of depression and being miserable for the reader Also the way that the poem is very
blunt makes everything stronger and adds to a solemn feel when reading the poem
ATTITUDETONE- gloomy depressing miserable
SHIFT- The shifts in this poem are at every period Every sentence is a shift into a new topic or idea
TITLE- not only a list of things people donrsquot mention but also a list of things people wonrsquot and in a way canrsquot mention
THEME- There are things in this life in which everyone is aware of yet canrsquot and doesnrsquot talk about
-What I Learned-
bull When TPCASTTing Cristin OrsquoKeefe Aptowiczrsquos poetry I learned more about ldquoslamrdquo poetry rather than poetry with extensive symbolism and metaphors
bull I learned how to better distinguish shifts in a poem
bull I learned that some poets are very blunt and straightforward in their poetry rather than confusing and complicated
- Cristin OrsquoKeefe Aptowicz
- Slide 2
- Slide 3
- Slide 4
- Slide 5
- Slide 6
- Slide 7
- -What I Learned-
-
TPCASTT-ing
THINGS WE DIDNrsquoT TALK ABOUT
The boy found hanging on the golf courseThe boy with the bruises whorsquod arrive
to school coatless in the middle of the winterThe man with the red face and the thick stutter
who cleaned up our vomit in grade schoolThe veteran who spoke to the seventh gradeconfessed how scared hersquod been and wept
The cousin who disappeared completely after she refused to eat anything but olives
The mother who was a drunk The fatherwho told us all he was an undercover copand thatrsquos why he had the gun The boywho got shot The boy who got cancer
in both legs his angry dad his frail sistersWhy we never got any responses to our get well
soon cards the mute teachers continuing their lessons plans What happened to that hungry black dog whorsquod bolt
through to school yard the onethat refused to stay leashed
TITLE- a list of things people donrsquot mention PARAPHRASE-
~the boy found hanging on the golf course~the poor boy who was abused~The suffering man stuck to cleaning up after everyone~the traumatized veteran~the cousin who became anorexic and died from malnutrition ~the drunk mom~the father who tried to cover up the reason for having a gun~the boy who was shot~the boy who got cancer his dad became depressed and angry while his sisters became neglected~teachers having to go on knowing they lost a child and that is why there was no responses to the Get Well cards~the missing dog
This diction adds a sense of depression and being miserable for the reader Also the way that the poem is very
blunt makes everything stronger and adds to a solemn feel when reading the poem
ATTITUDETONE- gloomy depressing miserable
SHIFT- The shifts in this poem are at every period Every sentence is a shift into a new topic or idea
TITLE- not only a list of things people donrsquot mention but also a list of things people wonrsquot and in a way canrsquot mention
THEME- There are things in this life in which everyone is aware of yet canrsquot and doesnrsquot talk about
-What I Learned-
bull When TPCASTTing Cristin OrsquoKeefe Aptowiczrsquos poetry I learned more about ldquoslamrdquo poetry rather than poetry with extensive symbolism and metaphors
bull I learned how to better distinguish shifts in a poem
bull I learned that some poets are very blunt and straightforward in their poetry rather than confusing and complicated
- Cristin OrsquoKeefe Aptowicz
- Slide 2
- Slide 3
- Slide 4
- Slide 5
- Slide 6
- Slide 7
- -What I Learned-
-
THINGS WE DIDNrsquoT TALK ABOUT
The boy found hanging on the golf courseThe boy with the bruises whorsquod arrive
to school coatless in the middle of the winterThe man with the red face and the thick stutter
who cleaned up our vomit in grade schoolThe veteran who spoke to the seventh gradeconfessed how scared hersquod been and wept
The cousin who disappeared completely after she refused to eat anything but olives
The mother who was a drunk The fatherwho told us all he was an undercover copand thatrsquos why he had the gun The boywho got shot The boy who got cancer
in both legs his angry dad his frail sistersWhy we never got any responses to our get well
soon cards the mute teachers continuing their lessons plans What happened to that hungry black dog whorsquod bolt
through to school yard the onethat refused to stay leashed
TITLE- a list of things people donrsquot mention PARAPHRASE-
~the boy found hanging on the golf course~the poor boy who was abused~The suffering man stuck to cleaning up after everyone~the traumatized veteran~the cousin who became anorexic and died from malnutrition ~the drunk mom~the father who tried to cover up the reason for having a gun~the boy who was shot~the boy who got cancer his dad became depressed and angry while his sisters became neglected~teachers having to go on knowing they lost a child and that is why there was no responses to the Get Well cards~the missing dog
This diction adds a sense of depression and being miserable for the reader Also the way that the poem is very
blunt makes everything stronger and adds to a solemn feel when reading the poem
ATTITUDETONE- gloomy depressing miserable
SHIFT- The shifts in this poem are at every period Every sentence is a shift into a new topic or idea
TITLE- not only a list of things people donrsquot mention but also a list of things people wonrsquot and in a way canrsquot mention
THEME- There are things in this life in which everyone is aware of yet canrsquot and doesnrsquot talk about
-What I Learned-
bull When TPCASTTing Cristin OrsquoKeefe Aptowiczrsquos poetry I learned more about ldquoslamrdquo poetry rather than poetry with extensive symbolism and metaphors
bull I learned how to better distinguish shifts in a poem
bull I learned that some poets are very blunt and straightforward in their poetry rather than confusing and complicated
- Cristin OrsquoKeefe Aptowicz
- Slide 2
- Slide 3
- Slide 4
- Slide 5
- Slide 6
- Slide 7
- -What I Learned-
-
-What I Learned-
bull When TPCASTTing Cristin OrsquoKeefe Aptowiczrsquos poetry I learned more about ldquoslamrdquo poetry rather than poetry with extensive symbolism and metaphors
bull I learned how to better distinguish shifts in a poem
bull I learned that some poets are very blunt and straightforward in their poetry rather than confusing and complicated
- Cristin OrsquoKeefe Aptowicz
- Slide 2
- Slide 3
- Slide 4
- Slide 5
- Slide 6
- Slide 7
- -What I Learned-
-
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