I became fascinated with spoken word poetry late in 2013 upon watching the below YouTube video, published by ButtonPoetry. It features Elliot Darrow at the College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational 2013 Finals at the University of North Carolina and his recitation of his poem God is Gay:
Early last year, I finally received a clinical psychiatric diagnosis of the depression I had self-diagnosed nearly five years previous. I began taking medication to treat my depression, then switched to a second when the side-effects from the first proved untenable, and finally to a third when the the second proved less effective than hoped. While riding the medication merry-go-round, I came across Elliot Darrow's poem, and it sparked up an interest and a creativity that I thought had long been smothered. I began writing my own poems within the day, and finished my first poem that night. The ennui of depression has been twining about my heels and dragging at my shoulders, and I hope that having a place and set schedule to publish my poetic attempts will prompt me to keep at it.
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